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Thinking of living at GU21 4PL? 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.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsworth Primary School | Primary | 250 m | 55% met the expected standard |
| The Horsell Village School | Primary | 500 m | – |
| Horsell CofE Junior School | Primary | 650 m | – |
| Sythwood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 800 m | 61% met the expected standard |
| Woking High School | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 54.3 · 23.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 48.7 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking | Secondary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 58.1 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Halstead St Andrews School | Independent | 750 m | – |
| Compass Community School Hampshire | Independent | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 2.2 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Greenfield School | Independent | 2.9 km | – |
Every primary near GU21 4PL, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Woking High School | 1.1 km | 14 |
| Golf | Woking Golf Club | 2.2 km | 8 |
| Swimming | Goldsworth Primary School | 290 m | 6 |
| Cricket | Horsell Cricket Club | 340 m | 6 |
| Squash | Woking Squash Rackets Club | 250 m | 2 |
| Bowls | Horsell Bowls Club | 600 m | 2 |
| Skateboard | Woking Park Skate Park | 1.7 km | 2 |
| Gymnastics | Woking Gymnastics Club | 1.9 km | 2 |
| Croquet | Woking Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Table tennis | Woking Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Kickboxing | Martial X Arts | 1.6 km | 1 |
| Football | The Laithwaite Community Stadium | 1.8 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Boundary Road Basketball Hoop | 1.9 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Woking Sportsbox | 2.1 km | 1 |
| Formula one | McLaren Technology Centre | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Chobham Rugby Football Club | 4.2 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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Woking, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 6.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St Mary's Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 73, 39C); 17 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 37 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Goldsworth Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is Woking High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 23.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hoe Valley School (2.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 550 m away, with Jewson closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heathcot Medical Practice - Brewery Road Surgery (450 m), with Horsell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Bailey's Jewellery is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Peter's Hospital, 7.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 58% 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 70 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Deli Class is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Woking Squash Rack. Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (32 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 172 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (59%).
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 663 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Lakeview Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (1.0 km).
43 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 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 19 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 8% socially.
It's highly educated: 56% 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.