Hillingdon

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

71 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Vehicle crime8
• Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Colnbrook, Poyle and Foxborough · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

229 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

221 food businesses within 2 miles

• 172 rated 4–5 ★ (138 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Station A (1.3 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£349,397 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,425
• 3 bed £1,712

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

847 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 39 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Wilson James-Heathrow Airport (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Live consultation links· 4 Nov 2026
• Applications open for Crisis and Resilience Fund grants· 4 Nov 2026
• Auditor’s public interest report published· 29 Oct 2026
• Government announces plans to progress with a mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Council Tax Support Scheme consultation launches· 26 Oct 2026

Source: Slough Council

158,500 residents in Slough · 4,872/km²

• Under 16: 25%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,599
• Net moves−2,810

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (43% of 57,340)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

59 schools · 34,094 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

49 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

152 CQC-registered services

• Care homes16
• GP practices24
• Dentists25
• Homecare agencies69
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Slough

• Not in the Green Belt
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

164 applications decided

78.7% granted · 129 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 17
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,670 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

366 jobs advertised · £51,124 avg

e.g. Hgv Class 1 Driver, Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department, Painter & Decorator (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£784 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,714 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 64,996 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.8 women · 60.1 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SL3

• Datchet Health Centre
• Langley Health Centre
• The Orchard Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU339 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks163 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases154 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND138 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence131 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Staines and West Drayton Railway · 0.1 km

  The Staines and West Drayton Railway (S&WDR), also called the Staines–West Drayton line and the Colnbrook branch, is a partially open, freight-only railway line in southern England. Formerly it ran for around 6 miles…

• Colnbrook Estate Halt railway station · 0.2 km

  Colnbrook Estate Halt railway station was a station on the now closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It was opened on 1 May 1961 by British Railways to serv…

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  Lakeside EfW · 0.3 km

  The Lakeside EfW is located in Colnbrook, Slough. It incinerates residual waste, and since 2010 it has also been authorised to incinerate low-level radioactive waste.

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  Lower Colne · 0.6 km

  Lower Colne is a Local Wildlife Site designated by London as a Metropolitan Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC). It is located in the Borough of Hillingdon and follows the course of two rivers, the River…

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  Colnbrook railway station · 0.8 km

  Colnbrook railway station was a station on the now-closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It opened in 1884 to serve the village of Colnbrook, perhaps antici…

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  Thorney Interchange · 1.1 km

  The Thorney Interchange is a large motorway intersection in the UK, between the M4 and M25. It is one of the busiest motorway interchanges in the country. It lies on the edges of Buckinghamshire, Greater London and Be…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)