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Thinking of living on Shirley Drive? 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.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove | Primary | 850 m | 76% met the expected standard |
| Brunswick Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 57% met the expected standard |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School | Secondary | 550 m | Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 1.0 km | Attainment 8: 41.1 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Blatchington Mill School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 51 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Dorothy Stringer School | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 53.3 · 22.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Varndean School | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 48.8 · 17.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove | Independent | 450 m | – |
| The Montessori Place | Independent | 750 m | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Windlesham School | Independent | 850 m | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Grasshoppers Lawn Tennis Club | 380 m | 27 |
| Swimming | King Alfred Leisure Centre | 1.8 km | 12 |
| Football | Hove Park 3G Football Pitch | 540 m | 10 |
| Skateboard | Level Skateboards | 2.3 km | 10 |
| Cricket | Indoor School | 790 m | 7 |
| Running | One City | 680 m | 6 |
| Bowls | Preston Bowls Club | 970 m | 6 |
| Golf | Hollingbury Park Golf Course | 3.1 km | 6 |
| Rugby union | Hove Recreation Ground | 180 m | 4 |
| Cycling | One City | 680 m | 4 |
| Fitness | The Gym | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Yoga | Space | 1.8 km | 4 |
| Squash | Withdean Sports Complex | 1.5 km | 3 |
| Padel | Nick Rivett Sport | 1.3 km | 2 |
| Athletics | Withdean Sports Complex | 1.5 km | 2 |
| Boxing | FitLab | 1.8 km | 2 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 41. 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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hove, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 2.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Shirley Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 21); 16 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Newman Catholic School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away; The Station (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hove Park Villas Surgery (400 m), with Traherne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Bespoke You is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 3.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 53% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 17 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Hove Recreation Ground Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Hove Rugby Kitchen the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 47% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Hove Park, 600 m away; for exercise, One City (700 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 2.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 34 km away.
40 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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No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 58% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is INTO University Partnerships, 2.5 km away.
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.