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Thinking of living at UB8 1PB? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermitage Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 83% met the expected standard |
| John Locke Academy | Primary | 1.1 km | 77% met the expected standard |
| St Andrew's C of E Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 59% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 83% met the expected standard |
| Whitehall School | Primary | 1.7 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Vyners School | Secondary | 1000 m | Attainment 8: 53.5 · 18.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Uxbridge High School | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 43 · 8.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Douay Martyrs Catholic School | Secondary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 52.6 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Oak Wood School | Secondary | 2.7 km | Attainment 8: 37.6 · 4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Swakeleys School for Girls | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 55.9 · 19.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Darwin School | Independent | 900 m | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Mews | Independent | 900 m | Attainment 8: 1.1 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Uxbridge Sports Club | 420 m | 13 |
| Football | Hillingdon Abbots RFC | 3.3 km | 9 |
| Cricket | Nets | 370 m | 5 |
| Bowls | Uxbridge Bowling Club | 470 m | 5 |
| Athletics | Hillingdon Sports And Leisure Complex | 560 m | 4 |
| Golf | Uxbridge Golf Centre | 1.7 km | 4 |
| Squash | Uxbridge Sports Club | 480 m | 3 |
| Swimming | Hillingdon Sports And Leisure Complex | 560 m | 3 |
| Rugby | Pavilion | 490 m | 2 |
| Skateboard | Fassnidge Skatepark | 970 m | 2 |
| Horse riding | Manor Farm Liveries | 3.6 km | 2 |
| Fitness | Denham Garden Village Fitness and Wellbeing Centre | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Netball | Uxbridge Business Park Netball Court | 550 m | 1 |
| Ten-pin bowling | Hollywood Bowl | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Ball Court | 1.6 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Hillingdon Abbots RFC | 3.3 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 21. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Uxbridge Underground station, about a 10-minute walk (950 m). The nearest rail station is West Ruislip, 3.1 km away, with 136k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Colnedale Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes U9, U10); 22 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 24 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Hermitage Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is John Locke Academy (1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Vyners School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 53.5 · 18.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bishopshalt School (2.4 km) and Ruislip High School (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Langley Grammar School (8.8 km) and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (9.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 650 m away; Belmont Food and Wine (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Belmont Medical Centre (750 m), with Superdrug the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Wolf's Hair & Beauty is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Hillingdon Hospital, 3.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 58% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Baxterstorey is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Uxbridge Sports Club the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 59% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Uxbridge Common, 250 m away; for exercise, Uxbridge Lido (650 m).
22 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| ACS Hillingdon International School |
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| Independent |
| 1.6 km |
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Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 9.3 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Brunel University London, 2.4 km away (TEF Bronze).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.