Kensington and Chelsea
SW1W house prices in Kensington and Chelsea
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Kensington and Chelsea, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£1,607,500
Range £449,000–£7,282,300 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Aug 2024 and 12 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SW1W: the typical (median) sold price is £1,607,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SW1W is a quiet market, with about 11 recorded sales a month. By property type, 73% were flats (typically £1,250,000) and 26% were terraced homes (typically £3,600,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £1,667 a year: Kensington and Chelsea's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Kensington and Chelsea, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SW1W: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
Only about 11 sales a month sell in SW1W, which gives us little to generalise from, so read the middle figure with caution and the individual sales with interest.
For sellers, terraced homes typically sold for £3,600,000 against £1,250,000 for flats, which explains a spread of £449,000 to £7,282,300, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; with so little to compare, give yourself extra time; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in SW1W sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Do your own homework first: lease length, ground rent and service charge, planning history nearby (12,873 applications on record within 500 m) and long-term flood risk, then hand the title to your conveyancer.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free SW1W OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
SW1W in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£1,607,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
10.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£1,667
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SW1W
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SW1W by property type
Semi-detached homes have the highest typical price at £4,450,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £1,250,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 2 | £4,450,000 | £3,650,000–£5,250,000 |
| Terraced | 59 | £3,600,000 | £1,205,000–£11,000,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 165 | £1,250,000 | £462,000–£5,811,248 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Aug 2024 and 12 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SW1W
The quarterly typical price fell 73.1%, from £3,440,220 in Q4 2024 (41 sales) to £925,000 in Q3 2026 (7 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £3,440,220 | 41 |
| Q1 2025 | £1,250,000 | 51 |
| Q2 2025 | £3,125,000 | 33 |
| Q3 2025 | £1,270,000 | 27 |
| Q4 2025 | £1,700,000 | 33 |
| Q1 2026 | £1,600,000 | 17 |
| Q2 2026 | £1,000,000 | 15 |
| Q3 2026 | £925,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Aug 2024 and 12 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SW1W prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SW1W homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £449,000 and £7,282,300, around a typical £1,607,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Aug 2024 and 12 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SW1W
Flat / maisonette homes were 73% of recorded sales (165 of 226). 26% of sales were freehold and 74% leasehold.
Property type
- Semi-detached1%
- Terraced26%
- Flat / maisonette73%
Tenure
- Freehold26%
- Leasehold74%
See the figures
66 freehold (26%) and 184 leasehold (74%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SW1W, including 14 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Aug 2024 and 12 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
SEMLEY HOUSE, SEMLEY PLACE, LONDON
£800,000 (2025)£460,000 (2026)-42.5% over 0.6 yrs (-57.7%/yr)
CARO POINT, 5, GATLIFF ROAD, LONDON
£2,675,000 (2025)£1,800,000 (2026)-32.7% over 1 yrs (-32.9%/yr)
BELGRAVIA MANSIONS, HOLBEIN PLACE, LONDON
£1,555,000 (2025)£2,200,000 (2026)+41.5% over 1.1 yrs (+36.7%/yr)
1, EBURY SQUARE, LONDON
£2,225,000 (2025)£330,000 (2026)-85.2% over 0.6 yrs (-95%/yr)
45, SLOANE GARDENS, LONDON
£625,000 (2025)£2,800,000 (2026)+348% over 1.1 yrs (+271.9%/yr)
8, BURTON MEWS, LONDON
£1,950,000 (2024)£2,250,000 (2026)+15.4% over 1.5 yrs (+9.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SW1W sits in Kensington and Chelsea
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SW1W
100, EATON SQUARE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 12 Aug 2026
£1,375,000
42, EATON SQUARE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£890,000
36, SLOANE GARDENS, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£800,000
CONSORT RISE HOUSE, 199 - 203, BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 Jul 2026
£925,000
41A, CHESTER SQUARE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 Jul 2026
£2,225,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SW1W includes the Knightsbridge & Belgravia ward.
In plain English
What the Kensington and Chelsea (SW1W) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £3,600,000 against £1,250,000 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £449,000 and £7,282,300, so the median says little about any one home.
- 74% of these sales were leasehold, which marks a flat-heavy market. Buyers here weigh remaining lease length, ground rent and service charges as much as the price.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 11 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 19 August 2024 and 12 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on SW1W
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in SW1W
£1,667
Band D a year in Kensington and Chelsea, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,111 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,296 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,481 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,667 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,037 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,407 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £2,778 |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,333 |
These are Kensington and Chelsea's charges for 2026-27, the authority SW1W falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Kensington and Chelsea · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SW1W
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Francis Holland School.
All schools
Francis Holland School
Independent schools · SW1W 8JF
214 m
Not graded
St Barnabas' CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW1W 8PF
241 m
Good · 2023
Eaton House School
Independent schools · SW1W 9BA
319 m
Not graded
Inchbald School of Design
Other types · SW1W 9BA
319 m
Not graded
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW1X 9DE
392 m
Good · 2012
Ada National College for Digital Skills
16 plus · Colleges · SW1V 4LD
453 m
Not graded
St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW1W 0NL
494 m
Requires improvement · 2022
Eaton Square Prep School
Independent schools · SW1V 1PH
539 m
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the SW1W district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 3 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SW1W
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around SW1W
12,873
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 2 August 2026.
