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Thinking of living at OX10 8EF? 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 and GP are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School | Primary | 150 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| St John's Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 57% met the expected standard |
| Fir Tree Primary School | Primary | 2.0 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| RAF Benson Community Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 94% met the expected standard |
| Wallingford School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 53.9 · 20.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Treehouse School | Independent | 3.8 km | – |
| Moulsford Preparatory School | Independent | 5.5 km | – |
| Cranford School | Independent | 5.9 km | 37.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near OX10 8EF, 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 | Crowmarsh Recreation Ground | 530 m | 7 |
| Rowing | Wallingford Rowing Club Bar | 900 m | 6 |
| Squash | Wallingford Squash Club | 1.1 km | 2 |
| Golf | Raf Benson Golf Course | 2.2 km | 2 |
| Cricket | Cholsey Cricket Club | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Riverside Park And Pools | 780 m | 1 |
| Bowls | Lawn Bowls Club | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Cricket nets | Cricket Nets | 3.7 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cholsey, a drive away (4.6 km), with 275k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Home Farm, 50 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes X40, 33, BB2, 33A); 20 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 55 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 67 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Wallingford School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 53.9 · 20.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.2 km away, with Bridge Villa Camping & Caravan Park closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wallingford Medical Practice (1.4 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Hot Nails is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 19 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 81% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Bell Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Queens Head the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 235 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 490 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Riverside Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Wallingford Rowing Club Gym (950 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
8 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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For holidays, London Heathrow is 46 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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.