UB6 8PS Ealing
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Central Greenford. Region: London.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Ealing in 2026-27: Band D £2,139 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,426 | £1,663 | £1,901 | £2,139 | £2,614 | £3,089 | £3,564 | £4,277 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (37% of about 1,110 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- OIS7c Greenford Green - South of Rockware Avenue, not permissioned (490 m)
- OIS7c Greenford - South of Rockware Avenue, not permissioned (490 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 20 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 7 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 22 addresses are between 19 m and 21 m above sea level (20 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Greenford 140,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 420 m |
| South Greenford 52,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Castle Bar Park 113,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Greenford Underground Station | 420 m |
| Northolt Underground Station | 1.7 km | |
| Perivale Underground Station | 1.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 20 within 800 m; nearest Courthope Road Greenford | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Montpelier Road / Eaton Rise Ealing | 3.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | Kew Pier | 7.3 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Greenford Station Car Park (TfL) | 390 m |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest BP | 770 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 10.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Greenford Road Med.ctr. | 280 m |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Parade Pharmacy | 380 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Apollonia Dental Care | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Clementine Churchill Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police | 3.2 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 21 ha | 300 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 480 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Oldfield Recreation Ground 2.0 ha | 240 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Stanley Avenue Allotments 3,900 m² | 490 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of the Holy Cross (Old Church), a listed building (Grade I), 390 m south. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of the Holy Cross (Old Church) | Listed building, Grade I | 390 m south |
| Holy Cross New Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 400 m south |
| Northolt Manor, moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km west |
| Iron Age settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north-east |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | World Heritage Site | 7.7 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Horsenden Hill | Hill | 1.8 km north-east |
| Horsenden Wood | Wood | 2.0 km north-east |
| Willow Tree Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km south-west |
| Conolly Dell | Valley | 3.2 km south |
| The Roxbourne | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km west |
| Northwick Park | Wood | 4.3 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 18.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 13 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 22 |
17 of the postcode's 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 20% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 26% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | under 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 7% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.