Islington
W1J house prices in Islington
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Islington, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£2,628,300
Range £773,500–£18,349,458 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -44.9%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Sept 2021 and 20 Jul 2026.
Summary
House prices in W1J: the typical (median) sold price is £2,628,300, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 44.9%, comparing 22 sales with 54, so a handful of homes can swing it. W1J is a quiet market, with about 4 recorded sales a month. By property type, 87% were flats (typically £2,000,000) and 13% were terraced homes (typically £6,075,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,108 a year: Islington's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Islington, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on W1J: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
W1J is a thin market, at roughly 4 sales a month, at a lower median than a year ago, so the pressure is on sellers and buyers can take their time.
When selling here, terraced homes typically sold for £6,075,000 against £2,000,000 for flats, which explains a spread of £773,500 to £18,349,458, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; 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 houseFor buyers, on price, W1J is well above the UK average, but the local median has slipped, so it is fair to test an asking price, though a dip is not a trend.
Before you offer in W1J, check lease length, ground rent and service charge, planning history nearby (19,084 applications on record within 500 m) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, and ask your conveyancer about the title.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free W1J OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
W1J in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£2,628,300
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
4.3
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-44.9%
-44.9% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,108
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in W1J
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in W1J by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £6,075,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £2,000,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 23 | £6,075,000 | £2,170,000–£12,100,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 154 | £2,000,000 | £782,500–£9,350,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Sept 2021 and 20 Jul 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in W1J
The quarterly typical price fell 38.4%, from £2,172,550 in Q3 2024 (16 sales) to £1,337,500 in Q3 2026 (8 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | £2,172,550 | 16 |
| Q4 2024 | £8,537,500 | 16 |
| Q1 2025 | £1,809,000 | 16 |
| Q2 2025 | £2,936,875 | 8 |
| Q3 2025 | £5,488,000 | 7 |
| Q4 2025 | £1,772,500 | 6 |
| Q1 2026 | £11,750,000 | 2 |
| Q3 2026 | £1,337,500 | 8 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Sept 2021 and 20 Jul 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of W1J prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most W1J homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £773,500 and £18,349,458, around a typical £2,628,300.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Sept 2021 and 20 Jul 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in W1J
Flat / maisonette homes were 87% of recorded sales (154 of 177). 25% of sales were freehold and 75% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced13%
- Flat / maisonette87%
Tenure
- Freehold25%
- Leasehold75%
See the figures
62 freehold (25%) and 188 leasehold (75%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in W1J, including 13 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Sept 2021 and 20 Jul 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.
BERKELEY HOUSE, 15, HAY HILL, LONDON
£5,650,000 (2023)£875,000 (2026)-84.5% over 2.8 yrs (-48.7%/yr)
27A, SHEPHERD MARKET, LONDON
£850,000 (2023)£850,000 (2026)0% over 3.4 yrs (0%/yr)
CHESTERFIELD HOUSE, CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON
£2,700,000 (2025)£1,700,000 (2026)-37% over 0.9 yrs (-39.1%/yr)
33, HILL STREET, LONDON
£4,725,000 (2023)£2,320,000 (2025)-50.9% over 2.3 yrs (-26.8%/yr)
AUDLEY COURT, 32 - 34, HILL STREET, LONDON
£210,000 (2025)£4,100,000 (2025)+1852.4% over 0.6 yrs (+10036%/yr)
7, STRATTON STREET, LONDON
£6,000,000 (2022)£6,400,000 (2025)+6.7% over 3.3 yrs (+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 W1J sits in Islington
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in W1J
BERKELEY HOUSE, 15, HAY HILL, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 20 Jul 2026
£875,000
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 Jul 2026
£1,325,000
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 Jul 2026
£1,000,000
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 Jul 2026
£1,350,000
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 Jul 2026
£1,600,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). W1J includes the Clerkenwell ward.
In plain English
What the Islington (W1J) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £6,075,000 against £2,000,000 for flats: about 3.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £773,500 and £18,349,458, so the median says little about any one home.
- 75% 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 4 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 20 September 2021 and 20 July 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 W1J
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 W1J
£2,108
Band D a year in Islington, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,405 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,640 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,874 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,108 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,577 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,045 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,514 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,216 |
These are Islington's charges for 2026-27, the authority W1J 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 Islington · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near W1J
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth.
All schools
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth
Independent schools · W1J 7NL
314 m
Not graded
St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · W1K 2XH
363 m
Good · 2023
Academy21
Middle deemed secondary · Online provider · W1S 3EP
373 m
Not graded
Soho Parish CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · W1D 7LF
858 m
Good · 2019
Wetherby Senior School
Independent schools · W1U 2QU
1.1 km
Not graded
The Fountain Christian School
Independent schools · SW1E 6BS
1.1 km
Not graded
Westminster City School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SW1E 5HJ
1.2 km
Good · 2013
Queen's College, London
Independent schools · W1G 8BT
1.2 km
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 W1J 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 W1J
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 W1J
19,084
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 19 September 2026.
