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Thinking of living at GL8 8ND? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avening Primary School | Primary | 200 m | 56% met the expected standard |
| Minchinhampton Primary Academy | Primary | 3.0 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Horsley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.2 km | 82% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.2 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Amberley Parochial School | Primary | 4.3 km | 87% met the expected standard |
| Sir William Romney's School | Secondary | 3.8 km | Attainment 8: 44.1 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cotswold Chine School | Independent | 3.3 km | Attainment 8: 1.5 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Acorn School | Independent | 3.3 km | – |
| Beaudesert Park School | Independent | 3.4 km | – |
Every primary near GL8 8ND, 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 | Stuart Playing Field | 2.9 km | 6 |
| Football | Shortwood United FC | 4.6 km | 4 |
| Golf | Minchinhampton Golf Club Ltd | 1.2 km | 3 |
| Rugby union | Minchinhampton RFC | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Nailsworth Mills Bowling Club | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Calcot Spa | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Calcot Spa | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Running | Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun | 4.9 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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Stroud (Glos), a drive away (7.8 km), with 655k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is The Bell, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 620); 2 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 58 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Avening Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sir William Romney's School, 3.8 km away; Attainment 8: 44.1 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Stroud High School (12.2 km) and Marling School (12.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Cooperative, 3.4 km away, with F L Powell & Sons closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Minchinhampton Surgery (3.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (3.0 km).
For a haircut, Freya Rose Beauty is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, 25 km away, rated requires improvement 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: 25 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Little India At The Bell is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Bell the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 609 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 34% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 127 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Lee Croft, 450 m away; for exercise, Whack Club (3.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Cotswold Country Park and Beach, 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
9 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 4.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 48 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
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.