Kensington and Chelsea
SW5 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
£836,000
Range £392,000–£2,325,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Mar 2025 and 12 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SW5: the typical (median) sold price is £836,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SW5 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 92% were flats (typically £800,000) and 8% were terraced homes (typically £1,475,000).
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 SW5: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since March 2025 make SW5 a steady market, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, most SW5 sales sit between £392,000 and £2,325,000, which makes £836,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; most homes here sell leasehold, so have the lease length, ground rent and service charge paperwork ready before you list.
Sell houseIf you are buying, SW5 sits well above the UK average for typical prices, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
On any SW5 home we would check the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (6,988 applications on record within 500 m) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
With averages this broad, the free SW5 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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
SW5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£836,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
14.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£1,667
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SW5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SW5 by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £1,475,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £800,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 19 | £1,475,000 | £1,071,840–£4,270,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 217 | £800,000 | £392,500–£1,951,600 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Mar 2025 and 12 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SW5
The quarterly typical price rose 58.1%, from £585,000 in Q1 2025 (33 sales) to £925,000 in Q3 2026 (10 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £585,000 | 33 |
| Q2 2025 | £955,000 | 49 |
| Q3 2025 | £730,000 | 54 |
| Q4 2025 | £1,100,000 | 39 |
| Q1 2026 | £793,500 | 34 |
| Q2 2026 | £895,000 | 31 |
| Q3 2026 | £925,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Mar 2025 and 12 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SW5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SW5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £392,000 and £2,325,000, around a typical £836,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Mar 2025 and 12 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SW5
Flat / maisonette homes were 92% of recorded sales (217 of 236). 10% of sales were freehold and 90% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced8%
- Flat / maisonette92%
Tenure
- Freehold10%
- Leasehold90%
See the figures
26 freehold (10%) and 224 leasehold (90%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SW5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Mar 2025 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.
16, BOLTON GARDENS, LONDON
£860,000 (2025)£1,999,000 (2026)+132.4% over 0.7 yrs (+253.5%/yr)
62, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
£400,000 (2025)£950,000 (2026)+137.5% over 1 yrs (+146.6%/yr)
KENSINGTON MANSIONS, WARWICK ROAD, LONDON
£685,000 (2025)£450,000 (2026)-34.3% over 0.7 yrs (-44.7%/yr)
NEVERN MANSIONS, 44, WARWICK ROAD, LONDON
£1,395,000 (2025)£800,000 (2026)-42.7% over 1 yrs (-43.6%/yr)
25, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
£690,000 (2025)£705,000 (2026)+2.2% over 1.1 yrs (+2%/yr)
30, BRAMHAM GARDENS, LONDON
£1,200,000 (2025)£3,900,000 (2026)+225% over 0.8 yrs (+381.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SW5 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 SW5
32, KENWAY ROAD, LONDON
Terraced · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£1,275,000
27A, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Aug 2026
£512,000
29, EARLS COURT GARDENS, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£425,000
COLEHERNE COURT, OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£3,716,666
14, WETHERBY GARDENS, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jul 2026
£1,550,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SW5 includes the Abingdon ward.
In plain English
What the Kensington and Chelsea (SW5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £1,475,000 against £800,000 for flats: about 1.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £392,000 and £2,325,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 90% 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 15 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 12 March 2025 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 SW5
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 SW5
£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 SW5 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 SW5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Collingham.
All schools
Collingham
Independent schools · SW5 0HL
230 m
Not graded
Wetherby School, Kensington
Independent schools · SW5 0JN
413 m
Not graded
Bousfield Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SW5 0DJ
429 m
Good · 2022
St Philip's School
Independent schools · SW7 4NE
651 m
Not graded
The London Oratory School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SW6 1RX
670 m
Outstanding · 2022
Falkner House
Independent schools · SW7 4QB
757 m
Not graded
Avonmore Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · W14 9LY
811 m
Outstanding · 2023
St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · W8 6EJ
824 m
Good · 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 SW5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SW5
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 SW5
6,988
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Kensington/PP/26/03058Undecided
463 m
Replacement of 3no. timber sliding sash windows to front elevation with double glazed timber units to match existing; and 2no. aluminium sliding doors and 2no. aluminium windows to rear elevation with double-glazed aluminium units to match existing.
