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Thinking of living at SN7 8SF? 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 are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longworth Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| John Blandy Primary School | Primary | 2.7 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Buckland Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 93% met the expected standard |
| Standlake Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5.1 km | 48% met the expected standard |
| Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5.4 km | 85% met the expected standard |
Every primary near SN7 8SF, 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 | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Tennis Club | 2.3 km | 3 |
| Football | KBS Millennium green Pitch | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Sailing | The Three TTTs Watersports Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Fishing | The Three TTTs Watersports Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Canoe | The Three TTTs Watersports Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Oxford Downs Cricket Club | 4.6 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 Oxford, a drive away (15 km), with 8.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Village Hall, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 63); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 58 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Longworth Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group, 3.1 km away, with One Stop closer still (2.3 km) for top-ups.
The GP surgery is around 46 minutes on foot or by bus.
For a haircut, Niya Beauty Clinic is 2.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is John Radcliffe Hospital, 18 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Cedar Community Club is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Blue Boar the nearest pub (1.4 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 362 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 323 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kingston Bagpuize Park, 3.1 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 71 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
3 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.