Recent applications
Westminster/26/06187/LBCUndecided
181 m
Installation of wall mounted highway street light on to the facade of 4 Shepherd Market.
Received 2026-09-10
Westminster/26/06210/ADFULLUndecided
432 m
Details of the drainage strategy detailing any on and/or off site drainage works pursuant to condition 12 of planning permission dated 26th May 2026 (RN:25/05492/FULL)
Received 2026-09-10
Westminster/26/06193/ADFULLUndecided
234 m
Details of all new windows and doors; pursuant to condition 10(B) of planning permission dated 17th June 2026 (25/01604/FULL)
Received 2026-09-10
Westminster/26/06183/LBCUndecided
407 m
Facade gommage cleaning to the SE elevation of Burlington House, facing onto the courtyard. These works will be supervised by Purcell Architects. The works are in preparation for a detailed elevation condition survey.
Received 2026-09-09
Westminster/26/06159/ADLBCUndecided
416 m
Details of new and retained floor, ceiling and wall construction and coverings; reflected ceiling plans; existing wall paintings, cornices and new skirting and cornices pursuant to condition 6 (parts 2,10,12, and 13) of listed building consent dated 14 March 2023 (RN: 22/05005/LBC).
Received 2026-09-09
Westminster/26/06165/LBCUndecided
371 m
Internal alterations to the basement including new lightweight timber-stud partitions to reorganise the existing basement layout; Installation of new sanitaryware in a newly configured bathroom; Replacement of modern kitchen fittings; and Installation of traditional four-panel timber doors, architraves and ironmongery designed to match existing doors.
Received 2026-09-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the W1J 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 W1J for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 19084 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 19 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for W1J
Decile 7 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 W1J postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
W1J 8NT, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 W1J spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in W1J: 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 W1J, band by band
Islington's council tax for 2026-27 set against the W1J median sold price of £2,628,300 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearIslington | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £2,628,300 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,405 | £117 | 0.05% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,640 | £137 | 0.06% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,874 | £156 | 0.07% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,108 | £176 | 0.08% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,577 | £215 | 0.10% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,045 | £254 | 0.12% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,514 | £293 | 0.13% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,216 | £351 | 0.16% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the W1J 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, Islington, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in W1J sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 141 distinct addresses in the records we hold for W1J. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
BERKELEY HOUSE, 15, HAY HILL, LONDON
W1J 8NT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£875,000
2026-07-20
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
W1J 7SU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£1,325,000
2026-07-02
CARRINGTON HOUSE, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
W1J 7RG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 10 recorded sales
£1,000,000
2026-07-02
CHESTERFIELD HOUSE, CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON
W1J 5JU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£1,700,000
2026-07-01
27A, SHEPHERD MARKET, LONDON
W1J 7PR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£850,000
2026-07-01
48N, BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON
W1J 5AX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£900,000
2026-03-16
34, BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON
W1J 5BF · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£22,600,000
2026-01-16
GARRICK HOUSE, CARRINGTON STREET, LONDON
W1J 7AF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 12 recorded sales
£632,000
2025-12-12
33, HILL STREET, LONDON
W1J 5LT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£2,320,000
2025-11-25
AUDLEY COURT, 32 - 34, HILL STREET, LONDON
W1J 5NP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£4,100,000
2025-10-17
C4, ALBANY, LONDON
W1J 0AW · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,900,000
2025-10-17
48D, BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON
W1J 5AX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£5,488,000
2025-09-30
1, ASHBURTON PLACE, LONDON
W1J 8AS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£9,500,000
2025-09-19
41, FARM STREET, LONDON
W1J 5RP · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,967,558
2025-08-21
28, CHARLES STREET, LONDON
W1J 5DT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£14,350,000
2025-07-28
CHESTERFIELD HOUSE, CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON
W1J 5JX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£2,700,000
2025-07-25
60, CURZON STREET, LONDON
W1J 8PG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 recorded sales
£16,100,000
2025-07-07
17, HERTFORD STREET, LONDON
W1J 7RS · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£14,500,000
2025-05-13
GLENDORE HOUSE, 30, CLARGES STREET, LONDON
W1J 7EG · Other · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£2,900,000
2025-05-09
7, STRATTON STREET, LONDON
W1J 8LE · Other · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£6,400,000
2025-05-09
12 - 18, HILL STREET, LONDON
W1J 5NH · Other · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£2,400,000
2025-04-16
CRITERION THEATRE, PICCADILLY, LONDON
W1J 9HT · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,600,000
2025-03-31
C5, ALBANY, LONDON
W1J 0AW · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,250,000
2025-03-31
10, BERKELEY STREET, LONDON
W1J 8DP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£2,090,000
2025-03-06
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 W1J 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.