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W8 6JB

Abingdon · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Abingdon
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater
Postcode district
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W8 6HP 47 m
W8 6HT 51 m
W8 6HR 52 m
W8 6HS 53 m
W8 6HW 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W8 6JB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
1 December 1984
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6
Latitude
51.496132
Longitude
-0.200685
British National Grid easting
525,000
British National Grid northing
179,000

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
E00014076
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 011D · E01002817
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
324
Primary
139
Secondary
33

  1. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    230 m

  2. Kensington Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    354 m

  3. St James Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    616 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13,133
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,468
  • Anti social behaviour 1,737
  • Other theft 1,613
  • Shoplifting 1,038
  • Vehicle crime 968

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

126

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87701

    248 m

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    577 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    676 m

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    715 m

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87016

    731 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    739 m

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85003

    956 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    999 m

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87750

    1.0 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    1.1 km

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    1.1 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    1.1 km

  • STERNDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85125

    1.2 km

  • WEST KENSINGTON GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85074

    1.2 km

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    1.3 km

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.3 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.3 km

  • PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE

    16 PORTLAND ROAD, LONDON, W11 4LA

    ODS code E87029

    1.3 km

  • BROOK GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BUTE GARDENS, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, W6 7EG

    ODS code E85020

    1.4 km

  • THE BUSH DOCTORS

    16-17 WEST 12 SHOPPING CENTRE, SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN, LONDON, W12 8PP

    ODS code E85055

    1.5 km

Showing 20 of 126 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Pembroke Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles

  • Warwick Gardens (W14)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles

  • Warwick Gardens (W14)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.2 miles

  • Scarsdale Villas

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.2 miles

  • Pembroke Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,616 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

324 open schools are in scope, including 139 primary and 33 secondary schools. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 230 m.

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

Recorded crime

13,133 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,094.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,468 events.

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