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Thinking of living at RG26 5PQ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnham Copse Primary School | Primary | 1.1 km | 53% met the expected standard |
| Bishopswood Junior School | Primary | 1.8 km | 55% met the expected standard |
| Bishopswood Infant School | Primary | 1.8 km | – |
| The Hurst School | Secondary | 450 m | Attainment 8: 45.3 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Grantham Farm Montessori School | Independent | 750 m | – |
| Tadley Court School | Independent | 2.5 km | – |
Every primary near RG26 5PQ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Aldermaston Recreational Society | 1.2 km | 3 |
| Fitness | Outdoor Fitness Equipment | 2.1 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Wasing Park Cricket Ground | 2.9 km | 3 |
| Squash | The Hurst Leisure | 360 m | 2 |
| Football | Tadley Calleva FC | 2.3 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Tadley Health And Fitness Centre | 2.3 km | 2 |
| Golf | Bishopswood Golf Course | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Tadley Common Multi-Use Games Area | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Netball | Tadley Common Multi-Use Games Area | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Tadley Common Skateboard Park | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Tadley Rugby Club | 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Midgham, a drive away (4.6 km), with 44k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Badgers Wood, 150 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, Community, Connect, B); 31 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (14 by car).
Central London is 78 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Burnham Copse Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Hurst School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 45.3 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away; The Coffee Pot (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tadley Medical P'Ship (1.6 km), with Holmwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Tadley Nail Bar is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Gourmet Queens Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Elephant the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 217 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Wigmore Road Open Space, 650 m away; for exercise, Tadley Health & Fitness Centre (2.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Southampton is 44 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 55 km.
14 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
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.