Kensington Gate, London

MyStreetCheck free street report: Kensington Gate, London · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/london-greater-london/kensington-gate/

House prices, sold prices and local information for W8 5NA.

Average price (last 12 months)

£8,500,000

1 sale

Average price (since 2016)

£6,635,251

9 sales

Price range

£2.12m – £8.65m

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

10 Apr 2026

W8 5NA

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At a glance

House prices£6.64m averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station7 min walkGloucester Road Underground Station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband94% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold82% freeholdAcross 11 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

9 property sales on Kensington Gate, London have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £8,500,000. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £6,635,251. Recorded sale prices on Kensington Gate range from £2,122,500 to £8,650,000. 82% of homes sold here were freehold and 18% leasehold.

House prices on Kensington Gate compared

W8 postcode area£2,174,905

London£755,818

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Kensington Gate has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all W8 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 82% freehold and 18% leasehold across 11 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Terraced	9	£6,635,251	10 Apr 2026

Sold prices on Kensington Gate

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
12, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	10 Apr 2026	£8,500,000	Terraced	Freehold
6, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	26 Sep 2025	£6,597,256	Terraced	Freehold
4, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	16 Aug 2024	£5,127,500	Terraced	Leasehold
4, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	16 Aug 2024	£2,122,500	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 2, 1, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	28 Oct 2022	£1,325,000	Flat	Leasehold
20, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	17 Feb 2020	£6,450,000	Terraced	Freehold
7, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	31 Jul 2019	£6,595,000	Terraced	Freehold
13, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	3 Jul 2019	£8,175,000	Terraced	Freehold
22, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	3 May 2017	£6,800,000	Terraced	Freehold
17, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	6 Feb 2017	£8,650,000	Terraced	Freehold
24, Kensington Gate W8 5NA	26 Jul 2016	£7,500,000	Terraced	Freehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

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Crime and flood risk near Kensington Gate

Crime

1,305 crimes were reported within about a mile of Kensington Gate in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Anti-social behaviour	248
Violence & sexual offences	204
Shoplifting	194
Other theft	190
Vehicle crime	91
Theft from the person	89

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Kensington Gate is in or near 4 Environment Agency flood areas:

Tidal Thames in the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Flood alert area
Tidal Thames in the boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Wandsworth Flood alert area
Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge Flood alert area
Groundwater flooding in South East London Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Kensington Gate

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Thomas's Kensington 329 pupils	Other independent school	4–11	Report	0.2 mi
Queen's Gate School 371 pupils	Other independent school	4–19	Report	0.4 mi
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle 3,420 pupils	Other independent school	2–19	Report	0.4 mi
Glendower Preparatory School 292 pupils	Other independent school	2–11	Report	0.4 mi
Ashbourne College 223 pupils	Other independent school	13–21	Report	0.4 mi
St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School 160 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Report	0.4 mi
Brighton College Prep Kensington 329 pupils	Other independent school	2–13	Report	0.4 mi
Mander Portman Woodward School 524 pupils	Other independent school	14–20	Report	0.5 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train, tram & metro stations

West Brompton station 1.0 mi · 20 min walk
London Paddington station 1.2 mi · 24 min walk
Kensington (Olympia) station 1.2 mi · 24 min walk
Gloucester Road Underground Station 0.3 mi · 7 min walk
High Street Kensington Underground Station 0.5 mi · 9 min walk

Nearest bus stops

Queens Gate Terrace (Stop RN, GLOUCESTER ROAD) 2 min walk
Queens Gate Terrace (Stop RR, GLOUCESTER ROAD) 2 min walk
Imperial College / Queens Gate Terrace (Stop RT, QUEENS GATE) 3 min walk
Imperial College / Elvaston Pl (Stop RV, QUEENS GATE) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

The Surgery
7 Kynance Place, London · 0.1 mi
Emperor's Gate Surgery
First Floor, 49 Emperors Gate, London · 0.3 mi
Stanhope Mews Surgery
7 Stanhope Mews West, London · 0.3 mi
Scarsdale Medical Centre
2 Scarsdale Place, London · 0.4 mi

Supermarkets

Waitrose Waitrose Gloucester Road · 0.3 mi
Tesco Express Tesco South Kensington Express · 0.3 mi
Whole Foods Market Whole Foods Market Kensington High St · 0.4 mi
Sainsburys Sainsburys Cromwell Rd · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

Boots · 0.3 mi
Boots · 0.4 mi
Kensington Pharmacy · 0.5 mi

Dentists

Dental Surgery · 0.4 mi
80 Kensington Dental Clinic · 0.4 mi
129 - 131 Kensington High Street · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	10 of 10
Employment	10 of 10
Education and skills	7 of 10
Health and disability	10 of 10
Crime	6 of 10
Access to housing and services	9 of 10
Living environment	1 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	39.6%	62.5%
Private rented	55.2%	20.3%
Social rented	5.0%	17.1%
Households	558

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	11.0%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	75.9%	64.1%
Aged 65+	13.1%	18.6%
Residents	1,181

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	94%	80%
Gigabit-capable	94%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	100%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	100%	92%

Share of homes across Kensington and Chelsea with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Kensington Gate

Ethnic group

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
White	66.2%	63.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	18.4%	11.9%
Other ethnic group	10.7%	9.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.7%	6.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	1.1%	7.8%

Religion

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
Christian	46.5%	48.4%
No religion	28.7%	24.9%
Not answered	8.5%	10%
Muslim	8%	11.6%
Jewish	2.8%	1.9%
Hindu	2.1%	1.1%
Buddhist	1.9%	1.1%
Other religion	1%	0.7%

Country of birth

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
Born in the UK	34.4%	45.9%
Born outside the UK	65.6%	54.1%

Highest qualification

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
Level 4 qualifications and above	66%	59.8%
Level 3 qualifications	13.1%	12.5%
No qualifications	8.2%	11.2%
Other qualifications	4.4%	3.1%
Level 2 qualifications	4.3%	7.1%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	3.1%	4.4%
Apprenticeship	0.9%	1.9%

General health

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
Very good health	67.3%	59.8%
Good health	25.8%	26.7%
Fair health	5.3%	9.1%
Bad health	0.9%	3.3%
Very bad health	0.6%	1.1%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Kensington and Chelsea
No cars or vans in household	53.9%	58.3%
1 car or van in household	33.9%	32.7%
2 cars or vans in household	10.2%	7.4%
3 or more cars or vans in household	2%	1.6%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Kensington and Chelsea.

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