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Thinking of living at TN27 8AW? 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 is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mayne Church of England Primary School | Primary | 300 m | 27% met the expected standard |
| Frittenden Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.2 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.9 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Smarden Primary School | Primary | 5.3 km | 89% met the expected standard |
| Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 5.9 km | Attainment 8: 39.7 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Greenfields School | Independent | 2.5 km | – |
| Little Acorns School | Independent | 4.2 km | – |
| Benenden School | Independent | 6.7 km | 62.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near TN27 8AW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golf | Chart Hills Golf Club | 2.2 km | 4 |
| Tennis | Gordon Jones Playing Field | 650 m | 2 |
| Squash | Biddenden Squash Club | 540 m | 1 |
| Swimming | London Beach Health Club & Spa | 4.5 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 Headcorn, a drive away (5.4 km), with 578k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is The Weavers, 350 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 12); 4 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 62 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
Central London is 70 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is John Mayne Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 27% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, 5.9 km away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Cranbrook School (9.7 km) and Highworth Grammar School (13.9 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 11 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 41 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 17 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
The West House Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Red Lion the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 295 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 256 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Biddenden Village Green, 350 m away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 50 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 60 km.
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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% 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.