Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at OX12 8NE? 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wantage Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Stockham Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Charlton Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 72% met the expected standard |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | Primary | 2.4 km | 53% met the expected standard |
| Wantage Primary Academy | Primary | 2.8 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| King Alfred's | Secondary | 1.3 km | Attainment 8: 45.4 · 13.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Johns CofE Academy | Secondary | 3.8 km | – |
| Huckleberry Therapeutic School | Independent | 0 m | – |
Every primary near OX12 8NE, 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 | 3.1 km | 13 |
| Tennis | Wantage Lawn Tennis Club | 870 m | 7 |
| Football | Wantage Town Football Club | 830 m | 5 |
| Cricket | Challow and Childrey Cricket Club | 2.0 km | 3 |
| Bowls | Wantage Bowling Club | 950 m | 1 |
| Swimming | Wantage Leisure Centre | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Squash | Wantage Leisure Centre | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Pilates | Pilates Playroom | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Wantage Target Shooting Club | 1.6 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Letcombe Regis Riding Club | 2.0 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Grove Skatepark | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Grove Rugby Football Club | 3.1 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 Didcot Parkway, a drive away (13 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Wantage Church of England Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is King Alfred's, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 13.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Didcot Girls' School (4.3 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.6 km away, with Wantage Community Larder closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice (2.7 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, StephenStyle is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is John Radcliffe Hospital, 20 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 30 restaurants and cafés and 13 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Brew and Books is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Wantage Bowling Club the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 313 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 503 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Manor Road Memorial Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Wantage Leisure Centre (1.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 61 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
1 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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It's highly educated: 48% 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.