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Thinking of living at GU21 5SJ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadmere Primary Academy | Primary | 900 m | 59% met the expected standard |
| New Monument Primary Academy | Primary | 950 m | 55% met the expected standard |
| Maybury Primary School | Primary | 1.4 km | 57% met the expected standard |
| St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking | Primary | 1.6 km | 77% met the expected standard |
| The Marist Catholic Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 81% met the expected standard |
| The Bishop David Brown School | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 45 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Woking High School | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 54.3 · 23.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Fullbrook School | Secondary | 2.6 km | Attainment 8: 52.6 · 17.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking | Secondary | 2.9 km | Attainment 8: 58.1 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hoe Valley School | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 46.9 · 16.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Greenfield School | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
| Compass Community School Hampshire | Independent | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 2.2 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Alpha Road Recreation Ground | 840 m | 19 |
| Golf | New Zealand Golf Club | 1.1 km | 12 |
| Swimming | Eastwood Leisure Centre | 990 m | 8 |
| Cricket | Pyrford Cricket Club | 2.4 km | 6 |
| Gymnastics | Prime Acrobatics | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Squash | Woking Squash Rackets Club | 2.7 km | 3 |
| Multi-sport | Multi-Use Games Area | 3.7 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Boundary Road Skate Park | 1.2 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Horsell Bowls Club | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Sailing | Papercourt Lake | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Basketball | Boundary Road Basketball Hoop | 1.2 km | 1 |
| Formula one | McLaren Technology Centre | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Kickboxing | Martial X Arts | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Football | The Laithwaite Community Stadium | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Rowing | Byfleet Boat Club | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Croquet | Woking Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 20. 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: 58% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Woking, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 6.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is All Saints Church, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 455, 592); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 36 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Broadmere Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 59% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Bishop David Brown School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 45 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hoe Valley School (3.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 600 m away, with Sally Salon Services closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sheerwater Health Centre (600 m), with May & Thomson the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Top Barbers is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Peter's Hospital, 5.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 4 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Fernox is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Sheerwater Football Club the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 18 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is McLaren Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
15 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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| Halstead St Andrews School | Independent | 2.3 km | – |
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Every primary near GU21 5SJ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
It's highly educated: 54% 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.