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Thinking of living at HP16 9DF? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prestwood Infant School | Primary | 0 m | – |
| Prestwood Junior School | Primary | 600 m | 66% met the expected standard |
| Great Missenden CofE Combined School | Primary | 2.4 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Little Kingshill Combined School | Primary | 3.2 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Speen CofE VA School | Primary | 3.6 km | – |
| The Misbourne School | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 50.8 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Holmer Green Senior School | Secondary | 5.0 km | Attainment 8: 47.1 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Gateway School | Independent | 2.1 km | – |
| Pipers Corner School | Independent | 3.8 km | 30.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near HP16 9DF, 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 | Prestwood Gym And Fitness Centre | 900 m | 11 |
| Cricket | Great Hampden Cricket Club | 2.7 km | 8 |
| Swimming | Great Missenden Ce Combined School | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | Buryfield Skate Park | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Golf | Chiltern Hospital Golf Course | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Squash | Holmer Green Sports Association | 4.7 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, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km), with 399k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Marylebone.
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 Prestwood Infant School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Misbourne School, 2.4 km 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, 450 m away; Prestwood Pharmacy (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The John Hampden Surgery (400 m), with Prestwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Signori is 400 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.
The Pantry at 51 is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Chequers Tree PH the nearest pub (400 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, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Sprinters Sports Centre (900 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 31 km away.
21 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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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.