Estate agents in W8
W8 is a postcode district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where HM Land Registry recorded 182 homes sold between August 2025 and July 2026 at a median price paid of £1,372,500. The district has 39 estate agent sales branches.
How estate agents in W8 compare
W8 at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 174 sales in W8 from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £1,322,500.
15.4% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 6.4 years and sold for a median of 0.0% more than they paid.
The median price was £1,750,000 in 2016 and £1,627,500 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in W8
Median sale price in W8: £1,322,500
| All homes | 174 sales, median £1,322,500 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 3 sales |
| Semi-detached | 2 sales |
| Terraced | 32 sales, median £3,425,000 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 137 sales, median £995,000 |
We show a median only where it rests on enough sales: at least 10 for all homes and at least 5 for each type of home. Otherwise we show the number of sales.
Across Kensington and Chelsea the average price was £1,324,073 in June 2026, down 9.7% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £1,750,000 (263 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £1,962,500 (274 sales) |
| 2018 | £2,030,000 (241 sales) |
| 2019 | £1,825,000 (229 sales) |
| 2020 | £1,855,000 (206 sales) |
| 2021 | £2,054,100 (322 sales) |
| 2022 | £1,900,000 (327 sales) |
| 2023 | £1,950,000 (239 sales) |
| 2024 | £1,700,000 (265 sales) |
| 2025 | £1,627,500 (290 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
The nearest railway stations to W8 are Shepherd's Bush at about 1 mile, Paddington at about 1.3 miles and Imperial Wharf at about 1.8 miles. Underground stops are closer, with High Street Kensington at about 0.1 miles and Notting Hill Gate, Earl's Court and Holland Park each at about 0.6 miles. The A315, A4204, A3220, A4 and A402 pass through or beside the district. M4 junction 1 at Chiswick Roundabout is about 4 miles away while M1 junction 1 at Staples Corner is about 5 miles away. London City Airport and London Heathrow Airport are each about 11 miles away. Central London is about 3 miles away in a straight line.
Schools in and near W8
There are 18 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre. The nearest are St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School and St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School (both Church of England) at about 0.2 miles. Secondary options include Holland Park School (academy with a sixth form) at about 0.4 miles and The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (boys only, Roman Catholic, academy with a sixth form) at about 0.7 miles. Independent schools include Ashbourne College and Thomas's Kensington at about 0.3 miles. Parayhouse School and College Park School, both special schools, are about 1.0 miles away. Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College is about 1.0 miles away and the Royal College of Art is about 0.7 miles away.
Living in W8
W8 is an urban district in Kensington and Chelsea, in or beside the built-up area of the City of Westminster, with about 20,400 residents. There are more than 580 shops and more than 10 supermarkets, with Waitrose about 0.2 miles away, plus High Street Kensington Farmers' Market at about 0.1 miles. There are more than 180 restaurants, more than 90 cafés and more than 40 pubs, the nearest being The Britannia at about 0.1 miles. Health services include at least 20 doctors' surgeries and more than 20 dentists, with Cromwell Hospital about 0.4 miles away and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the nearest with an emergency department, about 1.3 miles. Kensington Central Library is about 0.1 miles away. St Mary Abbots Gardens is about 0.2 miles away and Holland Park about 0.4 miles.
A short history of W8
Kensington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the manor of Chenesitone, meaning Chenesi's settlement. Aubrey de Vere I held it from Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Coutances, who had received it from William the Conqueror. After 1095 Aubrey held it directly from the Crown and gave the church and an estate to Abingdon Abbey, creating Abbot's Kensington and St Mary Abbots. The de Veres' manor became known as Earl's Court. The spelling Kesyngton is recorded in 1396. The Kensington Barracks were built near Kensington Gate towards the end of the 1700s and were replaced in 1858 by new ones in Kensington Church Street. Holland Park stayed rural until the 19th century when parts of the Holland House grounds were sold for housing and William and Francis Radford built over 200 houses between 1860 and 1880. There are 494 listed buildings; eight are Grade I including Kensington Palace.
