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Thinking of living at HP12 4AH? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Wycombe School | Primary | 700 m | 68% met the expected standard |
| The Downley School | Primary | 1.1 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Millbrook Combined School | Primary | 1.2 km | 42% met the expected standard |
| The Disraeli School | Primary | 2.0 km | 51% met the expected standard |
| Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 2.1 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Wycombe High School | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 73.9 · 45.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| John Hampden Grammar School | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 72.3 · 39.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cressex Community School | Secondary | 3.6 km | Attainment 8: 50.7 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | Secondary | 3.7 km | Attainment 8: 73.9 · 44.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Michael's Catholic School | Secondary | 3.8 km | Attainment 8: 49.1 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
| Unity College | Independent | 1.8 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Desborough Recreation Ground | 1.5 km | 14 |
| Cricket | West Wycombe Cricket Ground | 930 m | 7 |
| Swimming | Chiltern Wood School (Downley Site) | 1.0 km | 7 |
| Multi-sport | The Oasis Partnership | 2.5 km | 6 |
| Football | Wycombe Wanderers F.C. | 1.5 km | 3 |
| Climbing | Clip 'n Climb | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Squash | Wycombe Squash And Racketball Club | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Bassetbury Manor Bowls Club | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Horse riding | Pyatts Arena | 2.7 km | 1 |
| Karting | TeamSport High Wycombe | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Ten-pin bowling | Hollywood Bowl | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Judo | High Wycombe Judo Centre | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Wycombe High School Playing Fields | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Wycombe High School Playing Fields | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Shooting | E.J Churchill Shooting Ground | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Yoga | Rezen | 3.5 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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is High Wycombe, a drive away (3.6 km), with 2.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Marylebone.
The nearest bus stop is Beechwood Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 130, 40, 654, 331); 14 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 44 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 52 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is West Wycombe School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Wycombe High School, 3.4 km away; Attainment 8: 73.9 · 45.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wycombe High School (6.4 km) and John Hampden Grammar School (6.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 1.1 km away, with Village Stores closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tower House Surgery (1.8 km), with Downley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Sands Barbers is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 19 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 69% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Hell Fire Caves is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The George And Dragon Hotel the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 431 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is North Lawn, 700 m away; for exercise, Titans Gym (1.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
3 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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| Godstowe Preparatory School |
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Every primary near HP12 4AH, 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.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 33 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Buckinghamshire New University, 3.3 km away (TEF Silver).
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.