Schools
210 open schools are in scope, including 95 primary and 28 secondary schools. Ark Acton Academy is the nearest published school at 352 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
W3 8BE
South Acton · Ealing · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- South Acton
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Constituency
- Ealing Central and Acton
- Postcode district
- W3
- Postcode sector
- W3 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- W3 8BE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2019
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- W
- Postcode district
- W3
- Postcode sector
- W3 8
- Latitude
- 51.502556
- Longitude
- -0.278816
- British National Grid easting
- 519,560
- British National Grid northing
- 179,584
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Ealing · E09000009
- Electoral ward
- South Acton · E05013536
- Parish or community
- E43000199
- Westminster constituency
- Ealing Central and Acton · E14001207
- Output area
- E00006714
- Lower layer super output area
- Ealing 033E · E01001358
- Middle layer super output area
- Ealing 033 · E02000270
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 W3
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2a, Palmerston Road, London, W3 8BE | 16 April 2000 | £60,000 |
| 2a, Palmerston Road, London, W3 8BE | 3 September 1997 | £60,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 210
- Primary
- 95
- Secondary
- 28
- 352 m
Ark Acton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 392 m
Acton Gardens Primary School
Community school
- 394 m
South Acton Childrens Centre
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,331
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,569
- Anti social behaviour 988
- Vehicle crime 782
- Other theft 598
- Shoplifting 532
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 48
- Postcode households
- 19
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- W3 8 residents
- 12,225
27 female, 21 male
Age bands in W3 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 40.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.1%
2,111 residents
1,418 residents
5,064 residents
2,640 residents
1,263 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W3 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- 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
79
within 5 km
THE MILL HILL SURGERY
111 AVENUE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QH
ODS code E85107
422 m
CHISWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF
ODS code E85130
431 m
GP SURGERY @ ACTON GARDENS
UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF
ODS code E85075
431 m
CROWN STREET SURGERY
2 LOMBARD COURT, CROWN STREET, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8SA
ODS code E85019
642 m
THE ACTON HEALTH CENTRE
35-61 CHURCH ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QE
ODS code E85109
725 m
HILLCREST SURGERY
GROUND FLOOR, 23-31 KING STREET, LONDON, W3 9LA
ODS code E85028
786 m
ACTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
253 ACTON LANE, LONDON, W4 5DG
ODS code E85687
929 m
THE CHURCHFIELD ROAD SURGERY
64 CHURCHFIELD ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6DL
ODS code E85640
1.1 km
THE BEDFORD PARK SURGERY
55 SOUTH PARADE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 5LH
ODS code E85066
1.4 km
THE HORN LANE SURGERY
156 HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6PH
ODS code E85677
1.5 km
CHISWICK HEALTH PRACTICE
FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX
ODS code E85030
1.7 km
WEST4 GPS
CHISWICK HEALTH CENTRE, FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX
ODS code E85040
1.7 km
HOLLY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
2A HOLLY ROAD, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 1NU
ODS code E85658
1.7 km
THE FLORENCE ROAD SURGERY
26 FLORENCE ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3TX
ODS code E85122
1.8 km
THE VALE SURGERY
97 THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 7RG
ODS code E85635
1.9 km
EALING PARK HEALTH CENTRE
195A SOUTH EALING ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 4RH
ODS code E85657
1.9 km
THE BOILEAU ROAD SURGERY
104 BOILEAU ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3AJ
ODS code E85694
2.0 km
GLEBE STREET SURGERY
1 GLEBE STREET, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 2BD
ODS code E85683
2.0 km
GROVE PARK TERRACE SURGERY
25 GROVE PARK TERRACE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 3JL
ODS code E85746
2.0 km
CLOISTER ROAD SURGERY
41-43 CLOISTER ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 0DF
ODS code E85680
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 79 matching practices.
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Acton Town Station / Enfield Road
BCT · Acton
- 0.0 miles
Acton Town
BCT · Acton Town
- 0.0 miles
Acton Town Underground Station
PLT · Acton Town
- 0.1 miles
Acton Town Underground Station
PLT · Acton Town
- 0.1 miles
Acton Town Underground Station
PLT · Acton Town
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ealing 033E, 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
12,788 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 19
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,331 published events cover 12 months, averaging 527.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,569 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.