Received 2026-06-09
Kensington/CA/26/03056Undecided
444 m
Installation of temporary decorative scaffold shround comprising a 1:1 printed image of the building facade with an inset area for advertising and information measuring 13 x 6.75 metres (extension to the period granted by application ref:CA/25/00725).
Received 2026-06-09
Kensington/CON/26/02968Undecided
377 m
Details required by condition 6 (CTMP) of planning permission PP/25/00848 (Excavation and construction of a basement beneath existing ground floor and installation of a dormer window with skylights as part of an extension in loft area)
Received 2026-06-04
Kensington/LB/26/02918Undecided
118 m
Proposed installation of roof top plant and internal alterations
Received 2026-06-02
Kensington/PP/26/02917Undecided
118 m
Proposed installation of roof top plant and internal alterations
Received 2026-06-02
Kensington/NMA/26/02944Undecided
486 m
Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/05983 (Creation of 6no roof terraces with balustrades. Addition of balustrades to 1no existing roof terrace. Alterations to existing windows. Creation doors to access roof terraces and roof-top plant area with acoustic screening. Blocking up 3no existing windows. Installation of: air source heat pump; plant and gates within existing plant areas on 1st and 3rd floors; inner acoustic screens) to allow the acceptance of revised drawings, showing: the omission of the rooftop plant area with acoustic screening and the omission of the doors accessing the rooftop plant area; relocation of the external air source heat pump plant to the existing first floor plant area; minor revisions to plant layouts within the first and third floor plant areas; and, the addition of an inner acoustic screen at first floor plant area.
Received 2026-06-02
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SW5 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 SW5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 6988 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SW5
Decile 5 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 SW5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SW5 9TH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 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 SW5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SW5: 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 SW5, band by band
Kensington and Chelsea's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SW5 median sold price of £836,000 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÷ £836,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,111 | £93 | 0.13% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,296 | £108 | 0.16% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,481 | £123 | 0.18% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,667 | £139 | 0.20% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,037 | £170 | 0.24% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,407 | £201 | 0.29% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £2,778 | £232 | 0.33% |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,333 | £278 | 0.40% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SW5 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 SW5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 203 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SW5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
32, KENWAY ROAD, LONDON
SW5 0RR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,275,000
2026-08-12
27A, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
SW5 9TH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£512,000
2026-08-03
29, EARLS COURT GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 0TR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-31
COLEHERNE COURT, OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON
SW5 0EB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,716,666
2026-07-31
14, WETHERBY GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 0JW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,550,000
2026-07-30
16, BOLTON GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 0AJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,999,000
2026-07-29
5, NEVERN ROAD, LONDON
SW5 9PG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-23
FLAT 4, 67, PHILBEACH GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 9EE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2026-07-06
5, BINA GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 0LD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-07-03
13, EARDLEY CRESCENT, LONDON
SW5 9JS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-06-30
COLEHERNE COURT, OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON
SW5 0ED · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£2,650,000
2026-06-30
284, EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON
SW5 9AS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£900,000
2026-06-26
51, BARKSTON GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 0ES · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,630,000
2026-06-26
2, HOGARTH PLACE, LONDON
SW5 0QT · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£895,000
2026-06-26
24, HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON
SW5 0PT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-06-23
8, REDFIELD LANE, LONDON
SW5 0RG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,655,000
2026-06-22
62, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
SW5 9PN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£950,000
2026-06-12
KENSINGTON MANSIONS, WARWICK ROAD, LONDON
SW5 9TB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£450,000
2026-06-01
4, THE MANSIONS, LONDON
SW5 9BW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£255,000
2026-06-01
ASHBURN HOUSE, 35, COLLINGHAM ROAD, LONDON
SW5 0NU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£837,500
2026-05-29
25, NEVERN SQUARE, LONDON
SW5 9PD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£705,000
2026-05-27
NEVERN MANSIONS, 44, WARWICK ROAD, LONDON
SW5 9TL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£800,000
2026-05-27
10, KEMPSFORD GARDENS, LONDON
SW5 9LH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£496,000
2026-05-20
8, COLLINGHAM PLACE, LONDON
SW5 0PY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£925,000
2026-05-15
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 SW5 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.