W8 6TQ

Abingdon · 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
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W8 6TP 27 m
W8 6TL 37 m
W8 5SH 50 m
W8 6TG 51 m
W8 5SJ 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W8 6TQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W8
Postcode sector
W8 6
Latitude
51.499486
Longitude
-0.193104
British National Grid easting
525,517
British National Grid northing
179,386

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
E00014063
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 011C · E01002816
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 011 · E02000587

Postcode source versions

Explore W8

42 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12a, Cheniston Gardens, London, W8 6TQ 11 December 2025 £980,000
16, Cheniston Gardens, London, W8 6TQ 22 October 2024 £4,625,000
14, Flat 1, Cheniston Gardens, London, W8 6TQ 4 November 2022 £1,150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
330
Primary
142
Secondary
32
  1. St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    299 m
  2. Thomas's Kensington

    Other independent school

    361 m
  3. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    422 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,731
  • Other theft 1,873
  • Anti social behaviour 1,513
  • Vehicle crime 1,014
  • Theft from the person 928

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

32 female, 15 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
1.5
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

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W8 6 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

127

within 5 km straight-line

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    94 m

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87016

    233 m

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87701

    470 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    590 m

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    631 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    742 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    860 m

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    957 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.1 km

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    1.1 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    1.1 km

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87750

    1.2 km

  • PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE

    16 PORTLAND ROAD, LONDON, W11 4LA

    ODS code E87029

    1.4 km

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    1.5 km

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E85003

    1.5 km

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    1.5 km

  • LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET

    ODS code E87722

    1.5 km

  • THE PEMBRIDGE VILLAS SURGERY

    45A PEMBRIDGE VILLAS, LONDON, W11 3EP

    ODS code E87061

    1.5 km

  • STERNDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85125

    1.6 km

  • WEST KENSINGTON GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code E85074

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 127 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • High Street Kensington Underground Station

    PLT · High Street Kensington

    0.1 miles
  • High Street Kensington Underground Station

    PLT · High Street Kensington

    0.1 miles
  • High Street Kensington Station

    BCT · High Street Kensington

    0.1 miles
  • High Street Kensington Station

    BCT · High Street Kensington

    0.1 miles
  • High Street Kensington Station

    BCT · High Street Kensington

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

24,543 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £1,150,000 from 3 recorded sales in W8 6TQ. 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

330 open schools are in scope, including 142 primary and 32 secondary schools. St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 299 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,011.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,731 events.

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