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Thinking of living at GL20 8NP? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 30% met the expected standard |
| Gretton Primary School | Primary | 2.9 km | 43% met the expected standard |
| Ashton-under-Hill First School | Primary | 5.0 km | – |
| Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5.3 km | 49% met the expected standard |
| Gotherington Primary School | Primary | 5.3 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Winchcombe School | Secondary | 4.3 km | Attainment 8: 42.8 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Bredon Hill Academy | Secondary | 5.0 km | – |
Every primary near GL20 8NP, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Beckford Tennis Club | 3.8 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Dumbleton Cricket Club | 2.8 km | 1 |
| Motor | Prescott Speed Hill Climb | 3.9 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Muga | 4.7 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.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, a drive away (7.6 km), with 109k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bristol Temple Meads.
The nearest bus stop is Cambridge Square, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 606); 4 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 53 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Oak Hill Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 30% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Winchcombe School, 4.3 km away; Attainment 8: 42.8 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Pate's Grammar School (12.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Gotherington Local Store, 5.3 km away, with Alderton Village Store And Post Office closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Winchcombe Medical Centre (4.8 km), with Winchcombe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (5.5 km).
For a haircut, Bleu is 5.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Cheltenham General Hospital, 11 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Dumnbleton Village Hall is the closest café or restaurant (3.0 km), and The Royal Oak the nearest pub (3.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 486 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 170 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Winchcombe Park, 4.7 km away; for exercise, Prescott Speed Hill Climb (3.9 km).
4 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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The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 56 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
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.