Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at RG8 7PZ? 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 primary school, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Woodcote Primary School | Primary | 2.9 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Pangbourne Primary School | Primary | 3.1 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Purley CofE Primary School | Primary | 3.5 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| Long Lane Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 38% met the expected standard |
| Langtree School | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 58 · 26.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Denefield School | Secondary | 4.3 km | Attainment 8: 47 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Oratory Preparatory School | Independent | 800 m | – |
| The Oratory School | Independent | 3.0 km | 21.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Pangbourne College | Independent | 4.3 km | 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near RG8 7PZ, 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 | Pangbourne Recreation Ground | 2.6 km | 9 |
| Cricket | Whitchurch on Thames Cricket Club | 1.9 km | 4 |
| Rowing | Oratory School Boathouse | 2.0 km | 4 |
| Bowls | Goring & Almshouses Bowls Club | 1.5 km | 3 |
| Swimming | The Oratory Sports Centre | 3.0 km | 3 |
| Canoe | Adventure Dolphin Centre Pangbourne | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Golf | The Oratory Sports Centre | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Squash | The Oratory Sports Centre | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Weekend Warriors | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Yoga | Original Pilates | 4.4 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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Pangbourne, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Oakdown Close, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 626).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 59 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 66 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Whitchurch Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Langtree School, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 58 · 26.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (11.5 km) and Reading School (12.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 2.8 km away, with Greenbroom Farm Shop closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Boat House Surgery (2.5 km), with Pangbourne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.8 km).
For a haircut, Kimberley's Hair Studio is 2.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 12 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 81% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
The Sun Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Greyhound Inn the nearest pub (2.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 159 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 119 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Pangbourne Meadows, 2.4 km away; for exercise, Adventure Dolphin Centre Pangbourne (2.5 km).
2 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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The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 44 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 51% 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.