W4 3UL Hounslow
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Chiswick Homefields. Region: London.
Streets
- Great Chertsey Road, Chiswick: 1 address
- Hartington Road, Chiswick: 1 address
- Hartington Road, Chiswick: 1 address
- Dan Mason Drive, Chiswick: 1 address
- Dan Mason Drive, 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 D (53% of about 660 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
- Budweiser Stag Brewery, Mortlake: up to 600 homes, not permissioned (500 m)
- Budweiser Stag Brewery, Mortlake: up to 1,068 homes, permissioned (500 m)
- Mortlake And Barnes Delivery Office, 2-12 Mortlake High Street, Mortlake: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (590 m)
- Mortlake And Barnes Delivery Office, 2-12 Mortlake High Street, Mortlake: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (590 m)
- Garages And Land Adjacent Railway South Worple Way, East Sheen: up to 5 homes, permissioned (750 m)
- Garages at Cherwell Court, Grove Park Road, Chiswick, W4 3SF: up to 1 home, not permissioned (760 m)
- Kew Biothane Plant, Mellis Avenue: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
- 1A St Leonards Road, East Sheen, SW14 7LY: up to 6 homes, permissioned (940 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is 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: 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 7 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Mortlake 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 730 m |
| Chiswick 707,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 730 m | |
| Barnes Bridge 872,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Kew Gardens Underground Station | 1.3 km |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Hartington Road Grove Park | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Montpelier Road / St Peters Way Ealing | 5.9 km |
| Ferry terminal | Kew Pier | 1.9 km |
| Car parks | Staveley Road Coach Parking | 850 m |
| EV charging points | 63 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 550 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 13.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Chiswick Medical Practice | 780 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Green Cross Health | 580 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Practice At Mortlake | 930 m |
| Hospital | Barnes Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 2.0 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Chiswick Cashzone | 780 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Mortlake Green 1.3 ha | 550 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 280 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.7 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m; nearest Promenade Allotments 2.9 ha | 170 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 1.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 660 m south-east. 31 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m south-east |
| Limes House and Forecourt Piers | Listed building, Grade II* | 790 m south-east |
| Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton, Churchyard of St Mary Magdalen | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m south-east |
| Entrance Gateway of Chiswick Park Immediately West of Obelisk | Listed building, Grade I | 910 m north |
| Chiswick House | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-east |
| Chiswick House | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.2 km north |
| Walpole House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km north-east |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | World Heritage Site | 2.1 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Small Profits | Wetland | 1.2 km east |
| Oliver's Island | Island | 1.5 km north-west |
| Leg o' Mutton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km north-east |
| East Sheen Common | Wood | 2.1 km south-west |
| Silver Hill | Hill | 4.1 km south |
| Ham Bottom | Valley | 4.8 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 3 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 5 |
5 of the postcode's 5 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 | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Great Chertsey Road.