Kensington and Chelsea
SW3 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
£1,142,500
Range £454,500–£4,275,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Aug 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SW3: the typical (median) sold price is £1,142,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SW3 is an active market, with about 21 recorded sales a month. By property type, 71% were flats (typically £875,000) and 27% were terraced homes (typically £3,497,500).
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 SW3: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 21 homes a month change hands in SW3, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are thinking of selling, most SW3 sales sit between £454,500 and £4,275,000, which makes £1,142,500 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; most homes here sell leasehold, so have the lease length, ground rent and service charge paperwork ready before you list.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in SW3 sit well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before an offer goes in on any SW3 home, look at the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (10,689 applications on record within 500 m) and flood risk over the long term, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free SW3 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
SW3 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£1,142,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
21.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£1,667
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SW3
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SW3 by property type
Semi-detached homes have the highest typical price at £8,700,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £875,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 5 | £8,700,000 | £4,875,000–£16,240,000 |
| Detached | 1 | £6,150,000 | £6,150,000–£6,150,000 |
| Terraced | 64 | £3,497,500 | £1,610,500–£5,745,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 168 | £875,000 | £441,000–£1,821,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Aug 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SW3
The quarterly typical price fell 62.0%, from £1,540,000 in Q3 2025 (41 sales) to £585,000 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £1,540,000 | 41 |
| Q4 2025 | £1,165,000 | 88 |
| Q1 2026 | £1,100,000 | 67 |
| Q2 2026 | £1,225,000 | 39 |
| Q3 2026 | £585,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Aug 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SW3 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SW3 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £454,500 and £4,275,000, around a typical £1,142,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Aug 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SW3
Flat / maisonette homes were 71% of recorded sales (168 of 238). 30% of sales were freehold and 70% leasehold.
Property type
- Semi-detached2%
- Detached0%
- Terraced27%
- Flat / maisonette71%
Tenure
- Freehold30%
- Leasehold70%
See the figures
75 freehold (30%) and 175 leasehold (70%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SW3. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Aug 2025 and 14 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.
MARLBOROUGH, 61, WALTON STREET, LONDON
£495,000 (2025)£590,000 (2026)+19.2% over 0.7 yrs (+28.8%/yr)
10, REDBURN STREET, LONDON
£844,000 (2025)£1,730,000 (2026)+105% over 0.6 yrs (+234.7%/yr)
ARUNDEL COURT, JUBILEE PLACE, LONDON
£640,000 (2025)£650,000 (2026)+1.6% over 0.6 yrs (+2.8%/yr)
6, EMBANKMENT GARDENS, LONDON
£1,200,000 (2025)£1,174,733 (2026)-2.1% over 0.6 yrs (-3.6%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SW3 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 SW3
47, ELYSTAN PLACE, LONDON
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£3,000,000
75 - 79, CADOGAN GARDENS, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 Aug 2026
£2,700,000
BEAUFORT MANSIONS, BEAUFORT STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 24 Jul 2026
£735,000
31, WILTSHIRE CLOSE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 22 Jul 2026
£795,000
CHELSEA CLOISTERS, SLOANE AVENUE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 21 Jul 2026
£350,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SW3 includes the Brompton & Hans Town ward.
In plain English
What the Kensington and Chelsea (SW3) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £3,497,500 against £875,000 for flats: about 4.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £454,500 and £4,275,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 70% 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.
- This is an active district: about 21 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 21 August 2025 and 14 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 SW3
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 SW3
£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 SW3 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 SW3
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School.
All schools
Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW3 6QH
336 m
Outstanding · 2023
Marlborough Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW3 3AP
369 m
Good · 2014
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW3 4AA
443 m
Outstanding · 2013
St. Thomas More Language College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SW3 2QS
471 m
Not graded
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SW3 2QT
472 m
Outstanding · 2024
Francis Holland Preparatory School
Independent schools · SW3 6NB
473 m
Not graded
Garden House School
Independent schools · SW3 4TW
558 m
Not graded
Chelsea Open Air Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · SW3 5JE
559 m
Outstanding · 2012
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 SW3 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SW3
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 SW3
10,689
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Kensington/PP/26/03176Undecided
227 m
Replacement windows, new rooflight and replacement lower ground rear rooflights.
