M4 London, Hillingdon
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (UB7), about 4.8 km (3 miles) long, classed as a motorway. USRN 21402949.
- Flood: 20 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Hillingdon costs £2,045 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is West Drayton, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 210 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 19.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 33 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Medical Centre, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 185 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Hillingdon in 2026-27: Band D £2,045 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,364 | £1,591 | £1,818 | £2,045 | £2,500 | £2,955 | £3,409 | £4,091 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (47% of about 1,350 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Residential extensions.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Hillingdon.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Garages Site B, 2-28 Wordsworth Way UB7 9JE, Submitted (70 m)
- Former Garages Site A Rear Of 38-84 Coleridge Way UB4 9HR, Started (200 m)
- Former West Drayton Police Station, Station Road, West Drayton, UB7 7JQ, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Former West Drayton Police Station, Station Road, West Drayton, UB7 7JQ, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 7 addresses are in areas at high risk, 13 at medium risk and 7 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 35 homes the Environment Agency counts, 10 are in areas at high risk, 16 medium, 6 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| UB7 7HQ | zone 3 | 7 / 13 / 4 | unlikely |
| UB7 7UQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 26 m and 33 m above sea level (29 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UB7 7HQ | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| UB7 7UQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | West Drayton 3.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 (Rail Station Only) 7.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Hayes and Harlington 8.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Harmondsworth Road West Drayton | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Heathrow Central Bus Stn (Rail-Air) Heathrow Airport | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Sunbury Ferry Landing | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Sky Nights Hotel Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apcoa Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Medical Centre | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchard Pharmacy | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Evodental | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Hillingdon Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Heathrow Polar Park Police Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,070 m² | 210 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2,370 m² | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,810 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Closes 9.3 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Drayton Cemetery Allotments 9,020 m² | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stockley Park: Business park Phases I and II, and country park and golf course, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stockley Park: Business park Phases I and II, and country park and golf course | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Saxon Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Stockley Road Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Mayfields Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Swan Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| The Island | Island | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Dog Kennel Covert | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 19.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
5 of the street's 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Hillingdon: see them on the Hillingdon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 310 m | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Heathrow Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Laurel Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| West Drayton Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Catherine Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Harmondsworth Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Pinkwell Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| William Byrd Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Harlington School | Secondary | 11–19 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S & K News UB7 9JD | Retailers - other | 250 m | 4 Good | 12 Jul 2017 |
| Glebe Food Fare UB7 9HS | Retailers - other | 280 m | 4 Good | 21 Jun 2021 |
| Cherry Lane Primary UB7 9DL | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Cherry Lane Primary School Breakfast & Afterschool UB7 9DL | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 11 Feb 2025 |
| Once Upon a Time Day Nursery UB7 9EQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 63 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 55 |
| Vehicle crime | 19 |
| Drugs | 11 |
| Public order | 8 |
| Other theft | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Burglary | 7 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Keats Way (60); On or near Milton Way (44); On or near Coleridge Way (44); On or near Scribe Place (13); On or near Scott Close (13).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 54% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 22% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 2 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Mariner Place · Milton Way · Keats Way · Scribe Place · Coleridge Way · Byron Way · Scott Close · Wordsworth Way · M4 · Holloway Lane · Harmondsworth Road · Vine Close
All the streets in UB7 and across Hillingdon.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.