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Thinking of living at TN15 8FH? 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 GP is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 44% met the expected standard |
| Borough Green Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 30% met the expected standard |
| St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 2.4 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Wrotham School | Secondary | 1.2 km | Attainment 8: 39.5 · 2.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near TN15 8FH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Wrotham Cricket Ground | 2.1 km | 5 |
| Tennis | Borough Green Recreation Ground | 1.0 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Reynolds Retreat | 1.5 km | 2 |
| Golf | Wrotham Heath Golf Club | 1.8 km | 2 |
| Football | Stonehouse Field | 330 m | 1 |
| Horse racing | Training track | 900 m | 1 |
| Bowls | Borough Green Bowls Club | 1.1 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Borough Green & Wrotham, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 438k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Flour Mill, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes W4, 570, 221, W3); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
Central London is 39 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 44% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ightham Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Wrotham School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 39.5 · 2.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Judd School (11.2 km) and Tonbridge Grammar School (11.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Stores, 1.1 km away, with Cantium Gin closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Borough Green Medical Practice (1.3 km), with Borough Green Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, The Village Barbers is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 13 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 70% 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 16 pubs and bars.
Southern State Grill is the closest café or restaurant (1.1 km), and The Blue Anchor Pub the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 262 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³).
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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For holidays, London City is 30 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
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.