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Thinking of living at TN25 4AR? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challock Primary School | Primary | 650 m | 67% met the expected standard |
| Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School | Primary | 5.0 km | 81% met the expected standard |
| Towers School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 4.9 km | Attainment 8: 40.6 · 4.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Wye School | Secondary | 5.3 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Spring Grove School 2003 | Independent | 4.5 km | – |
Every primary near TN25 4AR, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Eastwell Manor | 2.8 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Eastwell Manor | 2.8 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Boughton & Eastwell Cricket Club | 3.2 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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wye, a drive away (4.7 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ashford International.
The nearest bus stop is The Stag, 600 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 666).
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Challock Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Charing Church of England Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, 4.9 km away; Attainment 8: 40.6 · 4.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Highworth Grammar School (6.9 km) and The Norton Knatchbull School (8.8 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 11 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Wye Surgery (5.6 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (5.0 km).
For a haircut, Bridge Street Barbers is 5.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 55% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Beech Court Gardens Tea Room is the closest café or restaurant (1.7 km), and The Halfway House the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 408 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 49% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 189 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 42 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 68 km.
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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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.