Landscape and geography in W8
W8 has a height of about 20 metres (66 feet) at its centre, measured from sea level. No named river or canal runs through the area. The open coast is about 30 miles away. The Fountains river is about 1.1 miles from the centre and the Grand Union Canal is about 1.5 miles. Round Pond is under half a mile from the centre. The Long Water is about 0.8 miles distant and The Serpentine is about 0.9 miles. Hampstead Heath reaches 136 metres (446 feet) at about 4 miles. Harrow on the Hill reaches 124 metres (407 feet) at about 8 miles. The Surrey Hills National Landscape lies about 14 miles from W8. Richmond Park, a National Nature Reserve, is about 4 miles off. Old Oak Common is about 2.5 miles from the centre.
People and homes in W8
At the 2021 Census, about 17,800 usual residents lived in W8. Census 2021 figures show 15% of residents were aged under 15, 71% were aged 15 to 64 and 14% were aged 65 and over, compared with 17%, 64% and 18% across England. The 2021 Census counted about 8,000 households with an average size of 2.2 people. Census 2021 figures show 74% of households lived in flats, maisonettes or apartments and 20% in terraced houses. At the 2021 Census, 49% of households rented privately and 44% owned their home. Valuation Office Agency figures for 31 March 2026 show band H as the most common council tax band, at 33% of about 11,290 homes. Environment Agency data from June 2026 show no residential properties at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Surface water flooding is not included.
Notable people from W8
Freddie Mercury (1946 to 1991), the British singer, songwriter and musician who fronted the rock band Queen, lived in Kensington. Several others were born in the district. G. K. Chesterton (1874 to 1936) was an English author and Christian apologist and Antony Beevor (born 1946) is an English military historian. In music and theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948) is a British theatre composer and Dido (born 1971) is an English singer and songwriter. Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) and Stephen Dillane (born 1957) are British actors, while Omid Djalili (born 1965) is an Iranian-British stand-up comedian.
Sport and leisure
Queens Skate Dine Bowl is a sports centre for ten-pin bowling and ice skating. Tennis is played at Holland Park Lawn Tennis Club and Campden Hill Lawn Tennis Club. Several other tennis courts are mapped nearby. Blue Bangers is a cricket club and Holland Park Nets is a cricket nets pitch. Open space includes Holland Park, Holland Park Sports Field, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park and Marcus Garvey Park, with a number of children's playgrounds across the area. Equinox Kensington is among the gyms.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in W8?
- The median price paid in W8 over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £1,372,500. For terraced houses it was £3,550,000 (33 sales) and for flats it was £960,000 (145 sales).
- How many homes were sold in W8 over the last year?
- There were 182 standard sales in W8 in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026, according to HM Land Registry.
- What transport is near W8?
- High Street Kensington Underground stop is about 0.1 miles from the centre of W8. Notting Hill Gate, Earl's Court and Holland Park stops are each about 0.6 miles away. The nearest railway station is Shepherd's Bush at about 1.0 miles and central London is about 3 miles away in a straight line.
- What schools are near W8?
- There are 18 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre, the nearest being St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School and St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School at about 0.2 miles each. The nearest secondary school is Holland Park School at about 0.4 miles.
- How many estate agent branches are there in W8?
- There are 39 estate agent sales branches with an office in the W8 postcode district.
Areas near W8
W8 is in Kensington and Chelsea.
Estate agents near W8
- DextersKensington and Chelsea W8 7DU0 miles
- Cerca LondonKensington and Chelsea W8 60 miles
- Chestertons Estate Agents KensingtonKensington and Chelsea W8 7RW0.1 miles
- HamptonsKensington and Chelsea W8 4NW0.1 miles
- Interlet International Sales and LettingsKensington and Chelsea W8 6AF0.1 miles
- Gilli Estate AgentsKensington and Chelsea W8 6SN0.1 miles
- Veles Properties Estate AgentsKensington and Chelsea W8 6SN0.1 miles
- Harpers KensingtonKensington and Chelsea W8 6AN0.2 miles
- Lundiniom Estate AgentsKensington and Chelsea W8 4SG0.2 miles
- Vesper GroupKensington and Chelsea W8 4SG0.2 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of W8.