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Thinking of living at HP23 6BL? 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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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School | Primary | 350 m | – |
| Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring | Primary | 550 m | 68% met the expected standard |
| Dundale Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 1.1 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Grove Road Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wigginton | Primary | 1.9 km | 60% met the expected standard |
| Tring School | Secondary | 1.3 km | Attainment 8: 50.5 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Tring Park School for the Performing Arts | Independent | 750 m | 40.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near HP23 6BL, 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 | Pound Meadow Recreation Ground | 1.1 km | 10 |
| Cycling | Tring Pump Track | 1.1 km | 5 |
| Swimming | Tring Swimming Pool | 1.2 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Tring Park Cricket Club | 1.3 km | 3 |
| Multi-sport | Tring Astro Turf | 1.3 km | 2 |
| Football | Tring Corinthians | 1.5 km | 2 |
| Squash | Tring Squash Club | 2.0 km | 2 |
| Golf | Chiltern Forest Golf Club | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Yoga | Tring Yoga Studio | 410 m | 1 |
| Pilates | The Pilates House | 760 m | 1 |
| Orienteering | Orienteering Course Start | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Aston Clinton Bowls Club | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Archery | Chiltern Archery | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Ice skating | Rothschild Ice Skating Rink | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Rugby Pitch 1 | 4.4 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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Tring, a drive away (3.3 km), with 788k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Miswell Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 62, X500, 500, 61); 31 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 40 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Tring School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 50.5 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Aylesbury High School (8.8 km) and Aylesbury Grammar School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Food, 550 m away, with Pyramid Pharmacy closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rothschild House Group (50 m), with Pyramid Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
For a haircut, Cara is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 8.7 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
St Marthas Lunches at St Marthas Church is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Anchor the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 37% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Tring, Long Marston).
There are 87 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 325 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Spider Park, 800 m away; for exercise, On The Limit (150 m).
44 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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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 23 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.