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Thinking of living at DA16 2HW? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danson Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 81% met the expected standard |
| Hook Lane Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| Bexley Grammar School | Secondary | 500 m | Attainment 8: 74.7 · 43.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Harris Academy Falconwood | Secondary | 900 m | Attainment 8: 47.3 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Blackfen School for Girls | Secondary | 1.0 km | Attainment 8: 44.1 · 6.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Welling School | Secondary | 1.6 km | Attainment 8: 34.7 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leigh Stationers' Academy | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 52.7 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Park View Academy | Independent | 1.2 km | – |
| ADO River Valley School | Independent | 1.8 km | – |
| Social Arts for Education | Independent | 2.7 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near DA16 2HW, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Harris Academy Falconwood | 960 m | 39 |
| Swimming | Crook Log Leisure Centre | 1.7 km | 12 |
| Golf | Sidcup Golf Club | 1.8 km | 8 |
| Football | swingate Lane Playing Fields | 2.1 km | 7 |
| Fitness | Avery Hill Outdoor Gym | 2.0 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Bexleyheath Sports Club | 1.3 km | 4 |
| Rugby | Greenwich Rugby Club | 3.1 km | 4 |
| Cycling | Martens Grove Park | 4.1 km | 4 |
| Bowls | Danson Park Bowls Consortium | 1.4 km | 3 |
| Athletics | St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School | 2.9 km | 3 |
| Yoga | Diesel Gym Woolwich | 4.5 km | 3 |
| Snooker | Welling Snooker Club | 850 m | 2 |
| Squash | Bexley Lawn Tennis Squash And Racketball Club | 3.4 km | 2 |
| Jiu-jitsu | Diesel Gym Woolwich | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Kayaking | Danson Watersports Centre | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Sailing | Danson Watersports Centre | 1.5 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 33. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Welling, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Bradenham Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 51, 625); 39 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Danson Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Stephen's Catholic Primary School (0.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Bexley Grammar School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 74.7 · 43.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Greenwich Free School (3.9 km) and Harris Garrard Academy (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (0.5 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative, 550 m away; Jay's Newsagent (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ingleton Avenue Surgery (250 m), with Falconwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Jessica May is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 4.3 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 37 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cumin Indian Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Broken Drum the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (29 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 76% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is The Green, 500 m away; for exercise, PureGym (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 6.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 39 km.
44 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.