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Thinking of living at HP16 0BN? 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.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Missenden CofE Combined School | Primary | 400 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Little Kingshill Combined School | Primary | 1.8 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Prestwood Junior School | Primary | 2.3 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Prestwood Infant School | Primary | 2.4 km | – |
| Little Missenden Church of England School | Primary | 2.9 km | – |
| The Misbourne School | Secondary | 0 m | Attainment 8: 50.8 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Holmer Green Senior School | Secondary | 3.6 km | Attainment 8: 47.1 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Gateway School | Independent | 850 m | – |
| Pipers Corner School | Independent | 4.3 km | 30.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near HP16 0BN, 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 | Misbourne School | 0 m | 9 |
| Cricket | Great Missenden Pelicans Cricket Club | 800 m | 7 |
| Swimming | Great Missenden Ce Combined School | 490 m | 3 |
| Golf | Chiltern Hospital Golf Course | 1.2 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Buryfield Skate Park | 730 m | 1 |
| Squash | Holmer Green Sports Association | 3.5 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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Great Missenden, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 399k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Marylebone.
The nearest bus stop is Whitefield Lane, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 178).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 46 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Great Missenden CofE Combined School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Misbourne School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (6.3 km) and Dr Challoner's Grammar School (8.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 700 m away, with Kinton Pharmacy closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Prospect House Surgery (300 m), with Kinton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Salon 92 is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 12 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Missenden Walled Garden is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The George Ale House the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 107 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Little Kingshill Recreation Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Sprinters Sports Centre (3.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
27 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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For holidays, London Heathrow is 31 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 46% 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.