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Simon Close

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16 recorded sales · median £480,000 · Kensington and Chelsea

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Kensington and Chelsea Council · Conservative-controlled 34/50 seats · 68% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

69/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£480k

median price

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£480k

median sold price

25.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

458

ASB — most

23.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.6%

in a flood zone

314

green spaces

8.8

PM2.5 · WHO 5

846

eat & drink

118

shops

89%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Kensington and Chelsea, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £480,000. That's about 25.2× local earnings — around the 32.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 16 sales£480,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay25.2× · five-year average 32.7×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership32%

Owned outright

20%

With a mortgage

12%

Private rented

40%

Social rented

28%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,643

Your band:

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea£1,133

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,096

Band B£1,278

Band C£1,461

Band D (baseline)£1,643

Band E£2,009

Band F£2,374

Band G£2,739

Band H£3,287

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Kensington and Chelsea how Simon Close compares · from Kensington and Chelsea

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Silchester Estate +8.3%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Silchester Estate	£1,300,000	+8.3%	55
Brompton	£1,530,000	+7.4%	248
Wandon Estate	£770,000	+0.7%	103
Hans Town	£1,900,000	-3%	162
Notting Hill	£1,280,000	-5.3%	365
Bayswater	£960,000	-7.3%	69
North Kensington	£650,000	-7.6%	182
Earl's Court	£797,500	-10.2%	246
Lancaster West Estate	£710,000	-11.5%	60
Kensington	£1,400,000	-13.5%	350
South Kensington	£1,045,000	-13.9%	286
Chelsea	£1,165,000	-14.7%	339
Kensal Town	£481,500	-15.3%	16
World's End	£782,500	-20.1%	245
Shepherd's Bush	£1,565,000	-23.7%	52

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Simon Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
6 Simon Close Portobello Road	Terraced	—	—	£1,150,000	Jul 2025
1 SIMON CLOSE PORTOBELLO ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£1,275,000	Apr 2022
1 SIMON CLOSE PORTOBELLO ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£970,000	Sep 2018
7 Simon Close Portobello Road	Terraced	—	—	£1,120,000	Jul 2018
9 SIMON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£800,000	Feb 2016
10, Simon Close Portobello Road	Terraced	—	—	£2,150,000	Aug 2013
1 SIMON CLOSE PORTOBELLO ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£610,000	Oct 2009
7 Simon Close Portobello Road	Terraced	—	—	£775,000	Jul 2007
3 SIMON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£480,000	Aug 2005
14 Simon Close Portobello Road	Flat	—	—	£263,500	Mar 2004
1 SIMON CLOSE PORTOBELLO ROAD	Flat	—	—	£335,000	Jul 2003
2 SIMON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£370,000	Dec 2002
7 Simon Close Portobello Road	Terraced	—	—	£345,000	Jul 2001
14 Simon Close Portobello Road	Flat	—	—	£140,000	Feb 1999
13 SIMON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£182,000	Oct 1998
14 Simon Close Portobello Road	Flat	—	—	£74,000	Jun 1997

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16 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Kensington and Chelsea

Crime runs at 14.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month14.2

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Kensington and Chelsea

Anti-social behaviour

458

Violence & sexual offences

429

Shoplifting

319

Other theft

238

Vehicle crime

137

Public order

110

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Kensington and Chelsea district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Kensington and Chelsea

Population143,375

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — has improved since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

7.1/10

Employment

7.3/10

Education & skills

8.4/10

Health & disability

7.9/10

Crime

4.8/10

Housing & services

5.7/10

Living environment

1.4/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Kensington and Chelsea — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+56%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.5%

Degree-level (Level 4+)60%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home32%

Median age39.1

Born outside the UK54%

See the full Kensington and Chelsea report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 1 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

