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Thinking of living at DE12 8DB? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School | Primary | 400 m | – |
| Overseal Primary School | Primary | 2.7 km | 47% met the expected standard |
| Linton Primary School | Primary | 3.3 km | 69% met the expected standard |
| Donisthorpe Primary School | Primary | 3.7 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Oakthorpe Primary School | Primary | 3.9 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Pegasus School | Independent | 5.0 km | – |
Every primary near DE12 8DB, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Netherseal Crown Green Bowling Club | 220 m | 2 |
| Tennis | Netherseale Lawn Tennis Club | 450 m | 2 |
| Cricket | Lullington Cricket Field | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Football | Mount Pleasant Park | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Hicks Lodge Cycle Centre | 4.8 km | 1 |
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 Polesworth, a drive away (10 km), with 0k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Hawthorn Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 19C); 5 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
For secondary school: Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy (4.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative Society, 2.5 km away, with Netherseal Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Measham Medical Unit (4.8 km), with K D Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.2 km).
For a haircut, Eden is 2.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queens Hospital, 8.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
The Courtside Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Netherseal St Peters Sports Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 78 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 56 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 380 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Donisthorpe Woodland Park, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Oakthorpe Community Leisure Centre (4.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 21 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 34 km.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
10 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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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.