Westminster
W1U house prices in Westminster
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Westminster, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£1,475,000
Range £534,200–£5,514,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -7.4%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Feb 2024 and 20 Jul 2026.
Summary
House prices in W1U: the typical (median) sold price is £1,475,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 7.4%, comparing 91 sales with 115, so a handful of homes can swing it. W1U is a quiet market, with about 9 recorded sales a month. By property type, 89% were flats (typically £1,350,000) and 11% were terraced homes (typically £2,207,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £1,050 a year: Westminster's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Westminster, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on W1U: a quiet market, so take your time
W1U is a thin market, at roughly 9 sales a month, with a median below last year’s, so buyers have time on their side, though a few sales can mislead either way.
If you are thinking of selling, most W1U sales sit between £534,200 and £5,514,500, which makes £1,475,000 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; 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 houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, W1U is well above the UK average, 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 (16,132 applications on record within 500 m) and long-term flood risk, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free W1U OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
W1U in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£1,475,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
8.6
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-7.4%
-7.4% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£1,050
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in W1U
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in W1U by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £2,207,500, and detached the lowest at £958,889.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 24 | £2,207,500 | £1,259,000–£4,805,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 197 | £1,350,000 | £579,000–£5,362,000 |
| Detached | 1 | £958,889 | £958,889–£958,889 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Feb 2024 and 20 Jul 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in W1U
The quarterly typical price fell 39.3%, from £1,680,950 in Q4 2024 (32 sales) to £1,020,000 in Q3 2026 (2 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £1,680,950 | 32 |
| Q1 2025 | £1,302,500 | 26 |
| Q2 2025 | £1,900,000 | 23 |
| Q3 2025 | £2,848,750 | 54 |
| Q4 2025 | £1,800,000 | 16 |
| Q1 2026 | £770,000 | 13 |
| Q2 2026 | £1,360,000 | 11 |
| Q3 2026 | £1,020,000 | 2 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Feb 2024 and 20 Jul 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of W1U prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most W1U homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £534,200 and £5,514,500, around a typical £1,475,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Feb 2024 and 20 Jul 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in W1U
Flat / maisonette homes were 89% of recorded sales (197 of 222). 9% of sales were freehold and 91% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced11%
- Flat / maisonette89%
- Detached0%
Tenure
- Freehold9%
- Leasehold91%
See the figures
23 freehold (9%) and 227 leasehold (91%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in W1U, including 31 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Feb 2024 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.
ST ANDREWS MANSIONS, DORSET STREET, LONDON
£1,325,000 (2025)£1,750,000 (2026)+32.1% over 1 yrs (+31.3%/yr)
21, BULSTRODE STREET, LONDON
£527,000 (2025)£495,000 (2026)-6.1% over 0.9 yrs (-7.1%/yr)
40, BLANDFORD STREET, LONDON
£700,000 (2025)£640,000 (2025)-8.6% over 0.7 yrs (-11.6%/yr)
19, BARRETT STREET, LONDON
£1,100,000 (2024)£1,250,000 (2025)+13.6% over 1.1 yrs (+12.3%/yr)
24, PADDINGTON STREET, LONDON
£15,150,000 (2025)£3,850,000 (2025)-74.6% over 0.6 yrs (-88.1%/yr)
32, PADDINGTON STREET, LONDON
£1,536,900 (2024)£5,650,000 (2025)+267.6% over 0.8 yrs (+406.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where W1U sits in Westminster
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in W1U
10 - 12, CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 20 Jul 2026
£690,000
159, MONTAGU MANSIONS, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Jul 2026
£1,350,000
BICKENHALL MANSIONS, BICKENHALL STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 26 Jun 2026
£1,650,000
34, GEORGE STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 16 Jun 2026
£1,360,000
34, GEORGE STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Jun 2026
£1,490,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). W1U includes the Marylebone ward.
In plain English
What the Westminster (W1U) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £2,207,500 against £1,350,000 for flats: about 1.6 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £534,200 and £5,514,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- 91% 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 9 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 19 February 2024 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 W1U
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 W1U
£1,050
Band D a year in Westminster, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £700 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £816 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £933 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,050 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £1,283 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £1,516 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £1,749 |
| H | over £320,000 | £2,099 |
These are Westminster's charges for 2026-27, the authority W1U 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 Westminster · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near W1U
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Vincent's Catholic Primary School.
All schools
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · W1U 4DF
57 m
Not graded
Wetherby Senior School
Independent schools · W1U 2QU
247 m
Not graded
The St Marylebone CofE School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · W1U 5BA
401 m
Outstanding · 2014
Queen's College, London
Independent schools · W1G 8BT
451 m
Not graded
Royal Academy of Music
Universities · NW1 5HT
548 m
Not graded
ICS London
Independent schools · W1H 1PN
566 m
Not graded
Wetherby Preparatory School
Independent schools · W1H 2EA
578 m
Not graded
Southbank International School Westminster
Independent schools · W1B 1QR
608 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 W1U district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 1 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near W1U
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 W1U
16,132
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 30 July 2026.
