Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at TN26 1AL? 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, GP are all over 1 km away.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charing Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.6 km | 93% met the expected standard |
| Repton Manor Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Goat Lees Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 40% met the expected standard |
| Godinton Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4.6 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Highworth Grammar School | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 70.8 · 35.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Towers School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 40.6 · 4.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The North School | Secondary | 6.5 km | Attainment 8: 41.1 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Norton Knatchbull School | Secondary | 6.5 km | Attainment 8: 67.3 · 26.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Heath Farm School | Independent | 5.3 km | Attainment 8: 0.8 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ashford School | Independent | 5.6 km | 40% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The T3 School | Independent | 5.6 km | – |
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| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Charing Playing Fields | 3.0 km | 4 |
| Tennis | Charing Playing Fields | 3.0 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Ashford International Hotel | 4.4 km | 4 |
| Golf | Ashford (Kent) Golf Club | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Horse riding | Rooting Street Equestrian Centre | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Fishing | Eureka Fisheries | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Grosvenor Hall Activity Centre | 4.4 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 Charing (Kent), a drive away (3.3 km), with 94k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ashford International.
The nearest bus stop is The Woolpack, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 510, 976); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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 Charing Church of England Primary School, a drive away (3.6 km); 93% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Highworth Grammar School, 4.6 km away; Attainment 8: 70.8 · 35.2% 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 nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 3.9 km away, with Esso MFG Hothfield Service Station closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Charing Surgery (3.4 km), with The Charing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.4 km).
For a haircut, The Granary is 3.3 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.
The Wellnest Coffee Shop, Lake House is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Woolpack Beefeater the nearest pub (200 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 nearest park is Repton Park Nature Reserve, 3.7 km away; for exercise, PureGym (4.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
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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For holidays, London Southend is 42 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 68 km.
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.