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Thinking of living at RG27 9BN? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Church of England Primary School | Primary | 650 m | 39% met the expected standard |
| Hook Infant School | Primary | 2.5 km | – |
| Hook Junior School | Primary | 2.6 km | 83% met the expected standard |
| Greenfields Junior School | Primary | 4.7 km | 59% met the expected standard |
| Oakwood Infant School | Primary | 5.0 km | – |
| Wellesley Prep School | Independent | 3.4 km | – |
| Sherfield School | Independent | 3.7 km | 36% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Loddon School | Independent | 4.3 km | – |
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| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Rotherwick Playing Fields | 1.1 km | 7 |
| Cricket | Rotherwick Cricket Club | 1.1 km | 3 |
| Golf | Tylney Park Golf Club | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Tylney Hall Hotel Leisure Club | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Hook Bowls Club Car Park | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Squash | Hartletts Park | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Football | The Memorial Playing Fields | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | Hartletts Park Skatepark | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Exercise | Adult fitness outdoor "playground" | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Sherfield Village Green | 4.2 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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hook, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 488k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Whitewater Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 39% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Hook Junior School (0.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 2.2 km away; Texaco Service Station (2.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hook Surgery (2.4 km), with Whitewater Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, Spirals Hair Salon & Barbers is 2.4 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Tylney Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (1.5 km), and Coach And Horses Public House the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 96 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 387 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Whitewater Meadows, 2.3 km away; for exercise, The Park Health Club (2.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 41 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
3 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.