Kensington and Chelsea
SW1X 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
£2,497,500
Range £545,000–£9,460,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -2.9%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 May 2024 and 4 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SW1X: the typical (median) sold price is £2,497,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 2.9%, comparing 84 sales with 141, so a handful of homes can swing it. SW1X is a quiet market, with about 10 recorded sales a month. By property type, 77% were flats (typically £1,987,500) and 23% were terraced homes (typically £3,737,500).
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 SW1X: a quiet market, so take your time
SW1X has seen just 250 sales since May 2024, and prices have drifted down, so sellers should plan for a longer sale and buyers can afford to be patient.
If you are selling, a spread from £545,000 to £9,460,000 makes £2,497,500 a poor guide to any one home, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseIf you are buying, SW1X sits well above the UK average for typical prices, though prices have eased, so there may be room to negotiate; just remember one year of falls is not a forecast.
Our checklist before an offer: the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (15,981 applications on record within 500 m) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free SW1X OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
SW1X in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£2,497,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
9.6
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-2.9%
-2.9% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£1,667
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SW1X
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SW1X by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £3,737,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £1,987,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 46 | £3,737,500 | £2,009,750–£9,700,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 158 | £1,987,500 | £742,500–£6,680,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 May 2024 and 4 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SW1X
The quarterly typical price rose 31.8%, from £2,495,000 in Q4 2024 (46 sales) to £3,287,500 in Q3 2026 (6 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £2,495,000 | 46 |
| Q1 2025 | £2,050,000 | 34 |
| Q2 2025 | £2,430,000 | 28 |
| Q3 2025 | £2,163,750 | 34 |
| Q4 2025 | £2,400,000 | 29 |
| Q1 2026 | £3,300,000 | 15 |
| Q2 2026 | £2,500,000 | 11 |
| Q3 2026 | £3,287,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 May 2024 and 4 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SW1X prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SW1X homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £545,000 and £9,460,000, around a typical £2,497,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 May 2024 and 4 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SW1X
Flat / maisonette homes were 77% of recorded sales (158 of 204). 22% of sales were freehold and 78% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced23%
- Flat / maisonette77%
Tenure
- Freehold22%
- Leasehold78%
See the figures
56 freehold (22%) and 194 leasehold (78%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SW1X. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 May 2024 and 4 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.
CARLTON LODGE, 37 - 39, LOWNDES STREET, LONDON
£1,900,000 (2025)£3,300,000 (2026)+73.7% over 0.9 yrs (+90.8%/yr)
DENBIGH HOUSE, 8 - 13, HANS PLACE, LONDON
£1,450,000 (2024)£99,999 (2026)-93.1% over 1.5 yrs (-83.9%/yr)
PARK MANSIONS, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON
£1,900,000 (2025)£1,550,000 (2026)-18.4% over 0.5 yrs (-32.4%/yr)
CHALFONT HOUSE, 19 - 21, CHESHAM STREET, LONDON
£2,603,616 (2025)£2,027,692 (2026)-22.1% over 0.8 yrs (-26.5%/yr)
WILBRAHAM MANSIONS, 10, WILBRAHAM PLACE, LONDON
£3,000,000 (2024)£4,200,000 (2025)+40% over 1.3 yrs (+28.9%/yr)
14, CHESHAM PLACE, LONDON
£725,000 (2024)£2,400,000 (2025)+231% over 1.2 yrs (+164.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SW1X 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 SW1X
44, EATON PLACE, LONDON
Terraced · Freehold · 4 Aug 2026
£8,666,250
23, EATON MEWS NORTH, LONDON
Terraced · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£1,900,000
1, BOWLAND YARD, LONDON
Terraced · Leasehold · 27 Jul 2026
£2,375,000
6, CLABON MEWS, LONDON
Other · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£2,900,000
14, GROSVENOR CRESCENT MEWS, LONDON
Terraced · Freehold · 20 Jul 2026
£3,675,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SW1X includes the Brompton & Hans Town ward.
In plain English
What the Kensington and Chelsea (SW1X) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £3,737,500 against £1,987,500 for flats: about 1.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £545,000 and £9,460,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 78% 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 10 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 May 2024 and 4 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 SW1X
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 SW1X
£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 SW1X 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 SW1X
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest More House School.
All schools
More House School
Independent schools · SW1X 0AA
211 m
Not graded
Hill House School
Independent schools · SW1X 0EP
267 m
Not graded
Knightsbridge School
Independent schools · SW1X 0BD
429 m
Not graded
Eaton House School
Independent schools · SW1W 9BA
473 m
Not graded
Inchbald School of Design
Other types · SW1W 9BA
473 m
Not graded
Sussex House School
Independent schools · SW1X 0EA
531 m
Not graded
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW1X 9DE
550 m
Good · 2012
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SW3 2QT
702 m
Outstanding · 2024
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 SW1X district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SW1X
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 SW1X
15,981
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 13 August 2026.
