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Thinking of living at OX12 7PW? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Church of England School | Primary | 0 m | 50% met the expected standard |
| Millbrook Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 70% met the expected standard |
| St Johns CofE Academy | Primary | 1.1 km | – |
| Wantage Primary Academy | Primary | 2.4 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| St Johns CofE Academy | Secondary | 1.1 km | – |
| King Alfred's | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 45.4 · 13.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Huckleberry Therapeutic School | Independent | 4.3 km | – |
Every primary near OX12 7PW, 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 | 1.7 km | 13 |
| Tennis | West Hanney Playing Field (Hanney Youth Fc) | 2.5 km | 8 |
| Football | Wasbrough Field | 1.6 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Wantage & Grove Cricket Club | 2.5 km | 3 |
| Rugby | Grove Rugby Football Club | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Grove Skatepark | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Pilates | Pilates Playroom | 2.7 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Wantage Target Shooting Club | 2.8 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Wantage Leisure Centre | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Squash | Wantage Leisure Centre | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Wantage Bowling Club | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Letcombe Regis Riding Club | 4.8 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 Didcot Parkway, a drive away (12 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is The Green, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes S9, X36, X35, BB4); 24 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Grove Church of England School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 50% 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, 1.1 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 400 m away; Bottle Top (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice (1.7 km), with Bretts Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Grove Barbers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Great Western Hospital, 22 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 58% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Compass Group at Williams F1 Staff Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Bay Tree the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 25 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 549 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Knights Green, 150 m away; for exercise, Tfd (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 69 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
27 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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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.