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Thinking of living at PE8 6LG? 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 primary school and station are further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wittering Primary School | Primary | 3.2 km | 60% met the expected standard |
| Nassington Primary School | Primary | 3.6 km | – |
Every primary near PE8 6LG, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Nassington Cricket Club | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Tennis | Castor And Ailsworth Tennis Club | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Barnack Bowls Club | 4.9 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 (8.3 km), with 343k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Peterborough.
The nearest bus stop is Black Swan Spinney, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 27); 7 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 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 drive away (3.2 km); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Wansford (700 m), with Wansford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, V and A Hair Design is 3.5 km 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.
Thirteen Wansford is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Paper Mills the nearest pub (650 m).
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 Queen Elizabeth Field, 4.2 km away.
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.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
4 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.