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W3 8RU

South Acton · Ealing · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
South Acton
Local authority
Ealing
Constituency
Ealing Central and Acton
Postcode district
W3
Postcode sector
W3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W3 8BD 39 m
W3 8RX 49 m
W3 8RT 51 m
W3 8SF 64 m
W3 8SE 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W3 8RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W3
Postcode sector
W3 8
Latitude
51.504258
Longitude
-0.273492
British National Grid easting
519,925
British National Grid northing
179,782

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
E00006723
Lower layer super output area
Ealing 033A · E01001353
Middle layer super output area
Ealing 033 · E02000270

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
226
Primary
102
Secondary
28

  1. South Acton Childrens Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    51 m

  2. Acton Gardens Primary School

    Community school

    138 m

  3. Leap Service - the National Autistics Society

    Miscellaneous

    283 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,594
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,677
  • Anti social behaviour 1,023
  • Vehicle crime 792
  • Other theft 620
  • Shoplifting 568

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
0.8
W3 8 residents
12,225

Age bands in W3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

2,111 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,418 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.5%

5,064 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.1%

2,640 residents

Age 65 and over
10.1%

1,263 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% 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

83

within 5 km

  • THE MILL HILL SURGERY

    111 AVENUE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QH

    ODS code E85107

    120 m

  • CHISWICK FAMILY PRACTICE

    UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF

    ODS code E85130

    286 m

  • GP SURGERY @ ACTON GARDENS

    UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF

    ODS code E85075

    286 m

  • THE ACTON HEALTH CENTRE

    35-61 CHURCH ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QE

    ODS code E85109

    317 m

  • CROWN STREET SURGERY

    2 LOMBARD COURT, CROWN STREET, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8SA

    ODS code E85019

    349 m

  • HILLCREST SURGERY

    GROUND FLOOR, 23-31 KING STREET, LONDON, W3 9LA

    ODS code E85028

    449 m

  • ACTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    253 ACTON LANE, LONDON, W4 5DG

    ODS code E85687

    619 m

  • THE CHURCHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    64 CHURCHFIELD ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6DL

    ODS code E85640

    694 m

  • THE BEDFORD PARK SURGERY

    55 SOUTH PARADE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 5LH

    ODS code E85066

    1.2 km

  • THE HORN LANE SURGERY

    156 HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6PH

    ODS code E85677

    1.2 km

  • CHISWICK HEALTH PRACTICE

    FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX

    ODS code E85030

    1.5 km

  • WEST4 GPS

    CHISWICK HEALTH CENTRE, FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX

    ODS code E85040

    1.5 km

  • THE VALE SURGERY

    97 THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 7RG

    ODS code E85635

    1.5 km

  • HOLLY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A HOLLY ROAD, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 1NU

    ODS code E85658

    1.6 km

  • GLEBE STREET SURGERY

    1 GLEBE STREET, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 2BD

    ODS code E85683

    1.8 km

  • THE BOILEAU ROAD SURGERY

    104 BOILEAU ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3AJ

    ODS code E85694

    1.9 km

  • THE FLORENCE ROAD SURGERY

    26 FLORENCE ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3TX

    ODS code E85122

    2.0 km

  • CLOISTER ROAD SURGERY

    41-43 CLOISTER ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 0DF

    ODS code E85680

    2.0 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE, DR KUKAR

    13 OLLGAR CLOSE, LONDON, W12 0NF

    ODS code E85748

    2.1 km

  • THE WESTWAY SURGERY

    13 WESTWAY, SHEPHERDS BUSH, LONDON, W12 0PT

    ODS code E85005

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 83 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

  • Palmerston Road Stanley Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • Palmerston Road Stanley Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • All Saints Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • Newton Avenue

    BCT · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • King Street (W3)

    BCT · Acton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ealing 033A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,676 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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
20
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

Schools

226 open schools are in scope, including 102 primary and 28 secondary schools. South Acton Childrens Centre is the nearest published school at 51 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,594 published events cover 12 months, averaging 549.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,677 events.

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