WD3 1SW

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 1FT 26 m
WD3 1FE 49 m
WD3 1FY 80 m
WD3 1FU 82 m
WD3 1HG 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WD3 1SW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WD
Postcode district
WD3
Postcode sector
WD3 1
Latitude
51.640802
Longitude
-0.465366
British National Grid easting
506,290
British National Grid northing
194,670

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
E00190262
Lower layer super output area
Three Rivers 004D · E01023851
Middle layer super output area
Three Rivers 004 · E02004959

Postcode source versions

Explore WD3

34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Middlemarch Lodge, 3, Flat 9, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1SW 13 July 2026 £325,000
Middlemarch Lodge, 3, Flat 10, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1SW 17 April 2026 £252,500
Middlemarch Lodge, 3, Flat 36, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1SW 12 February 2025 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
29
Secondary
9
  1. Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School

    Academy converter

    62 m
  2. Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school

    251 m
  3. Rickmansworth School

    Academy converter

    829 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
864
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 305
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Shoplifting 99
  • Other theft 81
  • Public order 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

30 female, 9 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
1.1
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 0.9% 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
0%
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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • GADE AND CHORLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRES

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

    ODS code E82068

    1.2 km

  • THE COLNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E82083

    1.2 km

  • NEW ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82106

    1.5 km

  • MOUNTWOOD SURGERY

    RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 2RG

    ODS code E86001

    3.2 km

  • BRIDGEWATER SURGERIES

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

    ODS code E82013

    3.2 km

  • SAS WEST HERTS

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

    ODS code Y08362

    3.2 km

  • HAREFIELD PRACTICE

    RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, HAREFIELD, UXBRIDGE, UB9 6JY

    ODS code E86007

    3.7 km

  • EASTBURY SURGERY

    3 EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3BG

    ODS code E86028

    4.3 km

  • WATFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    GROUND FLOOR, COLNE HOUSE, 21 UPTON ROAD, WATFORD, WD18 0JP

    ODS code E82045

    4.8 km

  • THE ELMS SURGERY

    38 THE AVENUE, WATFORD, WD17 4NT

    ODS code E82069

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • St Joan of Arc School

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.0 miles
  • Roman Catholic Church

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.1 miles
  • Scots Bridge

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles
  • Scots Bridge

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Rickmansworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Three Rivers 004D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,540 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £295,000 from 11 recorded sales in WD3 1SW. 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

50 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 9 secondary schools. Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School is the nearest published school at 62 m.

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

Recorded crime

864 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 305 events.

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