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Thinking of living at OX12 0DW? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest primary school, station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney | Primary | 2.5 km | 45% met the expected standard |
| St Johns CofE Academy | Primary | 2.7 km | – |
| Grove Church of England School | Primary | 2.8 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Millbrook Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School | Primary | 4.3 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| St Johns CofE Academy | Secondary | 2.7 km | – |
Every primary near OX12 0DW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitness | Horizontal Ladder | 4.5 km | 9 |
| Tennis | West Hanney Playing Field (Hanney Youth Fc) | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Rugby | Grove Rugby Football Club | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Grove Skatepark | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Football | Wasbrough Field | 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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Appleford, a drive away (14 km), with 9k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Oxford.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 58 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km); 45% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Johns CofE Academy, 2.7 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 2.9 km away, with Hanney Community Shop closer still (2.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice (4.0 km), with Bretts Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.0 km).
For a haircut, Grove Barbers is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is John Radcliffe Hospital, 18 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Plough at Hanney is the closest café or restaurant (1.8 km), and The Fox Inn the nearest pub (1.2 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 362 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 323 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Grove Meadows, 2.7 km away; for exercise, Tfd (3.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 71 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
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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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.