SW5 9LH

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 9JG 24 m
SW5 9LA 32 m
SW5 9UL 52 m
SW5 9JZ 62 m
SW5 9JH 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW5 9LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW5
Postcode sector
SW5 9
Latitude
51.488735
Longitude
-0.194509
British National Grid easting
525,449
British National Grid northing
178,188

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
E00014279
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 017A · E01002846
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 017 · E02000593

Postcode source versions

Explore SW5

100 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, The Patio Flat, Kempsford Gardens, London, SW5 9LH 20 May 2026 £496,000
8, Kempsford Gardens, London, SW5 9LH 5 September 2025 £50,000
30, Flat D, Kempsford Gardens, London, SW5 9LH 30 May 2025 £423,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
327
Primary
143
Secondary
33
  1. Collingham

    Other independent school

    580 m
  2. Avonmore Primary School

    Community school

    606 m
  3. Bousfield Primary School

    Community school

    607 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
14,125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,573
  • Anti social behaviour 1,857
  • Other theft 1,776
  • Shoplifting 1,261
  • Vehicle crime 1,192

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
116

60 female, 56 male

Postcode households
63
Residents per household
1.8
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 1.5% 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

125

within 5 km straight-line

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87750

    183 m

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    333 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    360 m

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    424 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    475 m

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85003

    671 m

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    753 m

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87701

    838 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    881 m

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    895 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    1.0 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.1 km

  • CASSIDY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85025

    1.1 km

  • KINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    529 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0UD

    ODS code E87063

    1.2 km

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    1.2 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    1.2 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    1.3 km

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    1.4 km

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87016

    1.4 km

  • ASHVILLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85719

    1.5 km

Showing 20 of 125 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Earls Court Square

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.0 miles
  • West Brompton Station

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.1 miles
  • Earl's Court Station

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Earl's Court Station

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • West Brompton Station

    BCT · West Brompton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,480 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
Low risk addresses
9
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 £480,500 from 12 recorded sales in SW5 9LH. 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

327 open schools are in scope, including 143 primary and 33 secondary schools. Collingham is the nearest published school at 580 m.

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

Recorded crime

14,125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,177.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,573 events.

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