Recent applications
Westminster/26/05327/ADLBCUndecided
147 m
Details of windows, doors, garage doors, roof lantern and new lighting and flooring in the principal rooms pursuant to condition 6 of listed building consent dated 18 August 2025 (RN: 25/03417/LBC)
Received 2026-08-06
Westminster/26/05320/TDDUndecided
263 m
1 x newly planted Prunus (T100168): removal and replacement
Received 2026-08-05
Westminster/26/05198/LBCUndecided
338 m
Replacement door at lower ground floor level.
Received 2026-07-31
Westminster/26/05123/FULLUndecided
341 m
Alterations to the front garden paving and railings to repair and mitigate damage from a tree which benefits from a TPO within the neighbours property at 14 Wilton Place. (Linked with 26/05124/LBC)
Received 2026-07-30
Westminster/26/05124/LBCUndecided
341 m
Alterations to the front garden paving and railings to repair and mitigate damage from a tree which benefits from a TPO within the neighbours property at 14 Wilton Place. (Linked with 26/05123/FULL)
Received 2026-07-30
Westminster/26/05135/LBCUndecided
289 m
Full refurbishment including installation of new windows and external doors, internal wall insulation, new roof and openings to rear closet wing, internal alterations to include new stair and rearrangement of rooms and a new ASHP on roof of closet wing within acoustic enclosure. (Linked to 26/05134/FULL)
Received 2026-07-30
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SW1X 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 SW1X for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 15981 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 13 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SW1X
Decile 8 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 SW1X postcodes, deprivation runs decile 7 to decile 8, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SW1X 8AL, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 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 SW1X spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SW1X: 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 SW1X, band by band
Kensington and Chelsea's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SW1X median sold price of £2,497,500 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÷ £2,497,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,111 | £93 | 0.04% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,296 | £108 | 0.05% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,481 | £123 | 0.06% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,667 | £139 | 0.07% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,037 | £170 | 0.08% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,407 | £201 | 0.10% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £2,778 | £232 | 0.11% |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,333 | £278 | 0.13% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SW1X 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 SW1X sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 197 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SW1X. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
44, EATON PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 8AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£8,666,250
2026-08-04
23, EATON MEWS NORTH, LONDON
SW1X 8AR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,900,000
2026-07-30
1, BOWLAND YARD, LONDON
SW1X 8EE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,375,000
2026-07-27
6, CLABON MEWS, LONDON
SW1X 0EJ · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,900,000
2026-07-24
14, GROSVENOR CRESCENT MEWS, LONDON
SW1X 7EU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,675,000
2026-07-20
5, PONT STREET MEWS, LONDON
SW1X 0AF · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£11,728,131
2026-07-10
8, BOWLAND YARD, LONDON
SW1X 8EE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,850,000
2026-06-26
3, CHESTER MEWS, LONDON
SW1X 7AH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£456,250
2026-06-08
1, LOWNDES SQUARE, LONDON
SW1X 9EZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£5,400,000
2026-06-05
56, CADOGAN PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 9RT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,215,000
2026-05-28
3, CLABON MEWS, LONDON
SW1X 0EG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,600,000
2026-05-15
40, BELGRAVE MEWS NORTH, LONDON
SW1X 8RS · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,500,000
2026-05-15
142, PAVILION ROAD, LONDON
SW1X 0AY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,750,000
2026-05-15
13, LENNOX GARDENS, LONDON
SW1X 0DB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£1,445,000
2026-05-12
6, LITTLE CHESTER STREET, LONDON
SW1X 7AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,600,000
2026-05-08
55, CADOGAN PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 9RT · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£35,500,000
2026-04-14
36, OLD BARRACK YARD, LONDON
SW1X 7NP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,019,500
2026-04-02
23, WILTON PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 8RL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£8,750,000
2026-03-31
CARLTON LODGE, 37 - 39, LOWNDES STREET, LONDON
SW1X 9JB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£3,300,000
2026-03-30
22, CADOGAN PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 9SA · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£12,000,000
2026-03-20
2, LENNOX GARDENS, LONDON
SW1X 0DG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£995,000
2026-03-19
22, HEADFORT PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 7RY · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-03-12
DENBIGH HOUSE, 8 - 13, HANS PLACE, LONDON
SW1X 0EX · Other · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£99,999
2026-02-19
12, HERBERT CRESCENT, LONDON
SW1X 0HB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£9,400,000
2026-02-18
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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Data sources
Every SW1X figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- 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.