SW5 9BH

Earl's Court · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Postcode district
SW5
Postcode sector
SW5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW5 9BJ 27 m
SW5 9HW 29 m
SW5 9HN 37 m
SW5 9BQ 38 m
SW5 9DJ 38 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW5 9BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW5
Postcode sector
SW5 9
Latitude
51.489657
Longitude
-0.191318
British National Grid easting
525,668
British National Grid northing
178,296

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Kensington and Bayswater · E14001310
Output area
E00014273
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 017B · E01002849
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 017 · E02000593

Postcode source versions

Explore SW5

67 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wetherby Mansions, Flat 39a, Earls Court Square, London, SW5 9BH 20 March 2026 £980,000
Wetherby Mansions, Flat 41, Earls Court Square, London, SW5 9BH 21 November 2025 £2,050,000
Wetherby Mansions, Flat 15, Earls Court Square, London, SW5 9BH 12 September 2025 £1,140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
328
Primary
143
Secondary
34
  1. Collingham

    Other independent school

    355 m
  2. Bousfield Primary School

    Community school

    368 m
  3. Wetherby School, Kensington

    Other independent school

    434 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14,222
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,536
  • Anti social behaviour 1,875
  • Other theft 1,868
  • Shoplifting 1,233
  • Vehicle crime 1,211

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

39 female, 30 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.2
SW5 9 residents
7,673

Age bands in SW5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.9%

764 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.6%

1,355 residents

Age 25 to 44
37.4%

2,875 residents

Age 45 to 64
23%

1,769 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

916 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW5 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

132

within 5 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    105 m

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

    269 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, EARLS COURT, LONDON, SW5 9JA

    ODS code E87750

    111 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    253 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    362 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    637 m

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    664 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    818 m

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

    88-92 EARLS COURT ROAD, KENSINGTON, LONDON, W8 6EG

    ODS code E87701

    821 m

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    845 m

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 NORTH END ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON, LONDON, W14 9PR

    ODS code E85003

    908 m

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    995 m

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    1.0 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    1.0 km

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    1.1 km

  • KINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    529 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0UD

    ODS code E87063

    1.1 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    1.2 km

  • CASSIDY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    651A FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 5PX

    ODS code E85025

    1.3 km

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

    LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 12 PHILLIMORE WALK, LONDON, W8 7RX

    ODS code E87016

    1.3 km

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    1.5 km

  • ASHVILLE SURGERY

    SWAN HOUSE, PARSONS GREEN LANE, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 4HS

    ODS code E85719

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 132 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

  • Redcliffe Gardens

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.0 miles
  • Earls Court Road / Old Brompton Road

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.0 miles
  • Warwick Road (SW5)

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.1 miles
  • Old Brompton Road

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.1 miles
  • Earls Court Square

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 017B, 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

17,996 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
3 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
0
Medium risk addresses
14
Low risk addresses
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,165,000 from 10 recorded sales in SW5 9BH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Kensington and Chelsea is £1,250,149 in June 2026, down 14.7% year on year.

Schools

328 open schools are in scope, including 143 primary and 34 secondary schools. Collingham is the nearest published school at 355 m.

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

Recorded crime

14,222 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,185.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,536 events.

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