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Thinking of living at EX5 4QY? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Duchy School Bradninch | Primary | 100 m | 85% met the expected standard |
| Silverton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.6 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Willowbank Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| St Andrew's Primary School | Primary | 4.5 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Clyst Hydon Primary School | Primary | 4.5 km | – |
| Cullompton Community College | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 45.1 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near EX5 4QY, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Bradninch Cricket Club | 480 m | 3 |
| Tennis | Kensham Recreation Ground | 470 m | 2 |
| Bowls | Bradninch Bowling Club | 490 m | 2 |
| Football | Kensham Park | 690 m | 2 |
| Horse riding | Great Meadow | 2.0 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Cullompton Rugby Football Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Clyst Hydon Swimming Pool | 3.9 km | 1 |
| Squash | Active Cullompton | 4.1 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Upcott Field | 4.4 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 Whimple, a drive away (8.0 km), with 51k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Exeter Central.
The nearest bus stop is Townlands, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 1A); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 60 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Duchy School Bradninch, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 85% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cullompton Community College, 3.9 km away; Attainment 8: 45.1 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Spar Silverton, 4.0 km away, with Bradninch Community Food Shed closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wyndham House Surgery (3.9 km), with Southwest Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Dev's Bargains is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford), 14 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 17 pubs and bars.
Cafe at BBC is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Castle Inn the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 331 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 304 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Green, 3.6 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 12 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 79 km.
14 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% 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.