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Thinking of living at RM14 1AY? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engayne Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 67% met the expected standard |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Upminster Infant School | Primary | 1.3 km | – |
| Upminster Junior School | Primary | 1.3 km | 88% met the expected standard |
| The James Oglethorpe Primary School | Primary | 1.7 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Hall Mead School | Secondary | 750 m | Attainment 8: 50.1 · 13.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Emerson Park Academy | Secondary | 750 m | Attainment 8: 44.7 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | Secondary | 1.3 km | Attainment 8: 58.2 · 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 62.2 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Campion School | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 52.8 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Oakfields Preparatory School | Independent | 2.9 km | – |
| St Mary's Hare Park School | Independent | 3.7 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Grosvenor Lawn Tennis Club | 660 m | 16 |
| Swimming | Coopers Company & Coborn School | 1.3 km | 10 |
| Golf | Upminster Golf Club | 290 m | 9 |
| Bowls | Upminster Golf and Bowling Club | 410 m | 5 |
| Cricket | Upminster Cricket Club Pavillion | 1.6 km | 5 |
| Fitness | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.6 km | 2 |
| Ice skating | Sapphire Ice & Leisure Centre | 4.9 km | 2 |
| Rugby | Upminster Rugby Club | 380 m | 1 |
| Football | Hornchurch Stadium | 1.6 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Hornchurch Stadium | 1.7 km | 1 |
| Teenage | Teenage Area | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Squash | David Lloyd (Gidea Park) | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Hockey | Havering Hockey Club | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Badminton | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Skiing | Brentwood Park Ski And Snowboard Centre | 4.4 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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Upminster, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 5.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to West Ham.
The nearest bus stop is Upminster Tithe Barn Museum, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 248, 346); 69 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 27 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Engayne Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Upminster Junior School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Hall Mead School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 50.1 · 13.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Coopers' Company and Coborn School (0.8 km) and Redden Court School (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (12.9 km) and Dartford Grammar School (13.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Food, 1.1 km away, with Upminster Rugby Club closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cranham Health Centre (800 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Boo's Boutique is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 5.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Upminster Golf & Bowling Club Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Upminster Masonic Hall Co the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Upminster Hall Playing Fields, 450 m away; for exercise, Teenage Area (2.5 km).
10 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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| Independent |
| 3.9 km |
| Attainment 8: 24.3 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 36 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% 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.