Schools
372 open schools are in scope, including 147 primary and 36 secondary schools. College Park School is the nearest published school at 181 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
W2 4BW
Lancaster Gate · Westminster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Lancaster Gate
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- Postcode district
- W2
- Postcode sector
- W2 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- W2 4BW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- W
- Postcode district
- W2
- Postcode sector
- W2 4
- Latitude
- 51.515077
- Longitude
- -0.189446
- British National Grid easting
- 525,728
- British National Grid northing
- 181,126
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Westminster · E09000033
- Electoral ward
- Lancaster Gate · E05013798
- Parish or community
- E43000236
- Westminster constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater · E14001310
- Output area
- E00023714
- Lower layer super output area
- Westminster 017F · E01004699
- Middle layer super output area
- Westminster 017 · E02000976
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore W2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 372
- Primary
- 147
- Secondary
- 36
- 181 m
College Park School
Community special school
- 238 m
Hallfield Primary School
Community school
- 430 m
Kensington Park School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 19,238
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,191
- Other theft 2,493
- Anti social behaviour 2,210
- Shoplifting 1,947
- Theft from the person 1,748
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- W2 4 residents
- 6,897
Age bands in W2 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 10.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 44.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 10%
693 residents
810 residents
2,938 residents
1,453 residents
658 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
139
within 5 km
NEWTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BAYSWATER CENTRE 14-18, NEWTON ROAD, LONDON, W2 5LT
ODS code E87681
217 m
THE GARWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
PICKERING HOUSE, HALLFIELD ESTATE, LONDON, W2 6HF
ODS code E87009
278 m
LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET
ODS code E87722
563 m
GRAND UNION HEALTH CENTRE
209 HARROW ROAD, PADDINGTON, LONDON, W2 5EH
ODS code E87637
565 m
THE PEMBRIDGE VILLAS SURGERY
45A PEMBRIDGE VILLAS, LONDON, W11 3EP
ODS code E87061
577 m
THE WESTBOURNE GREEN SURGERY
HEALTH AT THE STOWE, 260 HARROW ROAD, LONDON, W2 5ES
ODS code Y00902
661 m
WESTBOURNE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
241 WESTBOURNE GROVE, LONDON, W11 2SE
ODS code E87007
756 m
WOODFIELD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE 7E, WOODFIELD ROAD, LONDON, W9 3XZ
ODS code E87741
1.0 km
COLVILLE HEALTH CENTRE
51 KENSINGTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, W11 1PA
ODS code E87067
1.2 km
PORTOBELLO MEDICAL CENTRE
14 CODRINGTON MEWS, LONDON, W11 2EH
ODS code Y00200
1.2 km
THE NOTTING HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
14 CODRINGTON MEWS, LONDON, W11 2EH
ODS code E87065
1.2 km
MEANWHILE GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
UNIT 5, 1-31 ELKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, W10 5NT
ODS code E87026
1.2 km
ELGIN CLINIC
40 ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 3QT
ODS code E87038
1.3 km
PADDINGTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
4 PRINCESS LOUISE CLOSE, LONDON, W2 1LQ
ODS code E87008
1.3 km
CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87052
1.3 km
LITTLE VENICE MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87006
1.3 km
MAIDA VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
40 BIDDULPH MANSIONS, ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1HT
ODS code E87010
1.5 km
PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE
16 PORTLAND ROAD, LONDON, W11 4LA
ODS code E87029
1.5 km
THE GOLBORNE MEDICAL CENTRE
12-16 GOLBORNE ROAD, LONDON, W10 5PG
ODS code E87024
1.6 km
HOLLAND PARK SURGERY
LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 12 PHILLIMORE WALK, LONDON, W8 7RX
ODS code E87016
1.6 km
Showing 20 of 139 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Westbourne Grove / Queensway
BCT · Bayswater
- 0.0 miles
Queensway Bayswater
BCT · Bayswater
- 0.1 miles
Queensway Bayswater
BCT · Bayswater
- 0.1 miles
Whiteleys
BCT · Bayswater
- 0.1 miles
Porchester Road / Royal Oak
BCT · Bayswater
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 017F, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,537 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
19,238 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,603.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,191 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.