Purkis Close Hayes, Hillingdon
9 addresses across 1 postcode (UB8), about 40 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 21402876.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Hillingdon cost £482,137 in August 2026 (+0% on a year); private rents averaged £1,581 a month.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Stockley Park East, is 40 m away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 399 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hayes and Harlington, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Lake Farm Country Park, is about 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 16.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 42 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Parkview Surgery, about 950 m (0.6 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 41% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 44 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Hillingdon
A typical home in Hillingdon cost £482,137 in August 2026, the same as a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 15% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £962,371 |
| Semi-detached | £597,163 |
| Terraced | £469,539 |
| Flat or maisonette | £291,852 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £409,715 |
Private renters in Hillingdon paid £1,581 a month on average in September 2026, 3.4% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,260 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,598 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,929 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,654 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 77 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 7,813 kWh of it on average in 2024, 36% less than the district's 12,281 kWh, and 4,877 kWh of electricity, 38% more than the district's 3,546 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is UB8.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (75% of about 520 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 45 Corwell Gardens UB8 3JT, Submitted (190 m)
- 107 West Drayton Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3LE, permissioned (740 m (0.5 miles))
- 107 West Drayton Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3LE, permissioned (740 m (0.5 miles))
- Greater Barn Hubbards Close UB8 3HB, Started (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Blue Lagoon 3 Wood End Green Road UB3 2SB, Submitted (1 km (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 4 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 40 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockley Park East Stockley Park, Middlesex | 1950 to 1992 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, special (hazardous); gas control on site | 40 m |
| Botwell Common Road Botwell | 1960 to 1964 | Commercial, household | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Land Parcels 2,3,4,5,9 Stockley Park, Hillingdon, Middlesex | from 1940 | Inert, industrial | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 42 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UB8 3QJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hayes and Harlington 8.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| West Drayton 3.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Southall 7.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 23 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wood End Park School Stockley Park | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillingdon Underground Station North Hillingdon | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Kew Pier | 11.2 km (7 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Car Park on Goulds Green, UB8 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Tesla Supercharger | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Parkview Surgery Good Sep 2017 | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Joshi Pharmacy | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Pield Heath Road (Dental Surgery) | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Hillingdon Hospital Requires improvement Jan 2026 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Micado Homes - Drayton Lodge Good Nov 2023 | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Hillingdon [Hayes] Police Station | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dawley Food & Wine, Dawley Road Cashzone | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lake Farm Country Park 25 ha | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,110 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7.9 ha | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Wood End Green Allotments 4.0 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 35 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), 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 12 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 | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wood End | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Stockley Road Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Home Covert | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north |
| Hare Plantation | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north |
| The Gorse | Wood | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Ickenham Marsh | Wetland | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
9 of the street's 9 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood End Park Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 120 m | No published inspection | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 68% in 2023) |
| McMillan Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 220 m | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | |
| Rosedale Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
| Rosedale College | Secondary | 11–19 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.9 (46.2 in 2025 and 49.3 in 2024); 54.5% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 23.1% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Parkside Studio College | Secondary | 13–19 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 26.7 (45.4 in 2025 and 35.2 in 2024); 8.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Lake Farm Park Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| Hewens College | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 35.9 (34.0 in 2025 and 42.0 in 2024); 23.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; progress average |
| Hewens Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 25% in 2023) |
| De Salis Studio College | Secondary | 14–19 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.4 (43.8 in 2025 and 55.1 in 2024); 45.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 0% AAB or better; progress average |
| Colham Manor Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 46% in 2024 and 56% in 2023) |
| Park Academy West London | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 38.1 (38.5 in 2025 and 41.2 in 2024); 32.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; progress well above average |
| Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 19% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 670 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower House Nursery Ltd UB8 3HW | Full day care | 30 | Nov 2025: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Little Marvels Nursery - Rosedale UB3 2SE | Full day care | 80 | Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Creative Fingers Community Nursery Ltd UB10 0NH | Sessional day care | 40 | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Getactive@lakefarm UB3 1JA | Out-of-school day care | 25 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Little Marvels Day Nursery (Hewens) UB4 8JP | Full day care | 60 | Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Heathrow UB11 1BF | Full day care | 100 | Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Kiddiecare Nursery UB3 2LE | Sessional day care | 88 | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Kaydaman UB3 1AP | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 169 childminders and 52 home childcarers (nannies) in Hillingdon. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMillan Nursery school UB3 2PB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Costcutter UB3 1EA | Retailers - other | 310 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 5 May 2026 |
| Dawley Chicken UB3 1EA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Sep 2025 |
| Jasmine's Kitchen UB3 1EA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 310 m | 4 Good | 27 May 2026 |
| Daman Food & Wine UB3 1EA | Retailers - other | 310 m | 4 Good | 12 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Jerome'S Grove (22); On or near A437 (10); On or near Purkis Close (9); On or near Corwell Gardens (3).
Road safety
5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 2 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 40% happened in the dark, and 40% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2025 18:30 | Slight | 2 people: 1 cyclist, 1 child | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 13 Nov 2024 18:45 | Slight | 1 person | A437, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 2 Oct 2024 15:19 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A437, 20 mph | Wet road |
| 11 Jan 2023 16:05 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A437, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 25 May 2022 07:40 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 399 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 340 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 399 counted 2025 | 1% | 340 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 19% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 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) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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
- UB8 3QJ: 9 addresses of 11 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Judge Heath Lane · St Jerome's Grove · Bishop's Road · Dawley Parade · Tudor Road · Lancaster Walk · Corwell Gardens · Dallega Close · Commonwealth Avenue · Normandy Drive · Princes Park Close · Princes Park Avenue
All the streets in UB8 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.