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Thinking of living at RM14 3BU? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upminster Infant School | Primary | 100 m | – |
| Upminster Junior School | Primary | 100 m | 88% met the expected standard |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 250 m | 75% met the expected standard |
| The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | Secondary | 550 m | Attainment 8: 58.2 · 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School | Secondary | 600 m | Attainment 8: 62.2 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hall Mead School | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 50.1 · 13.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Oakfields Preparatory School | Independent | 1.7 km | – |
| The Bridge | Independent | 4.1 km | Attainment 8: 24.3 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Mary's Hare Park School | Independent | 4.3 km | – |
Every primary near RM14 3BU, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Coopers Company & Coborn School | 550 m | 15 |
| Cricket | Upminster Cricket Club Pavillion | 540 m | 7 |
| Swimming | Coopers Company & Coborn School | 550 m | 7 |
| Golf | Upminster Golf Club | 1.2 km | 6 |
| Bowls | Upminster Bowls Club | 140 m | 5 |
| Fitness | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.1 km | 3 |
| Football | Hornchurch Stadium | 960 m | 2 |
| Athletics | Hornchurch Stadium | 980 m | 1 |
| Rugby | Upminster Rugby Club | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Badminton | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Hockey | Havering Hockey Club | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Teenage | Teenage Area | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Squash | David Lloyd (Gidea Park) | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | ROM Skatepark | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Eastminster Riding School | 4.7 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 17. 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: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Upminster Underground station, a few minutes' walk (300 m). The nearest rail station is Upminster, 300 m away, with 5.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Tudor Gardens, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 346, 646); 217 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 26 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Upminster Infant School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Upminster Junior School (0.9 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Coopers' Company and Coborn School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 58.2 · 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hall Mead School (1.9 km) and Redden Court School (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (11.8 km) and Dartford Grammar School (12.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Welcome Upminster, 150 m away, with Little Express closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Upminster Medical Centre (150 m), with Panchem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Trendy Nails & Beauty is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 4.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 53 restaurants and cafés and 3 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Village Indian Dining is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and BrewDog Upminster the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 91 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 49% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Clockhouse Gardens, 150 m away; for exercise, Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre (3.1 km).
59 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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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
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.