W4 3JS Hounslow
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Chiswick Riverside. Region: London.
Streets
- Sutton Lane South, London: 9 addresses
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 D (36% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 4.
- 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
- Boundary wall to east side and rear of Little Sutton Cottage and to rear and west side of Sutton Close, grade II
- Church of St Michael, grade II
- Former vicarage to the Church of St Michael Sutton Court, grade II
- LITTLE SUTTON COTTAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Garages rear of St Thomas' Road, Chiswick, W4 3LB: up to 6 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- NORTH EAST CAR PARK, CHISWICK VILLAGE: up to 12 homes, permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Garages at Garth Court, Chiswick, W4 4QL: up to 3 homes, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- 361-365, Chiswick High Road: up to 34 homes, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- 396-400, Chiswick High Road: up to 34 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- Garages at Cherwell Court, Grove Park Road, Chiswick, W4 3SF: up to 1 home, not permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
- 66A, Waldeck Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (780 m (0.5 miles))
- 58A, Waldeck Road: up to 9 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 8 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 8 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: 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 5 m above sea level.
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 | Gunnersbury 2.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Chiswick 707,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Kew Bridge 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Gunnersbury Underground Station | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Chiswick Park Underground Station | 780 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Turnham Green Underground Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chesterfield Road (W4) Chiswick | 290 m |
| Bus or coach station | Montpelier Road / St Peters Way Ealing | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Kew Pier | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking (spare 2) on Oxford Road North | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 37 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge | 220 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 13.3 km (8.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grove Park Terrace Surgery | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sabel Pharmacy LTD | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Clayponds Hospital | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Chiswick Cashzone | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Turnham Green 3.2 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,030 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,640 m² | 200 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thames Road Allotments 4,870 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 3.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Classic bridge in Chiswick Park, a listed building (Grade I), 680 m (0.4 miles) south-east. 72 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 13 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Classic bridge in Chiswick Park | Listed building, Grade I | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Temple (Rustic House) at End of Yew Walk North East of Chiswick House | Listed building, Grade I | 770 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Voysey House | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Zoffany House | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Chiswick House | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 840 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Chiswick House | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Walpole House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Kew Palace (remains of) | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | World Heritage Site | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver's Island | Island | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Potomac | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Hog Hole | Tidal water | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| The Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Small Profits | Wetland | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Woodland Walk | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 18.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.7 | 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, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
9 of the postcode's 9 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 | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 39% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 40% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 23% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 13% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 58% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | under 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Sutton Lane South.