Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 14 secondary schools. Brunel University is the nearest published school at 307 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
UB8 3PL
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 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- UB8 3PL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2006
- Postcode area
- UB
- Postcode district
- UB8
- Postcode sector
- UB8 3
- Latitude
- 51.534502
- Longitude
- -0.469291
- British National Grid easting
- 506,266
- British National Grid northing
- 182,843
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
- E00012043
- Lower layer super output area
- Hillingdon 015A · E01002414
- Middle layer super output area
- Hillingdon 015 · E02000508
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore UB8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 14
- 307 m
Brunel University
Higher education institutions
- 367 m
Uxbridge High School
Academy converter
- 706 m
Bishopshalt School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,143
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,672
- Anti social behaviour 693
- Shoplifting 462
- Public order 397
- Vehicle crime 391
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- UB8 3 residents
- 19,537
Age bands in UB8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 21.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
3,389 residents
4,140 residents
5,236 residents
4,189 residents
2,228 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.
GP practices
25
within 5 km straight-line
BRUNEL MEDICAL CENTRE
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON LANE, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3PH
ODS code E86030
308 m
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
4A CHURCH ROAD, COWLEY, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3NA
ODS code E86034
780 m
CENTRAL UXBRIDGE SURGERY
GEORGE STREET, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1UB
ODS code E86015
1.4 km
WEST LONDON MEDICAL CENTRE
20 PIELD HEATH ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3NG
ODS code E86620
1.4 km
ACORN MEDICAL CENTRE
149 LONG LANE, HILLINGDON, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9JN
ODS code E86632
1.5 km
BELMONT MEDICAL CENTRE
53-57 BELMONT ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1SD
ODS code E86009
1.6 km
THE OAKLAND MEDICAL CENTRE
32 PARKWAY, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9JX
ODS code E86005
1.8 km
OTTERFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 OTTERFIELD ROAD, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 8PE
ODS code E86027
2.2 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
60 WEST DRAYTON ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 3LA
ODS code E86026
2.2 km
HILLINGDON HEALTH CENTRE
4 FREEZELAND WAY, HILLINGDON, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9QF
ODS code E86036
2.4 km
THE HIGH STREET PRACTICE
YIEWSLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 20 HIGH STREET, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7DP
ODS code E86042
2.5 km
YIEWSLEY FAMILY PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, YIEWSLEY, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7DP
ODS code E86010
2.5 km
THE IVERS PRACTICE
IVER DOCTORS SURGERY, 2 GRANGE WAY, IVER, SL0 9NU
ODS code K82006
3.3 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 THE GREEN, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7PJ
ODS code E86004
3.4 km
THE PINE MEDICAL CENTRE
FREDORA AVENUE, HAYES, UB4 8RB
ODS code E86016
3.7 km
WALLASEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 WALLASEY CRESCENT, ICKENHAM, UXBRIDGE, UB10 8SA
ODS code E86619
3.8 km
CEDAR BROOK PRACTICE
11 KINGSHILL CLOSE, HAYES, UB4 8DD
ODS code E86029
3.8 km
THE WARREN PRACTICE
THE WARREN, UXBRIDGE ROAD, HAYES, UB4 0SG
ODS code E86019
4.5 km
TOWNFIELD DOCTORS SURGERY
HAYES COMMUNITY CAMPUS, 34 COLLEAGE WAY, HAYES, UB3 3DZ
ODS code E86018
4.5 km
SHAKESPEARE HEALTH CENTRE
ELERS ROAD CLINIC, ELERS ROAD, HAYES, UB3 1NY
ODS code E86612
4.6 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Ivybridge Close
BCT · Pield Heath
- 0.1 miles
Brunel University
BCT · Pield Heath
- 0.1 miles
Hillingdon Cemetery
BCT · Pield Heath
- 0.2 miles
The Greenway
BCT · Pield Heath
- 0.2 miles
The Greenway
BCT · Pield Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hillingdon 015A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,545 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
Recorded crime
5,143 published events cover 12 months, averaging 428.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,672 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.