Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at LE7 4WG? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddesby Primary School | Primary | 500 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| St Michael & All Angels Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | – |
| Queniborough Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.1 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Frisby Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.5 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Broomfield Community Primary School | Primary | 4.7 km | 89% met the expected standard |
Every primary near LE7 4WG, 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 | King George V Playing Field (Queniborough) | 4.2 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Queniborough Cricket Club | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Syston Rugby Club | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Archery | Fosse Company of Archers | 4.6 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.
The nearest station is Syston, a drive away (7.0 km), with 213k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leicester.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 63 minutes away by public transport (31 by car).
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Gaddesby Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 69% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is a proper trip: a food store is about 15 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 26 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is Grantham and District Hospital, 24 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 64% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 15 pubs and bars.
Driscoll & Grounds is the closest café or restaurant (2.3 km), and The Cheney Arms the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 34% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Wymondham, Great Dalby).
There are 220 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 167 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is King George's Field, 4.2 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 34 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 69 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
5 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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