Hillingdon

21°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

97 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Public order12
• Vehicle crime12
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Colnbrook, Poyle and Foxborough · Thames Valley

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

209 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

225 food businesses within 2 miles

• 169 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 21 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

£352,024 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,569 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,144
• 2 bed £1,428
• 3 bed £1,716

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

45 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)

• Consultation on new homelessness and rough sleeping strategy· 4 Sept 2026
• Face to face service at Britwell to continue· 27 Aug 2026
• Slough children’s social care rated inadequate· 25 Aug 2026
• Adult learning courses – enrol now!· 24 Aug 2026
• Sunny GCSE results day for Slough students· 20 Aug 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 73 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 34,305 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

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

50inspected 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)

141 applications decided

83.7% granted · 118 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 19
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 1

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

383 jobs advertised · £47,715 avg

e.g. FREELANCE FITNESS INSTRUCTORS, Delivery Driver - West Drayton, Tiler (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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership333 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s322 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU290 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership274 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office268 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)