# W14 8HD: area report for a postcode in Kensington and Chelsea

W14 8HD is a postcode in Kensington and Chelsea.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Kensington and Chelsea. Open the map at W14 8HD for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) › [W14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w14) › [W14 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w14-8)

## Around this postcode

- **144 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Kensington and Chelsea 009B: 83 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **Shepherd's Bush (Central), 460 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **No property in W14 8HD listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Kensington and Chelsea 009B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **£1,232,640 average price**: For the whole of Kensington and Chelsea, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **7 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **14 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at W14 8HD**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **Moderate road and rail noise at W14 8HD**: Road 51 dB, rail 63 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD
- **20.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-cardinal-vaughan-memorial-rc-school-e141931) | Secondary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 61.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e100350) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Addison Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/addison-primary-school-e100321) | Primary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Norland Place School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norland-place-school-e100510) | Independent | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [SIAL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sial-e136747) | Independent | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Wetherby Pembridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wetherby-pembridge-e151698) | Independent | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ecole-francaise-de-londres-jacques-prevert-e100371) | Independent | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/larmenier-and-sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-e134009) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £560,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £675,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| August 2026 | £370,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £850,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| December 2025 | £188,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| July 2026 | £590,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| April 2024 | £720,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| July 2026 | £1,100,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Shepherd's Bush (Central) (460 m, 6 minutes on foot); Kensington Olympia (480 m, 6 minutes on foot); Shepherd's Bush (490 m, 6 minutes on foot); Kensington (Olympia) (510 m, 6 minutes on foot); Holland Park (840 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: WEST KENSINGTON GP SURGERY (280 m); STERNDALE SURGERY (280 m); THE BUSH DOCTORS (430 m); KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (590 m); PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE (760 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (430 m); FORREST PHARMACY (520 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (610 m); HEALTHSIDE PHARMACY (670 m); FARO PHARMACY (700 m)
- Dental practices: SMILE KENSINGTON (220 m); HOLLAND PARK DENTAL CENTRE (500 m); ADDISON PLACE DENTAL PRACTICE (520 m); DENTAL SURGERY (710 m); ENVY SMILE DENTAL (710 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Shepherd's Bush London (410 m, Lidl); Sainsburys Shepherds Bush - The Broadway Local (450 m, Sainsburys); Co-op FR Shepherds Bush (490 m, The Southern Co-operative); M&S Shepherds Bush BP (580 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Hammersmith and Fulham Poplar Grove Local (590 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £1,232,640** (July 2026). Kensington and Chelsea’s average house price was £1,232,640 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 14.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,576** (2025). Full-time workers living in Kensington and Chelsea earned a median of £52,576 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 6th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 23.4×** (2025). A home in Kensington and Chelsea costs 23.4 times local full-time pay. Least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 20.3** (2025). Kensington and Chelsea has a deprivation score of 20.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Kensington and Chelsea 009B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 15.0** (2025). Kensington and Chelsea 009B has a deprivation score of 15.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,391st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £667,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kensington and Chelsea 009B was £667,500 in 2025. Joint 1,856th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,833** (2021). Kensington and Chelsea 009B had 1,833 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 8,918th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.8%** (January 2026). In Kensington and Chelsea 009B, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## W14 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £635,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in W14 was £635,000 in 2025. Joint 118th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 35,416** (2021). W14 had 35,416 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 636th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in W14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In W14, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea)
- Centre: 51.5016, -0.2138

Council: [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Kensington and Bayswater](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kensington-and-bayswater): Joe Powell (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2138,51.5016,W148HD

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