W8 6DR

Abingdon · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Postcode district
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW5 9QR 18 m
SW5 9QW 28 m
W8 6DP 53 m
SW5 9QN 58 m
W8 6LZ 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W8 6DR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1986
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6
Latitude
51.494312
Longitude
-0.199316
British National Grid easting
525,100
British National Grid northing
178,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Electoral ward
Abingdon · E05009388
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Kensington and Bayswater · E14001310
Output area
E00014057
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 011B · E01002815
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 011 · E02000587

Postcode source versions

Explore W8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
322
Primary
139
Secondary
32
  1. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    376 m
  2. Kensington Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    493 m
  3. Avonmore Primary School

    Community school

    587 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,993
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,425
  • Anti social behaviour 1,719
  • Other theft 1,577
  • Shoplifting 1,197
  • Vehicle crime 986

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
W8 6 residents
5,143

Age bands in W8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

726 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

586 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.2%

1,602 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,405 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

814 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.

GP practices

124

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87701

    250 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    500 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    541 m

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    737 m

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    767 m

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85003

    795 m

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87750

    809 m

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    853 m

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87016

    860 m

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    880 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    931 m

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    1.1 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    1.1 km

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.2 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.2 km

  • STERNDALE SURGERY

    MILSON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1-13 MILSON ROAD, LONDON, W14 0LJ

    ODS code E85125

    1.4 km

  • WEST KENSINGTON GP SURGERY

    MILSON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1-13 MILSON ROAD, LONDON, W14 0LJ

    ODS code E85074

    1.4 km

  • BROOK GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BUTE GARDENS, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, W6 7EG

    ODS code E85020

    1.5 km

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    1.6 km

  • PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE

    16 PORTLAND ROAD, LONDON, W11 4LA

    ODS code E87029

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 124 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Pembroke Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • West Cromwell Road / Tesco

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • West Cromwell Road

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Warwick Road Tesco

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Cromwell Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 011B, 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

19,131 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Schools

322 open schools are in scope, including 139 primary and 32 secondary schools. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 376 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,993 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,082.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,425 events.

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