Received 2026-06-15
Kensington/CON/26/03129Undecided
222 m
Details required by Conditions 7 (Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP)), 10 (Sustainable Drainage Systems Strategy (SuDs)) and 12 (Professional management of engineering works) of planning permission PP/25/06735 (Demolition and rebuild of dwellinghouse behind retained fa?ade including removal and replacement of stucco to front elevation; extension of lower ground floor under 50% of rear garden and creation of basement level beneath part of house; erection of single storey infill addition and a redesigned mansard roof)
Received 2026-06-15
Kensington/PP/26/03048Undecided
177 m
Removal of existing conservatory structure. Construction of a single-storey rear extension at lower ground floor level. Installation of a contemporary three-panel sliding glazed door opening onto rear garden. Internal reconfiguration at lower ground floor level.
Received 2026-06-09
Kensington/PP/26/03032Undecided
323 m
Installation of a solar photovoltaic panel system on flat roof area.
Received 2026-06-08
Kensington/PP/26/03036Undecided
498 m
Change of use of the ground floor commercial unit to residential (No 79); reconfiguration of the existing building (No 79A) to provide 3no residential units (Use Class C3); erection of rear extension; extension at roof level and ancillary works
Received 2026-06-08
Kensington/ARB/26/02996Undecided
136 m
FELL 1 x Lawson Cypress and Prune 1 x Pittosporum (rear)
Received 2026-06-05
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SW3 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 SW3 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 10689 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SW3
Decile 4 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 SW3 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 8, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SW3 2NS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 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 SW3 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SW3: 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 SW3, band by band
Kensington and Chelsea's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SW3 median sold price of £1,142,500 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÷ £1,142,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,111 | £93 | 0.10% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,296 | £108 | 0.11% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,481 | £123 | 0.13% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,667 | £139 | 0.15% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,037 | £170 | 0.18% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,407 | £201 | 0.21% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £2,778 | £232 | 0.24% |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,333 | £278 | 0.29% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SW3 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 SW3 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 220 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SW3. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
47, ELYSTAN PLACE, LONDON
SW3 3JY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,000,000
2026-08-14
75 - 79, CADOGAN GARDENS, LONDON
SW3 2RB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,700,000
2026-08-05
BEAUFORT MANSIONS, BEAUFORT STREET, LONDON
SW3 5AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£735,000
2026-07-24
31, WILTSHIRE CLOSE, LONDON
SW3 2NS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£795,000
2026-07-22
CHELSEA CLOISTERS, SLOANE AVENUE, LONDON
SW3 3EU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-21
88, OAKLEY STREET, LONDON
SW3 5NP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-17
CHELSEA CLOISTERS, SLOANE AVENUE, LONDON
SW3 3EQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£212,500
2026-07-16
CHELSEA CLOISTERS, SLOANE AVENUE, LONDON
SW3 3DL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£225,000
2026-07-14
MORETON HOUSE, 3 - 4, EMBANKMENT GARDENS, LONDON
SW3 4LJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-08
15, CHEYNE ROW, LONDON
SW3 5HR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-07-07
MARLBOROUGH, 61, WALTON STREET, LONDON
SW3 2JU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,000
2026-07-07
52, WILTSHIRE CLOSE, LONDON
SW3 2NT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£585,000
2026-07-03
7, OAKLEY STREET, LONDON
SW3 5NN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£815,000
2026-07-03
293, KINGS ROAD, LONDON
SW3 5EP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-03
6, CAVERSHAM STREET, LONDON
SW3 4AH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,750,000
2026-07-03
CHELSEA CLOISTERS, SLOANE AVENUE, LONDON
SW3 3DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-06-30
155, OLD CHURCH STREET, LONDON
SW3 6EB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£23,000,000
2026-06-26
CURRAN HOUSE, LUCAN PLACE, LONDON
SW3 3PG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£885,000
2026-06-26
14, RAWLINGS STREET, LONDON
SW3 2LS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,500,000
2026-06-25
2, RED ANCHOR CLOSE, LONDON
SW3 5DW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,031,000
2026-06-25
10, REDBURN STREET, LONDON
SW3 4BX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,730,000
2026-06-24
SWAN COURT, CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON
SW3 5RT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£690,000
2026-06-22
32, ELM PARK ROAD, LONDON
SW3 6AX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£945,000
2026-06-18
BURTON COURT, FRANKLINS ROW, LONDON
SW3 4TA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£6,300,000
2026-06-16
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 SW3 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.