UB3 postcode district: Hillingdon and around
UB3 is a postcode district in England, with 987 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Hillingdon. Its council is Hillingdon.
- Postcodes in use
- 987
- Sectors
- 6
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Places
- Hillingdon
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in UB3, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 979
Of the 987 postcodes in UB3 that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 979 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5052, longitude -0.4244. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What broadband can you get in UB3?
Ofcom reports on 942 of the 987 postcodes in UB3. At 807 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is UB3 at risk of flooding?
8 of the 987 postcodes in UB3 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in UB3?
Homes in UB3 sold for a typical £457,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 226 sales, up 6.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £430,125
- 12 months to August 2026
- £457,000
▲ up 6.2% on the 12 months before
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in UB3
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Places in UB3
Towns and villages with postcodes in UB3, and how many each has here.
Who covers UB3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Hillingdon987
Constituencies
- Hayes and Harlington987
Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police987
Next to UB3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after UB3 in the UB area.
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