Sol Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 HiWhat's the best website to calculate the distance as the crow flies (straight line) for schools?Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 You can use google maps. Just right click on the school, select measure distance, and click on the point you are interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginster Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 One school we visited said to use a site called Daft Logic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devsdev Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 While not a straight line calculator, it does map the school catchment area: http://www.schoolcatchment.co.uk/. The search function for postcodes isn't great, but you can drag and drop the pin for your address so it's more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAM Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 https://www.freemaptools.com/choose radius around a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemmarc Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You can email the admissions team at the Council and they can tell you exactly as they will measure it. At least you can with Lewisham which is where we are. I'm sure they don't have time for hundreds of emails with long lists of schools but I think if it genuinely affects your decision as to preferences etc they will help. In our case the 'pin' on some of the online maps wasn't actually showing accurately where we lived. I emailed the council and they responded within a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trefford21 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You can use this calculator that I created a couple of years ago...https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_LWyHqZ3x8w3YRJWOey9Wv6lcaeCmABPWbxXAYkXGY/edit#gid=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Thank you very much. This is very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjgb Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I strongly recommend you contact the council to get this info as doing it by postcode isn't accurate - on online tools it just measures from the centre of a postcode whereas the accurate distance might be 30-40 metres different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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