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Thinking of living on Lower Road? 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.
Checks tied to a spot (flood, radon, ground, noise, distances) are measured at KT23 4DH, where most of the street's homes are. A long street can differ from end to end: open a postcode for its own moving page.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bookham School | Primary | 100 m | 96% met the expected standard |
| Eastwick Infant School | Primary | 900 m | – |
| Eastwick Junior School | Primary | 900 m | 64% met the expected standard |
| Polesden Lacey Infant Academy | Primary | 1000 m | – |
| Howard of Effingham School | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 57.1 · 23.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Therfield School | Secondary | 4.2 km | Attainment 8: 49 · 16.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Andrew's Catholic School | Secondary | 5.0 km | – |
| The Ashcombe School | Secondary | 5.5 km | Attainment 8: 57.1 · 21.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Manor House School | Independent | 1.1 km | 36.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Aurora Poppyfield School | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
| The Yehudi Menuhin School | Independent | 3.1 km | 54.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near KT23 4DH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Chrystie Recreation Ground | 480 m | 13 |
| Football | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 7 |
| Swimming | Eastwick Junior School | 880 m | 6 |
| Golf | Effingham Golf Club | 2.8 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Effingham Cricket Club | 2.9 km | 4 |
| Horse riding | Great Bookham Equestrian Centre | 1.1 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Mole Valley Indoor Bowls Club | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Badminton | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Volleyball | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Fitness | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Netball | Effingham Community Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Main Hall | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Running | KGV Track | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Squash | Leatherhead Leisure Centre | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Bookham Rifle Club | 3.3 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 19. 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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bookham, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 212k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is The Old Crown, 250 m away, with a bus about every 35 minutes on weekdays (route 479); 8 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
Central London is 31 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Great Bookham School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 96% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Howard of Effingham School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 57.1 · 23.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Andrew's Catholic School (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Nonsuch High School for Girls (13.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 200 m away; Great Bookham Post Office (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Fairfield Medical Centre (under 50 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Head Office is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Epsom General Hospital, 8.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Saffron Bloom is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Royal Oak the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 33 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Chalk Grassland, 2.3 km away; for exercise, Effingham Community Sports Centre (1.4 km).
32 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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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 19 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
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.