W4 2RH Hounslow
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Chiswick Homefields. Region: London.
Streets
- Dartmouth Place, Chiswick: 30 addresses
- Powell's Walk, Chiswick: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Dartmouth Place, Chiswick: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Hounslow in 2026-27: Band D £2,186 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,457 | £1,700 | £1,943 | £2,186 | £2,671 | £3,157 | £3,643 | £4,371 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (37% of about 620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Old Chiswick, Old Chiswick (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- TOMBSTONE TO SIR PERCY HARRIS, BART, ST NICHOLAS CHURCHYARD, grade II*
- CONVENT OF ST MARY HOSPITAL OF ST JOSEPH, grade II
- TOMB OF FREDERICK HITCH VC, grade II
- TOMB OF SIR WILLIAM BLAKE RICHMOND, grade II
- WHISTLER MEMORIAL ADJACENT TO SOUTH SIDE OF POWELL'S WALK, APPROXIMATELY 120 METRES WEST OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 1A DARTMOUTH HOUSE, DARTMOUTH PLACE: up to 5 homes, permissioned (120 m)
- Manor Gardens - Hounslow '5000 Pledge', GARAGE BLOCKS AT, MANOR GARDENS, Devonshire Road: up to 6 homes, permissioned (530 m)
- Land rear of 147 Chiswick High Road Chiswick, London W4 2DT: up to 16 homes, not permissioned (840 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 6 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 93%, gigabit 93% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chiswick 707,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| Barnes Bridge 872,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Gunnersbury 2.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Turnham Green Underground Station | 1.1 km |
| Stamford Brook Underground Station | 1.2 km | |
| Chiswick Park Underground Station | 1.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 22 within 800 m; nearest Hogarth Roundabout Chiswick | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Montpelier Road / St Peters Way Ealing | 5.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Kew Pier | 2.3 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Staveley Road Coach Parking | 720 m |
| EV charging points | 41 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 140 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 14.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Glebe Street Surgery | 760 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest West London Pharmacy | 900 m |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Chiswick Smiles | 920 m |
| Hospital | Barnes Hospital | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 880 m |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Chiswick Cashzone | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,520 m² | 460 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,290 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Riverside Recreation Ground 6.1 ha | 510 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Duke Meadows Allotments 2.9 ha | 520 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Tombstone to Sir Percy Harris, Bart, St Nicholas Churchyard, a listed building (Grade II*), 50 m north-east. 97 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 18 of them Grade I and 8 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tombstone to Sir Percy Harris, Bart, St Nicholas Churchyard | Listed building, Grade II* | 50 m north-east |
| Church of St Nicholas and attached walls | Listed building, Grade II* | 240 m north-east |
| Hogarths House Wall and Gate of Hogarths House | Listed building, Grade I | 260 m north-west |
| Chiswick House Conservatory | Listed building, Grade I | 300 m west |
| Chiswick House | Scheduled monument | 360 m west |
| Chiswick House | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 470 m west |
| Walpole House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 620 m north-east |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | World Heritage Site | 3.1 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Corney Reach | Lake or reservoir | 500 m east |
| Leg o' Mutton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 500 m east |
| Chiswick Eyot | Island | 600 m north-east |
| Small Profits | Wetland | 1.0 km south |
| Oliver's Island | Island | 1.9 km west |
| Woodland Walk | Wood | 3.4 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 18.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 33 |
10 of the postcode's 33 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 | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 63% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 16% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 66% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Dartmouth Place.