Hillingdon: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Hillingdon on the mapWhat these local examples show
Hillingdon station and The Chimes have short supported-station estimates to Hillingdon and Uxbridge respectively. The Hillingdon Court Park reference has a lower mapped road average but unresolved walking evidence at that position. Aircraft readings are absent at these three examples; that is unverified evidence, not a quietness certificate or a conclusion about the whole borough's airport exposure.
This page covers the official Hillingdon boundary (E09000017), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 20 supported station records, 61 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 22 supported supermarket records, 9 shopping-centre records and 111 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Central, Elizabeth line, Metropolitan, Piccadilly. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Hillingdon Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.553715, -0.449828.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUHGD. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 63.49 dB Nighttime: 56.68 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 50.83 dB Nighttime: 45.49 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Hillingdon Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 8 min walk Unnamed woodland 12.4 ha · woodland |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Hillingdon 013D · E01002513 44.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 135 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Secondary · Academy converter · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 18 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 31 min walk The Chimes Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
2. Hillingdon Court Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.544710, -0.455855.
Retained source ID: 53569480. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 46.4 dB Nighttime: 42.17 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: 35.66 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Recorded crime | Band 1 / 5 · Lowest Hillingdon 013E · E01002516 30.6 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 92 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Supermarket walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Shopping walk | No reliable route estimate No reliable walking-network connection for this overview cell. |
3. The Chimes
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.545428, -0.476453.
Retained source ID: w42559012. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 50.85 dB Nighttime: 39.23 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 3 min walk Uxbridge Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 10 min walk Fassnidge Park 3.2 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Hillingdon 015H · E01034602 308.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,004 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 6 min walk St Andrew's C of E Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2025-04-23 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk The Chimes Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; missing readings do not establish quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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