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Thinking of living at ST3 7JQ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meir Heath Academy | Primary | 0 m | 67% met the expected standard |
| St Matthews Church of England Academy | Primary | 800 m | 56% met the expected standard |
| Sandon Primary Academy | Primary | 1.8 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| St Augustine's Catholic Academy | Primary | 2.0 km | 48% met the expected standard |
| Springcroft Primary School | Primary | 2.4 km | 76% met the expected standard |
| Ormiston Meridian Academy | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 40.2 · 6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams | Secondary | 3.1 km | – |
| Blythe Bridge High School | Secondary | 3.2 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 9.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 41 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy | Secondary | 4.7 km | Attainment 8: 43.4 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Kinetic Academy | Independent | 2.3 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Rowan House School | Independent | 3.1 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Checkley Parish/Blythe Bridge Crown Green Bowls Club | 1.9 km | 9 |
| Cricket | Meir Heath Cricket Club | 570 m | 6 |
| Tennis | Longton Park (Queen'S Park) | 3.2 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Moddershall Oaks Health Spa | 1.5 km | 3 |
| Golf | Blythe Bridge Golf Club | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Squash | Tollgate Hotel & Leisure | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Rugby union | Stoke-on-Trent RUFC | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Climbing | Awesome Walls Stoke | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Football | Wedgwood Sports & Social Club | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Zulu Tactical Airsoft | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Rc car | Model Cars Racetrack | 4.8 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.
The nearest station is Blythe Bridge, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 104k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stoke-On-Trent.
The nearest bus stop is Shops, 450 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 6A, 240).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 60 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Meir Heath Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Sandon Primary Academy (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Meridian Academy, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 40.2 · 6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Joseph's College (8.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.9 km away, with Andy's Butchers closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Meir Park & Weston Coyney Medical Pract (1.3 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, The Hair Lab is 2.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Stoke University Hospital, 9.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Desi Moments Kahari House is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Windmill Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 72 per 1,000 residents a year.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Grindley Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Give Me Strength (2.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 46 km away.
13 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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Every primary near ST3 7JQ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
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.