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Thinking of living at DA7 5QB? 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.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 550 m | – |
| Bedonwell Junior School | Primary | 550 m | 65% met the expected standard |
| Belmont Academy | Primary | 750 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| Lessness Heath Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 63% met the expected standard |
| Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere | Secondary | 1.6 km | Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leigh Academy Bexley | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 35.4 · 4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Lift Bexleyheath | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 41.1 · 4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Harris Garrard Academy | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 48.1 · 9.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Welling School | Secondary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 34.7 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Break Through School | Independent | 350 m | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Park View Academy | Independent | 2.6 km | – |
| Pulse and Water College | Independent | 2.8 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Belvedere Recreation Ground | 700 m | 21 |
| Football | Gerald Latifi - Strength & Fitness Coach | 2.6 km | 5 |
| Golf | Barnehurst Golf Club | 2.7 km | 5 |
| Rugby | Erith Rugby Club | 950 m | 3 |
| Bowls | Bowls Club | 980 m | 3 |
| Swimming | Crook Log Leisure Centre | 2.3 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Bexleyheath Sports Club | 2.5 km | 3 |
| Athletics | Erith Leisure Centre | 2.6 km | 3 |
| Sailing | Danson Watersports Centre | 3.1 km | 3 |
| Gymnastics | Little Stars Leotards | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Dancing | Little Stars Leotards | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Ten-pin bowling | tenpin | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Martens Grove Park | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Running | Gerald Latifi - Strength & Fitness Coach | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Futsal | Gerald Latifi - Strength & Fitness Coach | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Fitness | Gerald Latifi - Strength & Fitness Coach | 2.6 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 27. 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 Bexleyheath, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Bedonwell Road / Dryhill Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 422); 79 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
Central London is 18 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Garrard Academy (1.8 km) and Riverside School (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (3.2 km) and Townley Grammar School (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 600 m away, with Costcut Express closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Belvedere Medical Centre (600 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Lounge is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 5.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sunshine Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Village Inn the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 58% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Lesnes Abbey Wood Recreation Ground, 1.5 km away; for exercise, King Henry School (1.8 km).
34 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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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 6.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.