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Thinking of living at RG8 9DD? 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.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goring Church of England Aided Primary School | Primary | 200 m | 81% met the expected standard |
| Streatley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.7 km | – |
| South Stoke Primary School | Primary | 2.0 km | 17% met the expected standard |
| Langtree School | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 58 · 26.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cranford School | Independent | 3.0 km | 37.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Moulsford Preparatory School | Independent | 3.1 km | – |
| Oratory Preparatory School | Independent | 4.1 km | – |
Every primary near RG8 9DD, 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 | Sheepcot Field | 1.0 km | 5 |
| Cricket | Cholsey Cricket Club | 4.4 km | 3 |
| Golf | Goring And Streatley Golf Club | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Rowing | Goring Gap Boat Club | 2.0 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Goring Bowls Club | 530 m | 1 |
| Yoga | Original Pilates | 760 m | 1 |
| Sailing | Goring Thames Sailing Club | 920 m | 1 |
| Swimming | Swimming pool | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Royal Berkshire Shooting School | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Motocross | Ashdown Motocross Track | 4.8 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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Goring & Streatley, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 360k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Elvendon Crossroads, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 626); 3 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Goring Church of England Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Langtree School, 4.6 km away; Attainment 8: 58 · 26.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 800 m away, with Westholme Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Goring & Woodcote Medical Practice (750 m), with Goring Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Virgo Beauty is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 20 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Pierreponts Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and The Miller of Mansfield the nearest pub (700 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 250 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 291 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Rectory Gardens, 750 m away; for exercise, Original Pilates (750 m).
8 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 52 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.