1 of 1 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 1 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Ladbroke Square Montessori School	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.2 km
Denbigh Under Fives	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.2 km
Southbank International School Kensington	Primary	—	0.3 km
Paint Pots Montessori School The Grove	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Wetherby School	Primary	—	0.3 km
Colville Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Colville Day Care	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	0.4 km
Bright Horizons Holland Park Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Pembridge Hall School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Notting Hill Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
The Square Nursery School	Nursery	—	0.4 km
The Acorn Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Colville Community Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.5 km
The Acorn Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Strawberry Fields Nursery School Limited	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.5 km
Pippa Pop-ins	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Fox Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.6 km
Wetherby Pembridge Minors	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Lloyd Williamson Nursery Kensington	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Lloyd Williamson Pre-School Kensington	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Clare Gardens	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
The Stewart Bilingual School	Primary	—	0.7 km
Kensington Park School	Secondary	—	0.7 km
St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
Grand West Pre-Prep	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.7 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

16 of 17 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Westbourne Grove Medical Centre	GP	—	0.2 km
Ghauri Dental Centre	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Baywood Dispensing Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
The Pembridge Villas Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	0.2 km
42 The Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Notting Hill Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Notting Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Westbourne Grove Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Dr Evans Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Calder Pharmacy Of Notting Hill	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Bahl Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Portobello Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	0.6 km
The Notting Hill Medical Centre	GP	—	0.6 km
Colville Health Centre	GP	Good ('18)	0.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Blenheim Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
All Smiles Clinic	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Bayswater Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Newton Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	0.7 km
Flat 1 (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Garden Square Dental	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Portland Road Practice	GP	Good ('19)	0.8 km
Hillcrest Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Nashi Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Bayswater Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
The Archangel Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Ladbroke Grove Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Chana Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Queensway Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
The Foreland Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	0.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Spivack Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Bayswater Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Unit 5	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Bayswater Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Holland Park Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The Garway Medical Practice	GP	—	1.1 km
Grand Union Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.1 km
Moira Wong Orthodontics	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Addison Place Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The Westbourne Green Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Benson Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Meanwhile Garden Medical Centre	GP	—	1.1 km
Lancaster Gate Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	1.2 km
Woodfield Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.2 km
The Medical Centre 7E	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Faro Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dr Care Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Golborne Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Sumer Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Bramley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Holland Park Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.3 km
80 Kensington Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Harrow Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Pitchkins & Currans	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dillons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Prince Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
129 - 131 Kensington High Street	Dentist	—	1.4 km
The Golborne Medical Centre	GP	—	1.4 km
Elgin Clinic	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	1.4 km
Pestle & Mortar	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Moore'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Scarsdale Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.5 km
Half Penny Steps Health Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Golborne Canalside Health Centre	GP	—	1.6 km
The Bush Doctors	GP	Good ('17)	1.6 km
North Kensington Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
St. Quintin Health Centre	GP	—	1.6 km
Barlby Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	1.6 km
The Exmoor Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.6 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Kensington and Chelsea

5 nearest stations.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Shepherds Bush Rail Station	0.9 mi	—	no direct train
Paddington	1.0 mi	—	no direct train
London Paddington Rail Station	1.1 mi	—	no direct train
Kensington (Olympia) Rail Station	1.1 mi	—	no direct train
Queens Park (London) Rail Station	1.5 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

58%

Public transport

17%

Walk or cycle

13%

Drive

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging17 points

Per 10,000 residents1.2

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Kensington and Chelsea

Air quality

NO₂

23.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

8.8

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-10017.5%

Flood zone5.6% of postcodes

Radonup to <1% of homes

Historic landfill7 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings1,347

Conservation areas38

Green belt0%

Green spaces314

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Kensington and Chelsea

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	846	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	118	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	48	—
Green spaces & parks	314	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

89%

Superfast

97%

Ultrafast

90.3%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Kensington and Chelsea

Figures for the wider Kensington and Chelsea — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.5%

In work (employment rate)56.4%

Companies registered here23,215

New incorporations (12m)2,752

Property companies (SPVs)2,875

See the full Kensington and Chelsea report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district