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Thinking of living at NG3 5RZ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School | Primary | 450 m | 61% met the expected standard |
| Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 1.1 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Porchester Junior School | Primary | 1.1 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold | Primary | 1.2 km | 74% met the expected standard |
| Woodthorpe Infant School | Primary | 1.3 km | – |
| The Wells Academy | Secondary | 800 m | Attainment 8: 43.1 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Carlton Academy | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 45.1 · 8.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Arnold Hill Spencer Academy | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 49.8 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Bluecoat Trent Academy | Secondary | 2.2 km | – |
| Christ The King Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 48.9 · 16.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College | Independent | 2.2 km | 19.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Fuel | Independent | 2.2 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Woodthorpe Tennis Club | 1.2 km | 23 |
| Swimming | Nuffield Health (Nottingham) | 1.4 km | 18 |
| Football | Gedling Miners Welfare FC | 1.3 km | 13 |
| Fitness | Studio 3, Mapperley Dance & Fitness Centre, Annex | 230 m | 9 |
| Cricket | Gedling Colliery Cricket Club | 1.4 km | 7 |
| Rugby union | Mellish Rugby Football Club | 3.7 km | 7 |
| Rowing | WWII Memorial to members of Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club | 4.7 km | 7 |
| Bowls | Former Porchester Bowling Club | 290 m | 6 |
| Climbing | The Depot Climbing Centre | 2.9 km | 6 |
| Squash | Carlton Forum Leisure Centre | 1.7 km | 5 |
| Skateboard | King Edward Park Sneinton Skate Space | 2.9 km | 5 |
| Multi-sport | Mapperley Sports Village | 760 m | 4 |
| Golf | Mapperley Golf Club | 1.3 km | 4 |
| Martial arts | Spirit Dojo | 1.7 km | 4 |
| Snooker | Stadium Leisure | 2.8 km | 4 |
| Canoe | University Boathouse | 4.5 km | 4 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 53. 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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is High School tram stop, a drive away (3.1 km). The nearest rail station is Carlton, 3.7 km away, with 53k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Woodthorpe Road Top, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 19); 55 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Porchester Junior School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is The Wells Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 43.1 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redhill Academy (3.3 km) and Nottingham Girls' Academy (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 200 m away, with 8 Twelve closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Victoria and Mapperley Practice (200 m), with Mapperley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Beauty Temple is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 5.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% 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: 27 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
East Grill and Shinwari is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Plainsman the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 17% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Woodthorpe Grange Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Simply Fitness & Wellbeing (300 m).
40 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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| Hollygirt School |
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| Independent |
| 2.5 km |
| 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near NG3 5RZ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 5.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 21 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 71 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Nottingham Trent University, 3.1 km away (TEF Gold).
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.