# W8 6AW: area report for a postcode in Kensington and Chelsea

W8 6AW 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 W8 6AW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) › [W8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w8) › [W8 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w8-6)

## Around this postcode

- **High Street Kensington, 440 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **No property in W8 6AW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **9 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **14 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at W8 6AW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **Low road and rail noise at W8 6AW**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **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=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW
- **20.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-barnabas-and-st-philips-cofe-primary-school-e100493) | Primary | 200 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2024 | 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thomas's Kensington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thomass-kensington-e100534) | Independent | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-abbots-cofe-primary-school-e100497) | Primary | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ashbourne College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashbourne-college-e100537) | Independent | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Kensington Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kensington-primary-academy-e140213) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Collingham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/collingham-e100539) | Independent | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Holland Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holland-park-school-e149632) | Secondary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 58.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Wetherby School, Kensington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wetherby-school-kensington-e144516) | Independent | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £1,630,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2024 | £7,600,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 20 m |
| August 2025 | £5,315,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| May 2025 | £5,260,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| August 2025 | £2,400,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| January 2024 | £4,500,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2023 | £4,100,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| December 2024 | £3,100,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: High Street Kensington (440 m, 6 minutes on foot); Earl's Court (620 m, 8 minutes on foot); Gloucester Road (960 m, 12 minutes on foot); Kensington (Olympia) (1 km, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE (190 m); SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (330 m); HOLLAND PARK SURGERY (440 m); HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT (560 m); EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY (660 m)
- Pharmacies: KENSINGTON PHARMACY (210 m); PESTLE & MORTAR (230 m); BOOTS (430 m); EARLS COURT CHEMIST (610 m); BOOTS (670 m)
- Dental practices: 129 - 131 KENSINGTON HIGH STREET (330 m); ORACARE DENTAL (370 m); EARLS COURT DENTAL PRACTICE (410 m); COLOSSEUM DENTAL (EARLS COURT) (430 m); 80 KENSINGTON DENTAL CLINIC (520 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose Kensington (240 m, Waitrose); Tesco Kensington High St Express (380 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Earls Court Local (420 m, Sainsburys); M&S Kensington (470 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Cromwell Rd (550 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 011A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 9.0** (2025). Kensington and Chelsea 011A has a deprivation score of 9.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,487th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,750,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kensington and Chelsea 011A was £1,750,000 in 2025. Joint 64th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,484** (2021). Kensington and Chelsea 011A had 1,484 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,359th least 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: 95.9%** (January 2026). In Kensington and Chelsea 011A, 95.9% 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.

## W8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £1,627,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in W8 was £1,627,500 in 2025. 7th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 17,696** (2021). W8 had 17,696 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,147th least 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 W8 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: 94.3%** (January 2026). In W8, 94.3% 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: 51.4975, -0.1956

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

- [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)
- [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=-0.1956,51.4975,W86AW

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