WD3 1BL

Rickmansworth Town · Three Rivers · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rickmansworth
Local authority
Three Rivers
Postcode district
WD3
Postcode sector
WD3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WD3 1BN 27 m
WD3 1BP 91 m
WD3 1GJ 111 m
WD3 1DS 120 m
WD3 1AY 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD3 1BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD3
Postcode sector
WD3 1
Latitude
51.637997
Longitude
-0.472976
British National Grid easting
505,770
British National Grid northing
194,347

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Three Rivers · E07000102
Parish or community
E04012658
Westminster constituency
South West Hertfordshire · E14001496
Output area
E00121110
Lower layer super output area
Three Rivers 007C · E01023850
Middle layer super output area
Three Rivers 007 · E02004962

Postcode source versions

Explore WD3

94 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL 10 July 2026 £755,000
71, Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL 11 September 2024 £780,000
41, Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL 22 March 2024 £736,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
25
Secondary
8
  1. Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School

    Academy converter

    585 m
  2. Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school

    783 m
  3. St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    895 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,158
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 387
  • Shoplifting 167
  • Anti social behaviour 166
  • Other theft 162
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
94

54 female, 40 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.6
WD3 1 residents
4,469

Age bands in WD3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

524 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

309 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.6%

1,245 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,084 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

913 residents

This postcode contained 2.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WD3 1 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

8

within 5 km

  • GADE AND CHORLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRES

    GADE HOUSE, 99B UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ

    ODS code E82068

    599 m

  • THE COLNE PRACTICE

    COLNE HOUSE SURGERY, 99A UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ

    ODS code E82083

    599 m

  • NEW ROAD SURGERY

    166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD

    ODS code E82106

    2.1 km

  • MOUNTWOOD SURGERY

    RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 2RG

    ODS code E86001

    3.2 km

  • HAREFIELD PRACTICE

    RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, HAREFIELD, UXBRIDGE, UB9 6JY

    ODS code E86007

    3.3 km

  • BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES

    BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR

    ODS code E82013

    3.8 km

  • SAS WEST HERTS

    BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES, 7 PRINTERS AVENUE, WATFORD, WD18 7QR

    ODS code Y08362

    3.8 km

  • EASTBURY SURGERY

    3 EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3BG

    ODS code E86028

    4.5 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

  • High Street

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.1 miles
  • Northway (W)

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles
  • Rickmansworth Underground Station

    PLT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles
  • Rickmansworth Underground Station

    PLT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Three Rivers 007C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,214 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
Low risk addresses
36
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

Property market

The five-year median is £675,000 from 9 recorded sales in WD3 1BL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Three Rivers is £580,120 in June 2026, down 1.2% year on year.

Schools

43 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School is the nearest published school at 585 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,158 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 387 events.

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