Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Russell School is the nearest published school at 713 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WD3 5PL
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross · Three Rivers · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- Postcode district
- WD3
- Postcode sector
- WD3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WD3 5PL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1997
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- WD
- Postcode district
- WD3
- Postcode sector
- WD3 5
- Latitude
- 51.652753
- Longitude
- -0.517928
- British National Grid easting
- 502,626
- British National Grid northing
- 195,924
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Three Rivers · E07000102
- Electoral ward
- Chorleywood South & Maple Cross · E05009428
- Parish or community
- E04004812
- Westminster constituency
- South West Hertfordshire · E14001496
- Output area
- E00120938
- Lower layer super output area
- Three Rivers 005C · E01023817
- Middle layer super output area
- Three Rivers 005 · E02004960
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 WD3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 19
- Secondary
- 5
- 713 m
The Russell School
Community school
- 774 m
Chorleywood Primary School
Community school
- 1.1 km
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 345
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 117
- Shoplifting 54
- Anti social behaviour 46
- Burglary 26
- Criminal damage and arson 25
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WD3 5 residents
- 7,692
Age bands in WD3 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.8%
1,362 residents
808 residents
1,298 residents
2,346 residents
1,716 residents
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
4
within 5 km straight-line
GADE AND CHORLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRES
GADE HOUSE, 99B UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82068
3.1 km
THE COLNE PRACTICE
COLNE HOUSE SURGERY, 99A UXBRIDGE ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 7DJ
ODS code E82083
3.1 km
LITTLE CHALFONT SURGERY
200 WHITE LION ROAD, LITTLE CHALFONT, AMERSHAM, HP7 9NU
ODS code K82621
3.8 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
166 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, WD3 3HD
ODS code E82106
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Library
BCT · Chorleywood
- 0.0 miles
Library
BCT · Chorleywood
- 0.1 miles
Chorleywood Underground Station
PLT · Chorleywood
- 0.1 miles
Chorleywood Underground Station
PLT · Chorleywood
- 0.1 miles
Capell Way
BCT · Chorleywood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Three Rivers 005C, 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
32,207 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
345 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 117 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.