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Thinking of living at RH5 5JT? 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.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the primary school is further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Weald CofE Primary School | Primary | 2.9 km | 54% met the expected standard |
| Newdigate CofE Endowed Aided Infant School | Primary | 3.1 km | – |
| Rusper Primary School | Primary | 4.6 km | – |
Every primary near RH5 5JT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Capel Cricket Club | 750 m | 3 |
| Tennis | Capel Recreation Ground | 770 m | 3 |
| Bowls | Newdigate Bowls Club | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Motocross | Old Motocross Track | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Jayes Park | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Motor | Rusper Raceway | 3.5 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 Ockley, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 34k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Laundry Way, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 93); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 65 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
Central London is 40 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Weald CofE Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 10 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Leith Hill Practice (200 m), with Pharmacy Advance the closest pharmacy (3.4 km).
For a haircut, Barnet Fayre is 2.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is East Surrey Hospital, 15 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Ruby's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.8 km), and The Crown the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 285 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 13 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 43% 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.
7 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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