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Sydney Close

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22 recorded sales · median £650,000 · 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

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£650k

median price

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£650k

median sold price

25.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

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

£222,500 in 1996 → £505,000 in 2022

⌄ 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 £650,000. That's about 25.2× local earnings — around the 32.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2022 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 22 sales£650,000

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 Sydney 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 Sydney Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2 Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£840,000	May 2025
Flat 2b Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Flat	—	—	£1,750,000	Apr 2024
1B SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£350,000	Sep 2023
2 Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£700,000	Dec 2022
1 Sydney Close	Flat	—	—	£310,000	Dec 2022
3 SYDNEY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£1,850,000	Dec 2019
AVENUE STUDIOS SYDNEY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£1,435,500	Feb 2017
AVENUE STUDIOS SYDNEY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£1,046,500	Feb 2017
4 SYDNEY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£650,000	Feb 2017
Flat 5 Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Flat	—	—	£3,200,000	Oct 2015
7A SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£1,550,000	Aug 2015
Flat 5 Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Flat	—	—	£2,250,000	Aug 2010
1B SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£135,000	May 2009
7A SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£885,000	Jan 2007
7A SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£500,000	Jul 2005
3A SYDNEY CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£175,000	Jan 2005
Flat 8 Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Flat	—	—	£775,000	Nov 2003
2 Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£425,000	Jun 1997
Flat 2b Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£400,000	Feb 1997
Flat 2b Avenue Studios Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£200,000	May 1996
2 Sydney Close	Terraced	—	—	£245,000	May 1996
3 SYDNEY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£355,000	Jan 1995

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22 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 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.2 km
Miss Daisy's Nursery School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	0.3 km
Ringrose Kindergarten Chelsea	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Queensberry Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Mander Portman Woodward School	Secondary	—	0.5 km
Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle	All-through	—	0.5 km
Marlborough Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.5 km
Marlborough Day Care	Nursery	—	0.5 km
Glendower Preparatory School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Queen's Gate School	All-through	—	0.5 km
Francis Holland Preparatory School	All-through	—	0.5 km
Falkner House	Primary	—	0.6 km
Venture @ Wiltshire Close Adventure Playground	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Cameron Vale School	Primary	—	0.7 km
St Philip's School	All-through	—	0.7 km
St. Thomas More Language College	Secondary	Good ('22)	0.8 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.8 km
Miss Daisy's Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
Paint Pots Montessori School The Boltons	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Chelsea Pre-Prep School & Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('21)	0.8 km
Kinderzimmer South Kensington	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Sussex House School	All-through	—	0.9 km
Wetherby School, Kensington	Primary	—	0.9 km
Park Walk Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.9 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 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

20 of 21 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Harley'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Stickland Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Thurloe Street Dental	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Dajani Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Chelsea Green (Astell) Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Chelsea Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Chelsea Green Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
I.T. Lloyd	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Health Partners At Violet Melchett	GP	Good ('19)	0.7 km
The Chelsea Practice	GP	Good ('17)	0.7 km
Violet Melchett Clinic	Dentist	Good ('19)	0.7 km
Wellington Clinic	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Stanhope Mews Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	0.7 km
Rosary Garden Surgery	GP	—	0.7 km
Chelsea Bldg Soc	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Chelsea House Dental	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Imperial College Health Centre	GP	Good ('16)	0.8 km
Chelsea Dental Studio	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Jonathan Tan Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Knightsbridge Orthodontics	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Happy Kids Dental Practice Limited	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
The Surgery	GP	—	1.0 km
The No8 Partnership	Dentist	—	1.0 km
The Number 8 Partnership	Dentist	—	1.0 km
The Good Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.1 km
V K Patel And Associates	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Medicine Chest	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Emperor'S Gate Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Andrews Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Knightsbridge Medical Centre	GP	Good ('20)	1.2 km
Royal Hospital Chelsea	GP	—	1.2 km
Brompton Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.2 km
Zafash Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Orthosmile Earl'S Court Limited	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Chelsea Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Worlds End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Chelsea Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.3 km
A Moore & Co	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Earls Court Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('21)	1.4 km
Health And Wellbeing Centre, Earls Court	GP	Good ('22)	1.4 km
2B Hogarth Road	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Earls Court Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Earls Court Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Allied Pharmacy Chelsea	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Kings Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Battersea Bridge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Elizabeth Street Dentist	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Kensington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Kings Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Belgrave Medical Centre	GP	—	1.5 km
Walden Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Earls Court Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Colosseum Dental (Earls Court)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Scarsdale Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Healthchem (Battersea) Ltd	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Belgravia Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	1.7 km
80 Kensington Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.7 km
The Abingdon Health Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.7 km
129 - 131 Kensington High Street	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Holland Park Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.8 km
The Fulham Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Moira Wong Orthodontics	Dentist	—	1.9 km
North Fulham Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.9 km
Bridge Lane Group Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.0 km
North End Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
Gp At Hand	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 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; the fastest to London is 5 min from Battersea Park Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
West Brompton Rail Station	1.0 mi	—	no direct train
Imperial Wharf Rail Station	1.2 mi	—	no direct train
London Victoria Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	55 min
Battersea Park Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Victoria	5 min
Queenstown Road (Battersea) Rail Station	1.6 mi	London Waterloo	7 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Battersea Park Rail Station (5 min) · 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