Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at RG8 8QQ? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon C.E. Primary School | Primary | 1.6 km | – |
| Yattendon C.E. Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 80% met the expected standard |
| Bradfield C.E. Primary School | Primary | 4.2 km | 92% met the expected standard |
| Englefield C.E. Primary School | Primary | 4.3 km | 69% met the expected standard |
| Pangbourne Primary School | Primary | 4.6 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Theale Green School | Secondary | 5.5 km | Attainment 8: 38.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Andrew's School | Independent | 1000 m | – |
| Pangbourne College | Independent | 2.4 km | 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Bradfield College | Independent | 2.6 km | 40.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near RG8 8QQ, 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 College | 2.4 km | 6 |
| Rowing | Pangbourne College Boat Club | 3.9 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Bradfield Cricket Club Pavilion | 4.3 km | 3 |
| Swimming | St Andrew'S School | 920 m | 2 |
| Golf | Bradfield College Sports Complex | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Horse riding | Cullinghood | 740 m | 1 |
| Squash | Bradfield College Sports Complex | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Royal Berkshire Shooting School | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Canoe | Adventure Dolphin Centre Pangbourne | 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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Pangbourne, a drive away (4.0 km), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Basildon C.E. Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Theale Green School, 5.5 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 4.2 km away, with Gary and Paul closer still (1.9 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bradfield Surgery (4.1 km), with Pangbourne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.2 km).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 6.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 15 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Bradfield College - Faulkners Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (2.8 km), and Bradfield Social Club the nearest pub (3.5 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 260 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 129 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Pangbourne Meadows, 4.7 km away; for exercise, Royal Berkshire Shooting School (3.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 51 km away.
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.
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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