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Thinking of living at HP1 3BZ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School | Primary | 750 m | 83% met the expected standard |
| Potten End CofE Primary School | Primary | 2.4 km | 59% met the expected standard |
| Gaddesden Row JMI School | Primary | 3.2 km | – |
| Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 3.6 km | 79% met the expected standard |
| Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3.7 km | 51% met the expected standard |
| John F Kennedy Catholic School | Secondary | 3.8 km | Attainment 8: 47.9 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Laureate Academy | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 41.7 · 14% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ashlyns School | Secondary | 5.2 km | Attainment 8: 57.9 · 22.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Astley Cooper School | Secondary | 5.3 km | Attainment 8: 34.7 · 5.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Hemel Hempstead School | Secondary | 5.5 km | Attainment 8: 49.9 · 11.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Beechwood Park School | Independent | 3.9 km | – |
| Berkhamsted School | Independent | 4.6 km | 47.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Ashridge House | 2.9 km | 7 |
| Bowls | Potten End Bowls Club | 2.7 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Great Gaddesden Cricket Club | 2.1 km | 4 |
| Squash | Ashridge House | 2.9 km | 3 |
| Golf | Berkhamsted Golf Club | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Ashridge House | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Football | Kitchener's Field | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Athletics | Kitchener's Field | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Handball | Fives Courts | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Baseball | Herts Baseball Club | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Yoga | Indee Hot Yoga | 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: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Berkhamsted, a drive away (4.3 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (15 by car).
Central London is 42 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 83% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is John F Kennedy Catholic School, 3.8 km away; Attainment 8: 47.9 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Food, 4.3 km away, with Hemel Hempstead Garden Centre closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkwood Surgery (4.3 km), with Gadebridge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.6 km).
For a haircut, Potten End Village Barbers is 2.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 8.0 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 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Amaravati Buddhist Centre is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Alford Arms the nearest pub (1.5 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 193 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Gadebridge Park, 3.8 km away; for exercise, Fives Courts (4.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 8.6 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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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| Redbourn Park School | Independent | 4.8 km | – |
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Every primary near HP1 3BZ, 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.
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.