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On Palace Road, in East Molesey
What it's like at KT8 9DW: every home that has sold on Palace Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Palace Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 103 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 40, Palace RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £1,550,000 | 193 m² | £8,031/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40a, Palace RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £1,250,000 | 140 m² | £8,929/m² | 1 |
| 46, Palace RoadDetached | Jul 2011 | £4,130,000 | 544 m² | £7,592/m² | 2 |
| 48, Palace RoadDetached | May 2025 | £2,915,000 | 358 m² | £8,142/m² | 3 |
| 48a, Palace RoadDetached | Jan 2007 | £800,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Palace RoadDetached | Aug 2014 | £3,750,000 | 577 m² | £6,499/m² | 2 |
| 50a, Palace RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £2,730,000 | 363 m² | £7,521/m² | 1 |
| 54, Palace RoadDetached | Nov 2013 | £3,550,000 | 525 m² | £6,762/m² | 1 |
| 56, Palace RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £4,200,000 | 423 m² | £9,929/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 58, Palace RoadFlat | Apr 2012 | £392,500 | 110 m² | £3,568/m² | 5 |
| 58, Palace RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £2,800,000 | 436 m² | £6,422/m² | 1 |
| 60, Palace RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £2,737,500 | 407 m² | £6,726/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Dec 2022 | £760,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 6, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Sept 2015 | £540,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 10, 62, Palace RoadFlat | May 2022 | £410,193 | 86 m² | £4,770/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Nov 2005 | £352,500 | 79 m² | £4,462/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Sept 2023 | £562,500 | 76 m² | £7,401/m² | 4 |
| Flat 8, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Sept 2024 | £738,000 | 86 m² | £8,581/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Jan 2015 | £485,000 | 81 m² | £5,988/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £547,500 | 86 m² | £6,366/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £563,280 | 81 m² | £6,954/m² | 1 |
| Flat 11, 62, Palace RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £715,000 | 87 m² | £8,218/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 62, Palace RoadFlat | May 2026 | £450,000 | 80 m² | £5,625/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 64, Palace RoadFlat | Feb 2007 | £284,950 | 72 m² | £3,958/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, 64, Palace RoadFlat | Jan 2024 | £550,000 | 74 m² | £7,432/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 64, Palace RoadFlat | Oct 2009 | £245,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 64, Palace RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £515,000 | 75 m² | £6,867/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, 64, Palace RoadFlat | Oct 2015 | £500,000 | 82 m² | £6,098/m² | 1 |
| Graburn House, 56a, Palace RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £3,350,000 | 380 m² | £8,816/m² | 3 |
| The Coach House, 25a, Palace RoadDetached | Sept 2013 | £575,000 | – | – | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 59% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hampton Court, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Hurst Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 461); 11 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Thames Ditton Junior School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Hinchley Wood School, 3.1 km away; Attainment 8: 64.5 · 33.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Teddington School (3.7 km) and The Kingston Academy (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Tiffin School (4.1 km) and The Tiffin Girls' School (4.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away; Hampton Court Fruits (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Vine Medical Centre (400 m), with Kent Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, East Molesey Barbers is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kingston Hospital, 5.0 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 42% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Stud Nursery Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and East Molesey Cricket Club the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (East Molesey Kent Town, East Molesey Old Village).
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Hurst Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Riverside Gym (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 11 km away.
45 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paul | II | 170 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Esher and Walton constituency: Monica Harding MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,003 (22.3%), turnout 73%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 53%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 9%, Labour 5%.
25 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near KT8 9DW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 61% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Kingston University, 3.4 km away (TEF Gold).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 103 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 90.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.1% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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