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Thinking of living at WR11 7SN? 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 supermarket are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton-under-Hill First School | Primary | 300 m | – |
| Sedgeberrow CofE First School | Primary | 2.6 km | – |
| Elmley Castle CofE First School | Primary | 3.6 km | – |
| Overbury CofE First School | Primary | 4.0 km | – |
| Oak Hill Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.7 km | 30% met the expected standard |
| Bredon Hill Academy | Secondary | 300 m | – |
| The De Montfort School | Secondary | 6.8 km | Attainment 8: 38.4 · 3.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near WR11 7SN, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycling | 1km Closed Road Circuit | 4.8 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Dumbleton Cricket Club | 2.8 km | 3 |
| Tennis | Ashton-Under-Hill Playing Field | 250 m | 2 |
| Horse riding | Paddock | 3.4 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Overbury Bowling Club | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Football | Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium | 5.0 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Evesham, a drive away (7.6 km), with 287k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is First School, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 540); 10 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ashton-under-Hill First School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bredon Hill Academy, 300 m away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Evesham/ Esso Express, 6.0 km away, with Vale Service Station closer still (1.2 km) for top-ups.
The GP surgery is around 20 minutes on foot or by bus.
For a haircut, Crazy Hair is 6.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Worcestershire Royal Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 53% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Bredon Hill Country is the closest café or restaurant (1.2 km), and The Star Inn the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 332 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Charity Brook Park, 5.8 km away; for exercise, PureGym (6.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 51 km away.
8 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: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% 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.