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Thinking of living at PE8 6EJ? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wittering Primary School | Primary | 400 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School | Primary | 3.3 km | 95% met the expected standard |
| Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School | Primary | 6.0 km | 72% met the expected standard |
| Copthill Independent Day School & Nursery | Independent | 4.6 km | – |
| Stamford Junior School | Independent | 5.3 km | – |
| Meadows View School | Independent | 5.9 km | – |
Every primary near PE8 6EJ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Barnack Bowls Club | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Barnack Cricket Club | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Golf | Burghley Park Golf Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
| Tennis | Burghley Park Golf Club | 4.1 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.
The nearest station is Stamford, a drive away (5.4 km), with 343k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Peterborough.
The nearest bus stop is Parker Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 4P, 27, 48); 15 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Wittering Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 5.9 km away, with Costcutter Wittering closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wansford (3.3 km), with Wansford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.3 km).
For a haircut, V and A Hair Design is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Peterborough City Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
The Coffee Stop is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Golden Lion Bar the nearest pub (1.2 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 289 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 227 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Walcot Hall, 2.9 km away; for exercise, Fusion Fitness (5.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Rutland Water Sykes Lane, 14 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 66 km away, and London Luton, with far more destinations, 83 km.
9 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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Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
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.