UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/w

House prices in the W postcode area, West London

Homes in the W postcode area sold for a median of £724,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 9,989 standard sales.

That makes it the second most expensive of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales by median price.

Median sale price£724,0009,989 standard sales
Middle half of prices£486,000 to £1,165,000
Change since 2016+3%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 3%, from £710,000 in 2016 to £730,000 in 2025, the second smallest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the W area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached188£1,850,000£1,290,000 to £2,876,000Too few
Semi-detached700£1,200,000£880,000 to £1,763,000£8,730/m²from 35 sales
Terraced2,184£1,050,000£805,000 to £1,525,000£9,476/m²from 77 sales
Flats and maisonettes6,917£585,000£430,000 to £863,000£8,805/m²from 120 sales

Most homes sold in the W area were flats and maisonettes, at 69% of sales.

3,126 sales in the W area, or 31%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the W area sold for a median of £9,068 per m², 42% above the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Leasehold is common here: 70% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales, so check the years left on the lease and the charges early.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was W8 (Kensington and Chelsea), at £1,565,000, and the cheapest was W3 (Ealing), at £510,000. The dearest median is 3.1 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were W1U (Westminster) and W1H (Westminster), and the next cheapest W7 (Ealing) and W5 (Ealing).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the W area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Districts in the W area by council area, by number of sales: Ealing (W3, W5, W7, W13), Hammersmith and Fulham (W6, W12, W14), Westminster (12 districts), Kensington and Chelsea (W8, W10, W11), Hounslow (W4), Camden (W1T).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. W8Kensington and Chelsea, 448 sales£1,565,000−4%
  2. W1UWestminster, 135 sales£1,475,000Too few
  3. W1HWestminster, 132 sales£1,282,500Too few
  4. W11Kensington and Chelsea, 466 sales£1,175,000−3%
  5. W2Westminster, 762 sales£846,000−16%
  6. W4Hounslow, 1,156 sales£827,500+5%
  7. W10Kensington and Chelsea, 376 sales£732,500+2%
  8. W13Ealing, 725 sales£730,000−5%
  9. W6Hammersmith and Fulham, 760 sales£700,000−4%
  10. W9Westminster, 727 sales£696,000+6%
  11. W12Hammersmith and Fulham, 816 sales£647,500−13%
  12. W14Hammersmith and Fulham, 736 sales£625,000−9%
  13. W5Ealing, 1,009 sales£620,000−2%
  14. W7Ealing, 464 sales£550,000+4%
  15. W3Ealing, 958 sales£510,000+8%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: W1B £1.42m (10 sales), W1D £720k (10 sales), W1F £725k (10 sales), W1G £1.8m (55 sales), W1J £2.5m (33 sales), W1K £4m (51 sales), W1S £2.12m (10 sales), W1T £888k (80 sales), W1W £995k (60 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in W3 (Ealing), up 8%, and fell most in W2 (Westminster), down 16%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Blenheim Crescent, London (W11, £4,375,000), George Street, London (W1U, flats, £3,892,500) and Kensington High Street, London (W8, flats, £3,634,000).

The cheapest were Blakesley Avenue, London (W5, flats, £247,000), Victoria Road, London (W3, flats, £298,000) and Shepherds Bush Road, London (W6, flats, £307,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SW (South West London), NW (North West London), UB (Southall), TW (Twickenham) and HA (Harrow).

Council areas in the W postcode area

Within W, the median ran from £603,000 in Ealing to £1,155,000 in Kensington and Chelsea, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the W area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in WMedian in WWhole council area
Ealing3,439£603,000£530,000
Hammersmith and Fulham2,164£635,000£705,000
Westminster2,107£850,000£865,000
Kensington and Chelsea1,333£1,155,000£1,150,000
Hounslow872£818,500£485,000
Camden37£680,000£770,000
Brent36£500,000£550,000

About these figures

The W figures come from 9,989 standard sales in 24 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was W4 (Hounslow), with 1,156 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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