W3 8SW

South Acton · Ealing · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Ealing
Postcode district
W3
Postcode sector
W3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W3 8SP 1 m
W3 8SN 35 m
W3 8GH 53 m
W3 8GG 64 m
W3 8RG 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W3 8SW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W3
Postcode sector
W3 8
Latitude
51.502392
Longitude
-0.275003
British National Grid easting
519,825
British National Grid northing
179,572

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Ealing · E09000009
Parish or community
E43000199
Westminster constituency
Ealing Central and Acton · E14001207
Output area
E00006731
Lower layer super output area
Ealing 033E · E01001358
Middle layer super output area
Ealing 033 · E02000270

Postcode source versions

Explore W3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
220
Primary
98
Secondary
30
  1. Acton Gardens Primary School

    Community school

    143 m
  2. South Acton Childrens Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    188 m
  3. Leap Service - the National Autistics Society

    Miscellaneous

    402 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,855
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,680
  • Anti social behaviour 1,028
  • Vehicle crime 878
  • Other theft 655
  • Shoplifting 640

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

26 female, 36 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.5% 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.

GP practices

81

within 5 km

  • CHISWICK FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E85130

    173 m

  • GP SURGERY @ ACTON GARDENS

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

    ODS code E85075

    173 m

  • THE MILL HILL SURGERY

    111 AVENUE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QH

    ODS code E85107

    312 m

  • THE ACTON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85109

    542 m

  • CROWN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85019

    563 m

  • ACTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    253 ACTON LANE, LONDON, W4 5DG

    ODS code E85687

    664 m

  • HILLCREST SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85028

    678 m

  • THE CHURCHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    64 CHURCHFIELD ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6DL

    ODS code E85640

    919 m

  • THE BEDFORD PARK SURGERY

    55 SOUTH PARADE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 5LH

    ODS code E85066

    1.1 km

  • THE HORN LANE SURGERY

    156 HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6PH

    ODS code E85677

    1.4 km

  • CHISWICK HEALTH PRACTICE

    FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX

    ODS code E85030

    1.4 km

  • WEST4 GPS

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

    ODS code E85040

    1.4 km

  • HOLLY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85658

    1.5 km

  • THE VALE SURGERY

    97 THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 7RG

    ODS code E85635

    1.7 km

  • GLEBE STREET SURGERY

    1 GLEBE STREET, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 2BD

    ODS code E85683

    1.8 km

  • GROVE PARK TERRACE SURGERY

    25 GROVE PARK TERRACE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 3JL

    ODS code E85746

    2.0 km

  • THE FLORENCE ROAD SURGERY

    26 FLORENCE ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3TX

    ODS code E85122

    2.0 km

  • THE BOILEAU ROAD SURGERY

    104 BOILEAU ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 3AJ

    ODS code E85694

    2.1 km

  • EALING PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    195A SOUTH EALING ROAD, EALING, LONDON, W5 4RH

    ODS code E85657

    2.2 km

  • CLOISTER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85680

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 81 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Palmerston Road Stanley Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.1 miles
  • Palmerston Road Stanley Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.1 miles
  • Hanbury Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.1 miles
  • Hanbury Road

    BCT · South Acton

    0.1 miles
  • Acton Town Station / Enfield Road

    BCT · Acton

    0.2 miles

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
0
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

220 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 30 secondary schools. Acton Gardens Primary School is the nearest published school at 143 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,855 published events cover 12 months, averaging 571.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,680 events.

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