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Thinking of living at GU52 8AL? 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 and GP are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweseldown Infant School | Primary | 350 m | – |
| Crookham Church of England Aided Infant School | Primary | 550 m | – |
| Church Crookham Junior School | Primary | 650 m | 67% met the expected standard |
| Court Moor School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 54.1 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Calthorpe Park School | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 54 · 23.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Farnham Heath End | Secondary | 4.9 km | Attainment 8: 44.8 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| All Hallows Catholic School | Secondary | 5.3 km | – |
| Cove School | Secondary | 6.4 km | Attainment 8: 42.7 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Nicholas' School | Independent | 1.4 km | 23.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Inclusion School Aldershot | Independent | 4.5 km | – |
Every primary near GU52 8AL, 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 | Avondale Tennis Club | 430 m | 10 |
| Football | Abercorn | 180 m | 5 |
| Bowls | Fleet United Bowling Club | 2.2 km | 4 |
| Golf | Reception of the Oak Park Golf Club & Gym | 2.7 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Fleet Cricket Ground | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Swimming | Hart Leisure Centre | 3.0 km | 3 |
| Multi-sport | Crookham Park Basketball Court | 380 m | 2 |
| Cycling | Edenbrook Pump Track | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Basketball | Crookham Park Basketball Court | 380 m | 1 |
| Running | Church Crookham Grass Athletics Track | 510 m | 1 |
| Skateboard | Church Crookham Wheel Park | 540 m | 1 |
| Fitness | Topgym | 810 m | 1 |
| Athletics | Fleet & Crookham Athletic Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Five-a-side | Peter Driver Five-A-Side Pitch | 1.2 km | 1 |
| Horse racing | Tweseldown Racecourse | 2.1 km | 1 |
| Pilates | Club Reformer Studios | 2.5 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 21. 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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Fleet, a drive away (3.8 km), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is The Wyvern, 250 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 10, 610); 5 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 57 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Tweseldown Infant School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Court Moor School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 54.1 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Hallows Catholic School (5.5 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Londis (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Richmond Surgery (1.3 km), with Church Crookham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Charlotte Hair Design is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Frimley Park Hospital, 11 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Redfields Cafe Theatre And Tree Tops is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Tweseldown the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 118 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 630 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ladybird Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Topgym (800 m).
22 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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A swim is a short trip away: Frensham Great Pond, 11 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 37 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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.