Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at RH5 6LQ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaslake Free School | Primary | 3.2 km | – |
| Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School | Primary | 4.9 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Ewhurst CofE Aided Primary School | Primary | 4.9 km | – |
| Powell Corderoy Primary School | Primary | 5.7 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| Shere CofE Aided Infant School | Primary | 5.8 km | – |
| The Priory Church of England School | Secondary | 5.9 km | Attainment 8: 40.1 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leith Hill School | Independent | 0 m | – |
| Hurtwood House School | Independent | 2.5 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Duke of Kent School | Independent | 3.6 km | 43.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near RH5 6LQ, 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 | Club At Wotton House | 2.6 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Holmbury St. Mary Cricket Club | 1.4 km | 2 |
| Football | Holmbury St. Mary FC | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Club At Wotton House | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Jayes Park | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Boarhill Rifle Range | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Fishing | Tillingbourne Trout Farm and Smokery | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Bowling Green | 4.9 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 Gomshall, a drive away (4.7 km), with 59k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Guildford.
The nearest bus stop is Belmont School, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 22).
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 Peaslake Free School, a drive away (3.2 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Priory Church of England School, 5.9 km away; Attainment 8: 40.1 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Welcome Shere, 5.9 km away, with Keen & Son Farm Shop closer still (2.9 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is North Holmwood Surgery (5.6 km), with Brockwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (5.6 km).
For a haircut, Barnet Fayre is 5.0 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.
Hurtwood cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.9 km), and The Kings Head / The Kings Head Shop the nearest pub (950 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 nearest park is Westcott Heath, 4.3 km away; for exercise, Minature Rifle Range (6.5 km).
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.
1 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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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.