Recent applications
Westminster/26/04890/LBCUndecided
446 m
Replacement of existing windows with timber slimline double-glazed windows, including two bay windows, and replacement of lower ground floor French doors with a double-glazed casement window. (Linked with 26/04890/LBC)
Received 2026-07-21
Westminster/26/04877/ADFULLUndecided
493 m
Details of Appendix A checklist from the Code of Construction Practice; pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission dated 1st September 2025 (25/04620/FULL)
Received 2026-07-21
Westminster/26/04889/FULLUndecided
446 m
Replacement of existing windows with timber slimline double-glazed windows, including two bay windows, and replacement of lower ground floor French doors with a double-glazed casement window. (Linked to 26/04890/LBC)
Received 2026-07-21
Westminster/26/04759/LBCUndecided
264 m
Removal and replacement of the existing front entrance door with a like for like door fitted with the existing ironmongery.
Received 2026-07-16
Westminster/26/04768/FULLUndecided
320 m
Erection of mansard roof extension in connection with use as a dwelling house.
Received 2026-07-16
Westminster/26/04758/ADFULLUndecided
274 m
Details of external envelope design of new extension pursuant to condition 9a (partial) of planning permission dated 17 June 2026 (RN: 25/08063/FULL) [Linked to 26/04745/ADLBC]
Received 2026-07-16
Applications are matched within 500 m of the W1U 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 W1U for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 16132 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 30 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for W1U
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 W1U postcodes, deprivation runs decile 7 to decile 8, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
W1U 6AZ, 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 W1U spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in W1U: 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 W1U, band by band
Westminster's council tax for 2026-27 set against the W1U median sold price of £1,475,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWestminster | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £1,475,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £700 | £58 | 0.05% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £816 | £68 | 0.06% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £933 | £78 | 0.06% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,050 | £88 | 0.07% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £1,283 | £107 | 0.09% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £1,516 | £126 | 0.10% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £1,749 | £146 | 0.12% |
| H | over £320,000 | £2,099 | £175 | 0.14% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the W1U 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, Westminster, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in W1U sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 155 distinct addresses in the records we hold for W1U. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
10 - 12, CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON
W1U 6AZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£690,000
2026-07-20
159, MONTAGU MANSIONS, LONDON
W1U 6LQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,350,000
2026-07-03
BICKENHALL MANSIONS, BICKENHALL STREET, LONDON
W1U 6BS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,650,000
2026-06-26
34, GEORGE STREET, LONDON
W1U 7DP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,360,000
2026-06-16
36, NOTTINGHAM PLACE, LONDON
W1U 5NT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£827,500
2026-05-29
30, BLANDFORD STREET, LONDON
W1U 4BY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£1,500,000
2026-05-19
LUXBOROUGH TOWER, LUXBOROUGH STREET, LONDON
W1U 5BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£685,000
2026-05-18
BICKENHALL MANSIONS, BICKENHALL STREET, LONDON
W1U 6BW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,300,000
2026-05-05
23, YORK STREET, LONDON
W1U 6PF · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,700,000
2026-04-30
43A, CHILTERN STREET, LONDON
W1U 6LT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£492,500
2026-04-09
ST ANDREWS MANSIONS, DORSET STREET, LONDON
W1U 4EQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£1,750,000
2026-04-08
66A, MONTAGU MANSIONS, LONDON
W1U 6LE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,350,000
2026-04-07
129, CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON
W1U 6BH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-03-31
BICKENHALL MANSIONS, BICKENHALL STREET, LONDON
W1U 6BX · Other · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£85,000
2026-03-30
69, CHILTERN STREET, LONDON
W1U 6NL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£5,000,000
2026-03-27
21, BULSTRODE STREET, LONDON
W1U 2JP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£495,000
2026-03-24
16, MONTAGU MANSIONS, LONDON
W1U 6LB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-03-23
10, SHERLOCK MEWS, LONDON
W1U 6DR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,925,000
2026-03-16
1, DORSET STREET, LONDON
W1U 4EE · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£958,889
2026-02-25
ADMIRAL COURT, 45, BLANDFORD STREET, LONDON
W1U 7HG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£770,000
2026-02-11
BICKENHALL MANSIONS, BICKENHALL STREET, LONDON
W1U 6BP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£6,750,000
2026-02-02
WENDOVER COURT, CHILTERN STREET, LONDON
W1U 7NX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-01-30
LUXBOROUGH TOWER, LUXBOROUGH STREET, LONDON
W1U 5BP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£620,000
2026-01-07
CHILTERN PLACE, 66, CHILTERN STREET, LONDON
W1U 4EJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£5,750,000
2026-01-06
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
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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.