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Thinking of living at RG9 4HL? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Road School | Primary | 1.2 km | 94% met the expected standard |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames | Primary | 1.2 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 64% met the expected standard |
| Badgemore Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Gillotts School | Secondary | 900 m | Attainment 8: 61.3 · 29.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Piggott School | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 61.9 · 28.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 6.3 km | Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Mary's Preparatory | Independent | 1.2 km | – |
| Rupert House School | Independent | 2.1 km | – |
| Shiplake College | Independent | 2.9 km | 18.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near RG9 4HL, 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 | Henley Tennis Club | 1.5 km | 9 |
| Rowing | Henley Rowing Club slipway | 1.8 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Harpsden Cricket Club | 410 m | 5 |
| Golf | Henley Golf Club | 570 m | 5 |
| Swimming | Henley Leisure Centre | 860 m | 3 |
| Bowls | Henley Bowls Club | 1.7 km | 3 |
| Football | AFC Henley | 110 m | 2 |
| Squash | Henley Leisure Centre | 860 m | 2 |
| Croquet | Phyllis Court Croquet Club | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Polo | Park Lane Polo | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Billiards | The Three Horseshoes | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Darts | The Three Horseshoes | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Poker | The Three Horseshoes | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Yoga | Henley Yoga Studio | 1.7 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Henley Rugby Football Club | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Fitness | The Fitness Centre | 2.5 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 20. 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: 58% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Henley-on-Thames, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
Central London is 56 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Valley Road School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 94% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Gillotts School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 61.3 · 29.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (7.9 km) and Reading School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Superstore, 1.4 km away, with One Stop closer still (950 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is back In Line (1.8 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Fabio's Cuts is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 7.9 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Henley Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Harpsden Cricket Club the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 158 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 66% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 261 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Gillotts Field, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Henley Leisure Centre (850 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 34 km away.
5 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: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.