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SW1W 8AX

Royal Hospital · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Royal Hospital
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham
Postcode district
SW1W
Postcode sector
SW1W 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW1W 8AT 17 m
SW1W 8AS 25 m
SW1W 8HE 32 m
SW1W 8EE 33 m
SW1W 8EG 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW1W 8AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW1W
Postcode sector
SW1W 8
Latitude
51.492836
Longitude
-0.156373
British National Grid easting
528,085
British National Grid northing
178,710

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Electoral ward
Royal Hospital · E05009403
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Chelsea and Fulham · E14001160
Output area
E00014583
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 018D · E01002902
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 018 · E02000594

Postcode source versions

Explore SW1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
357
Primary
149
Secondary
39

  1. Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    73 m

  2. Eaton House School

    Other independent school

    185 m

  3. Inchbald School of Design

    Miscellaneous

    193 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
14,725
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,516
  • Theft from the person 2,394
  • Other theft 2,321
  • Shoplifting 1,753
  • Anti social behaviour 1,597

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW1W 8 residents
4,375

Age bands in SW1W 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.4%

524 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

525 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.8%

1,460 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,469 residents

Age 65 and over
13.5%

620 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

141

within 5 km

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA

    ODS code E87753

    426 m

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    595 m

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    608 m

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    632 m

  • HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT

    30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR

    ODS code E87004

    997 m

  • THE CHELSEA PRACTICE

    43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD

    ODS code E87665

    997 m

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.2 km

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    1.3 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

    46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB

    ODS code E87034

    1.4 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.8 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.8 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    1.8 km

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.9 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    1.9 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    2.0 km

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

    FIRST FLOOR, 49 EMPERORS GATE, LONDON, SW7 4HJ

    ODS code E87043

    2.1 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    2.1 km

  • BRIDGE LANE GROUP PRACTICE

    BRIDGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 20 BRIDGE LANE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 3AD

    ODS code H85045

    2.2 km

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    2.3 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    237-335 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0EA

    ODS code E87746

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 141 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sloane Square

    BCT · Sloane Square

    0.0 miles

  • Sloane Square

    BCT · Sloane Square

    0.0 miles

  • Sloane Square

    TMU · Sloane Square

    0.0 miles

  • Sloane Square Underground Station

    PLT · Sloane Square

    0.0 miles

  • Sloane Square Underground Station

    MET · Sloane Square

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 018D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,992 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

357 open schools are in scope, including 149 primary and 39 secondary schools. Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 73 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

14,725 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,227.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,516 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.