Recent applications
Kensington/CON/26/03974Undecided
486 m
Details required by condition 3 (Noise from building services plant and vents), 4 (Anti-vibration mounts for air-conditioning/ extraction equipment), 5 (Noise Assessment Report) of planning permission 25/06749 (Replacement of the current HVAC (heating, ventilation and cooling) systems within the premise: removal of all external AC condensers including pipework & power; installation of 1no. VRV unit & 1no. condenser unit on the rear flat roof in the same location as existing)
Received 2026-07-22
Westminster/26/04907/TPOUndecided
405 m
T1173 - Portugal Laurel: Fell ground level - (client request) due to major decline. Photos to be submitted with application.
Received 2026-07-22
Westminster/26/04910/FULLUndecided
227 m
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 29 May 2026 (RN:26/02018/FULL) for: Installation of louvres and grilles for intake ducts to side/northern elevation namely, amendments to size of the proposed louvres and grilles.
Received 2026-07-22
Kensington/CA/26/03956Undecided
470 m
Installation of non-illuminated fascia signs: 'DeMellier'', and 2 x non-illuminated brass logos to bottom of shop windows.
Received 2026-07-21
Kensington/PP/26/03955Undecided
470 m
Installation of non-illuminated fascia signs: 'DeMellier'', and 2 x non-illuminated brass logos to bottom of shop windows.
Received 2026-07-21
Westminster/26/04809/FULLUndecided
482 m
Erection of mansard roof extension; fenestration alterations to both elevations including Juliet balconies to first floor front elevation; new balustrade and fixed rooflight to rear roof terrace and canopy above front entrance.
Received 2026-07-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SW1W district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for SW1W for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 12873 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 2 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SW1W
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled SW1W postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 8, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SW1W 8DJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so SW1W spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SW1W: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in SW1W, band by band
Kensington and Chelsea's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SW1W median sold price of £1,607,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearKensington and Chelsea | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £1,607,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,111 | £93 | 0.07% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,296 | £108 | 0.08% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,481 | £123 | 0.09% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,667 | £139 | 0.10% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,037 | £170 | 0.13% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,407 | £201 | 0.15% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £2,778 | £232 | 0.17% |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,333 | £278 | 0.21% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SW1W median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Kensington and Chelsea, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SW1W sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 172 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SW1W. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
100, EATON SQUARE, LONDON
SW1W 9AQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,375,000
2026-08-12
42, EATON SQUARE, LONDON
SW1W 9BD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£890,000
2026-08-07
36, SLOANE GARDENS, LONDON
SW1W 8DJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£800,000
2026-07-31
CONSORT RISE HOUSE, 199 - 203, BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 9TB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£925,000
2026-07-17
41A, CHESTER SQUARE, LONDON
SW1W 9HT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,225,000
2026-07-06
SEMLEY HOUSE, SEMLEY PLACE, LONDON
SW1W 9QL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£460,000
2026-07-06
40, CHESTER ROW, LONDON
SW1W 8JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£4,650,000
2026-07-03
WOODS HOUSE, 7, GATLIFF ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 8DE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-06-30
CARO POINT, 5, GATLIFF ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 8BD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£1,800,000
2026-06-11
BELGRAVIA MANSIONS, HOLBEIN PLACE, LONDON
SW1W 8NY · Other · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£2,200,000
2026-06-01
25 - 26, EATON MEWS SOUTH, LONDON
SW1W 9HR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£11,000,000
2026-05-29
1, EBURY SQUARE, LONDON
SW1W 9AH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£330,000
2026-05-29
BRAMAH HOUSE, 9, GATLIFF ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 8DP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£1,000,000
2026-05-28
45, SLOANE GARDENS, LONDON
SW1W 8ED · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£2,800,000
2026-05-19
26, SLOANE GARDENS, LONDON
SW1W 8DJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£660,000
2026-05-01
20, SOUTH EATON PLACE, LONDON
SW1W 9JA · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£8,500,000
2026-04-23
1C, GERALD ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 9EH · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,400,000
2026-04-14
29, RANELAGH GROVE, LONDON
SW1W 8PA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,175,000
2026-04-13
VENNER HOUSE, BOURNE STREET, LONDON
SW1W 8UR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-04-13
HEPWORTH COURT, 30, GATLIFF ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 8QN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£640,000
2026-04-10
TARNBROOK COURT, 9, HOLBEIN PLACE, LONDON
SW1W 8NR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,600,000
2026-03-31
24, CLIVEDEN PLACE, LONDON
SW1W 8HD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-03-30
57, EATON SQUARE, LONDON
SW1W 9BG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£4,380,000
2026-03-27
CHELSEA GATE APARTMENTS, 93, EBURY BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON
SW1W 8RB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£1,175,000
2026-03-26
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.