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Thinking of living at KT4 7BD? 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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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mead Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 500 m | – |
| Auriol Junior School | Primary | 550 m | 74% met the expected standard |
| Cuddington Community Primary School | Primary | 600 m | 68% met the expected standard |
| Cheam Common Infants' Academy | Primary | 650 m | – |
| Cheam Common Junior Academy | Primary | 700 m | 90% met the expected standard |
| Richard Challoner School | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 59.4 · 16% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cheam High School | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 50.7 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Epsom and Ewell High School | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 44.1 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Nonsuch High School for Girls | Secondary | 2.7 km | Attainment 8: 80.5 · 64.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Tennis Avenue School | Independent | 1.5 km | – |
| Brookways School | Independent | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 14.5 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Blossom House School | Independent | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 7.8 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Cuddington Recreation Ground | 490 m | 61 |
| Football | Pitch 1 | 1.3 km | 19 |
| Swimming | Linden Bridge School | 980 m | 18 |
| Bowls | Supreme Bowling Club | 2.3 km | 11 |
| Squash | Cheam Leisure Centre | 1.7 km | 10 |
| Cricket | Nets | 880 m | 9 |
| Golf | The River Club | 1.2 km | 7 |
| Rugby union | Fortress Motspur | 2.4 km | 7 |
| Athletics | Worcester Park Athletics Club | 910 m | 5 |
| Pilates | The Chatsworth Studio | 2.8 km | 4 |
| Multi-sport | Blagdons Sports Ground | 3.2 km | 4 |
| Skateboard | Watersedge skate park | 2.3 km | 3 |
| Gymnastics | Sutton United Gym | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Yoga | The Saraswati Yoga Studio | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Fitness | Fitbox | 3.9 km | 3 |
| Badminton | New Malden Sports Club | 2.2 km | 2 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 27. 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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Worcester Park, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Cuddington Avenue, 400 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route E16).
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is The Mead Infant and Nursery School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Cheam Common Infants' Academy (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Richard Challoner School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 59.4 · 16% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form (2.4 km) and Glyn School (3.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Nonsuch High School for Girls (3.1 km) and Sutton Grammar School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 500 m away; Costcutter (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shadbolt Park House Surg (400 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, The Classic Hair Salon is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kingston Hospital, 4.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 42% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Cafe Prazeres is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Old Harry's Pizza the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 28% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 54% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 117 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Shadbolt Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Rokeby Sports Ground (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 17 km away.
38 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: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 43% 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.