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Thinking of living at SL7 3SD? 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 station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claytons Primary School | Primary | 1.1 km | 30% met the expected standard |
| Carrington Junior School | Primary | 1.9 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Carrington Infant School | Primary | 1.9 km | – |
| Juniper Hill School | Primary | 2.1 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| E-Act Bourne End Academy | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 38 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Great Marlow School | Secondary | 2.6 km | Attainment 8: 47.9 · 9.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Michael's Catholic School | Secondary | 3.8 km | Attainment 8: 49.1 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| John Hampden Grammar School | Secondary | 4.0 km | Attainment 8: 72.3 · 39.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sir William Borlase's Grammar School | Secondary | 4.1 km | Attainment 8: 72.4 · 43.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Herries Preparatory School | Independent | 3.0 km | – |
| Crown House School | Independent | 3.9 km | – |
| The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School | Independent | 4.4 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Straight Bit Recreation Ground | 2.1 km | 14 |
| Swimming | Swim Street | 2.1 km | 9 |
| Golf | Flackwell Heath Golf Club | 2.4 km | 6 |
| Multi-sport | Longridge Activity Centre | 3.4 km | 6 |
| Squash | The Marlow Club | 2.8 km | 5 |
| Athletics | Little Marlow Running Track | 1.5 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Wooburn Narkovians Cricket Club | 3.1 km | 4 |
| Rugby | Marlow Rugby Clubhouse | 2.7 km | 3 |
| Bowls | Loudwater bowls club | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Yoga | Unwind Yoga Studio | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Sailing | Upper Thames Sailing Club | 1.3 km | 2 |
| Football | Flackwell Heath football club | 2.2 km | 2 |
| Rugby union | Marlow Rugby Club | 2.7 km | 2 |
| Netball | Kingsmead Netball Centre | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Running | Wycombe District Athletics Complex | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Motocross | Flackwell Heath Moto Park | 2.4 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 25. 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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bourne End, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 255k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (16 by car).
Central London is 45 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Claytons Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 30% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is E-Act Bourne End Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 38 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (1.8 km) and John Hampden Grammar School (3.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Bourne End, 1.4 km away, with Emmetts Farm Shop closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Orchard Surgery (1.9 km), with Bourne End Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, The Beauty & Brow Studio is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Wexham Park Hospital, 15 km away, rated good 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 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Keg Craft Beer is the closest café or restaurant (1.5 km), and The Black Lion the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 85 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 72% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is The recreation ground, 2.1 km away; for exercise, Wycombe District Athletics Complex (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 25 km away.
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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Buckinghamshire New University, 4.6 km away (TEF Silver).
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.