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UB8 2YU

Colham & Cowley · Hillingdon · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Colham & Cowley
Local authority
Hillingdon
Constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Postcode district
UB8
Postcode sector
UB8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
UB8 2HD 72 m
UB8 2BS 128 m
UB8 2JH 205 m
UB8 2EY 226 m
UB8 2EX 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
UB8 2YU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
UB
Postcode district
UB8
Postcode sector
UB8 2
Latitude
51.525074
Longitude
-0.487683
British National Grid easting
505,012
British National Grid northing
181,768

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hillingdon · E09000017
Electoral ward
Colham & Cowley · E05013566
Parish or community
E43000207
Westminster constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip · E14001558
Output area
E00184539
Lower layer super output area
Hillingdon 022D · E01002519
Middle layer super output area
Hillingdon 022 · E02000515

Postcode source versions

Explore UB8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
71
Primary
39
Secondary
13

  1. Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    581 m

  2. Brunel University

    Higher education institutions

    1.3 km

  3. Rabbsfarm Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,324
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 672
  • Anti social behaviour 371
  • Vehicle crime 196
  • Drugs 189
  • Shoplifting 183

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
UB8 2 residents
13,545

Age bands in UB8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

2,243 residents

Age 15 to 24
23.4%

3,258 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.4%

4,236 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.4%

2,713 residents

Age 65 and over
10.7%

1,499 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

18

within 5 km

  • CHURCH ROAD SURGERY

    4A CHURCH ROAD, COWLEY, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3NA

    ODS code E86034

    949 m

  • BRUNEL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON LANE, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3PH

    ODS code E86030

    1.3 km

  • THE IVERS PRACTICE

    IVER DOCTORS SURGERY, 2 GRANGE WAY, IVER, SL0 9NU

    ODS code K82006

    1.6 km

  • OTTERFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    25 OTTERFIELD ROAD, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 8PE

    ODS code E86027

    1.7 km

  • THE HIGH STREET PRACTICE

    YIEWSLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 20 HIGH STREET, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7DP

    ODS code E86042

    1.8 km

  • YIEWSLEY FAMILY PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7DP

    ODS code E86010

    1.8 km

  • WEST LONDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    20 PIELD HEATH ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3NG

    ODS code E86620

    2.3 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 THE GREEN, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7PJ

    ODS code E86004

    2.4 km

  • CENTRAL UXBRIDGE SURGERY

    GEORGE STREET, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1UB

    ODS code E86015

    2.5 km

  • BELMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    53-57 BELMONT ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1SD

    ODS code E86009

    2.7 km

  • ACORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    149 LONG LANE, HILLINGDON, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9JN

    ODS code E86632

    3.2 km

  • PARKVIEW SURGERY

    60 WEST DRAYTON ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3LA

    ODS code E86026

    3.3 km

  • THE OAKLAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 PARKWAY, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9JX

    ODS code E86005

    3.4 km

  • HILLINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

    4 FREEZELAND WAY, HILLINGDON, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9QF

    ODS code E86036

    4.0 km

  • THE ORCHARD SURGERY

    WILLOW PARADE, 276 HIGH STREET, LANGLEY, SLOUGH, SL3 8HD

    ODS code Y00437

    4.5 km

  • SHAKESPEARE HEALTH CENTRE

    ELERS ROAD CLINIC, ELERS ROAD, HAYES, UB3 1NY

    ODS code E86612

    4.6 km

  • THE PINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FREDORA AVENUE, HAYES, UB4 8RB

    ODS code E86016

    4.9 km

  • LANGLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    COMMON ROAD, LANGLEY, SLOUGH, SL3 8LE

    ODS code K81024

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Benbow Waye

    BCT · Cowley

    0.2 miles

  • Benbow Waye

    BCT · Cowley

    0.2 miles

  • Iver Lane

    BCT · Iver

    0.2 miles

  • Iver Lane

    BCT · Iver

    0.2 miles

  • Sefton Way

    BCT · Cowley Peachey

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hillingdon 022D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,038 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

71 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 13 secondary schools. Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 581 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,324 published events cover 12 months, averaging 193.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 672 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.