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Thinking of living at SG8 7RB? 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 station and GP are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriplow CofE Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 75% met the expected standard |
| Fowlmere Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 25% met the expected standard |
| Foxton Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Duxford Church of England Community Primary School | Primary | 4.3 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| Harston and Newton Primary School | Primary | 4.4 km | – |
| Sawston Village College | Secondary | 5.7 km | Attainment 8: 55.5 · 24.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Selwyn Hall School | Independent | 3.2 km | – |
Every primary near SG8 7RB, 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 | Fowlmere Recreation Ground | 1.7 km | 6 |
| Golf | Kingsway Golf Club | 3.6 km | 3 |
| Swimming | Aweswim | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Newton Cricket Ground | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Duxford Bowls Club | 4.3 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 Foxton, a drive away (3.3 km), with 99k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is Lower Street, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 17, 7A).
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Thriplow CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sawston Village College, 5.7 km away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 24.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The weekly shop is close by: a food store is about 8 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Harston Surgery (4.5 km).
For a haircut, Hairs & Graces is 4.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 8.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% 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: 24 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Cafe Amigo is the closest café or restaurant (1.9 km), and The Green Man the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 302 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 239 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Brewery Field Community Green Space, 4.1 km away; for exercise, Aweswim (2.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 25 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
4 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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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.