Hillingdon
Hillingdon is covered by postcode districts HA4, UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8, UB10 and 12 more. It is mostly in the Hillingdon council area: 6,094 of its 6,205 postcodes. The others are in Buckinghamshire, Slough, Three Rivers and 2 others. 3 of its 6,205 postcodes are in Hertfordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 6,202.
Every postcode in Hillingdon, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 234
- In use before 2020: 5,971
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 6,205 postcodes in Hillingdon that ONS places, 234 are new since 2020 and 5,971 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5439, longitude -0.4367. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 42 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. UB8 9XD, is the newest of them.
- 30 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. UB3 3FS, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. UB3 4GH, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HA4 4NX, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HA6 9JJ, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. UB3 1DX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Hillingdon?
Homes sold for a typical £510,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1% on the 12 months before. At 4,731 of the 5,943 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,265 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 434 of its 6,205 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Ruislip, 2.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Hillingdon?
Homes in Hillingdon sold for a typical £510,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,908 sales, up 1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £835,000 264 sales
- Semi-detached £570,000 657 sales
- Terraced £500,000 473 sales
- Flat or maisonette £300,000 514 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole HA4 district, Hillingdon's main postcode district: a typical £560,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hillingdon: 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
Are new homes being built in Hillingdon?
234 of the 6,205 postcodes now in use in Hillingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 83 of the 2,650 homes sold in Hillingdon were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HA4 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Hillingdon | Across the HA4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 10 of 1,908 (Under 1%) | 0 of 449 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 83 of 2,650 (3%) | 0 of 631 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Hillingdon?
Ofcom reports on 5,943 of the 6,205 postcodes in Hillingdon. At 4,731 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Hillingdon at risk of flooding?
434 of the 6,205 postcodes in Hillingdon 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 2,265 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
Which schools are in Hillingdon?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hillingdon (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Ryefield Primary School200 m 394 pupils, 630 places
- Oak Farm Primary School850 m
- St Helen's College1.0 km 353 pupils, 380 places
- Charville Academy1.0 km 441 pupils, 420 places
- St Bernadette Catholic Primary School1.1 km 414 pupils, 472 places
- Highfield Primary School1.2 km 254 pupils, 450 places
- Hedgewood School1.4 km
- Glebe Primary School1.7 km 619 pupils, 690 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Hillingdon?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hillingdon is West Ruislip Rail Station, 2.9 km away in a straight line.
- West Ruislip Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
- South Ruislip Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
- West Drayton Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
- Hillingdon Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 1.4 kmCycle
- Ickenham Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Hillingdon?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hillingdon, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Oakland Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01895 237411 1.0 kmWalk
- Acorn Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01895 237474 1.0 kmWalk
- Hillingdon Health Centre Phone 01895 234440 1.2 kmWalk
- Cedar Brook Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 020 8845 7100 1.9 kmCycle
- Parkview Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8573 7674 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hillingdon safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,495 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hillingdon over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 119 September 2025
- 119 October 2025
- 114 November 2025
- 126 December 2025
- 117 January 2026
- 117 February 2026
- 138 March 2026
- 117 April 2026
- 129 May 2026
- 116 June 2026
- 127 July 2026
- 156 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 21, theft from the person 19, robbery 14, shoplifting 8, possession of weapons 7, bicycle theft 3.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Hillingdon?
- Councils
- Hillingdon (6,094), Buckinghamshire (98), Slough (7) and 3 others
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip (2,297), Hayes and Harlington (2,266), Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (1,531) and 5 others
- Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police (6,097), Thames Valley (105) and Hertfordshire (3)
- Regions
- London (6,097), South East (105) and East of England (3)
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Hillingdon
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Hillingdon is in Hillingdon; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Hillingdon about council tax Council tax, on pre.hillingdon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hillingdon
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Hillingdon postcodes
6,205 postcodes in use in Hillingdon, by district:
Those districts are in the HA postcode area, UB postcode area, TW postcode area, SL postcode area and WD postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Hillingdon
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hillingdon's £510,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hillingdon
- What is it like to live in Hillingdon?
- Homes sold for a typical £510,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1% on the 12 months before. At 4,731 of the 5,943 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,265 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 434 of its 6,205 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Ruislip, 2.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Hillingdon?
- Hillingdon is covered by postcode districts HA4, UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8, UB10 and 12 more, across 6,205 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hillingdon?
- Homes in Hillingdon sold for a typical £510,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,908 sales, up 1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hillingdon?
- In Hillingdon, primary schools at its postcodes include Ryefield Primary School, Oak Farm Primary School and St Helen's College; secondary schools at its postcodes include Oak Wood School, Swakeleys School for Girls and De Salis Studio College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Hillingdon have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hillingdon is West Ruislip, 2.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hillingdon?
- Ofcom reports on 5,943 of the 6,205 postcodes in Hillingdon. At 4,731 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hillingdon at risk of flooding?
- 434 of the 6,205 postcodes in Hillingdon 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 2,265 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Hillingdon?
- 234 of the 6,205 postcodes now in use in Hillingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 83 of the 2,650 homes sold in Hillingdon were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HA4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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