From experience :
- Northwood will only be allocated to Fleet/PJHQ personnel.
- Avoid Bushey like the plague (crime rate!).
- Bushey Heath ok but further from public transport.
- Stanmore good for transport (end of tube line so not a problem if you fall asleep after a few post work beers!)
- Uxbridge the most popular residence for MB peopel (and I believe quite decent quarters but I stand to be corrected - I lived in Bushey!!)
Schools could be a problem, particularly around Bushey and Bushey Heath where if you have not been on the waiting list for 3 years+ you won't get into the "better" state schools (although I accept that the standard of a particular school is a personal opinion).