UB8 2AS
Last sold £234,000 in June 2004
5, Hows Close, Uxbridge
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 34m — higher than about 10% of homes in Uxbridge
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Price history in context
- Jun 2004 — £234,000
What this home might be worth today
£468,000
Estimate range £445,000–£492,000
+100.2% since June 2004 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 93 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 6-min walk
- St Andrew's C of E Primary School 13-min walk crosses a major road
- Uxbridge station 9-min walk crosses a major road
- Long Coppice 2.1km
- The coast (coastline) 13.8km
- Lake 536m
- Pond 153m
- Canal 385m
- Fray's River 87m
- Fassnidge Park 217m
- Playing Field 93m
- Uxbridge Grocery 255m
- Hows Road (Stop S) 107m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From West Drayton, 3.9km away
- 21 min London
- 64 min Oxford
- 86 min Cambridge
- 97 min Bristol
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,670 hours a year — sunnier than 80% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Rockingham Bridge, Uxbridge conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
- An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the highest for England & Wales — 1400 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 19a, Hows Close, Uxbridge £455,000 · 2016
- 9, Hows Close, Uxbridge £115,000 · 1999
- 7, Hows Close, Uxbridge £450,000 · 2018
- 11, Hows Close, Uxbridge £487,000 · 2022
- 13, Hows Close, Uxbridge £245,000 · 2005
- 15, Hows Close, Uxbridge £380,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Change of use of the first floor from Commercial (Use Class E) to Residential (Use Class… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed Change of Use of part ground floor and upper floors from Office (Class E) to an… May 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed change of use of part ground floor and upper floors from Office (Class E Use) to… May 2026 source
- Permitted Conversion of the second floor commercial (Use Class E) space to residential units… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Details pursuant to the discharge of Conditions 5 (details of all external windows) of… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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