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On Kensington, in Kensington
What it's like at L7 2RE: every home that has sold on Kensington 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Kensington; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
44 of the 142 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 135, KensingtonOther | Mar 2018 | £221,000 | – | – | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135a, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £230,000 | 160 m² | £1,438/m² | 4 |
| 137, KensingtonOther | Dec 2016 | £185,500 | 29 m² | £6,397/m² | 2 |
| 139, KensingtonOther | Dec 2016 | £185,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 141, KensingtonTerraced | May 2022 | £217,500 | 145 m² | £1,500/m² | 2 |
| 141a, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £200,000 | 179 m² | £1,117/m² | 1 |
| 143a, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2003 | £60,000 | 161 m² | £373/m² | 1 |
| 145, KensingtonTerraced | Oct 2021 | £265,000 | 58 m² | £4,569/m² | 3 |
| 145a, KensingtonTerraced | Feb 2023 | £275,000 | 62 m² | £4,435/m² | 2 |
| 151, KensingtonTerraced | Oct 2015 | £126,000 | 27 m² | £4,667/m² | 4 |
| 153a, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2017 | £147,500 | 175 m² | £843/m² | 1 |
| 155, KensingtonTerraced | Jun 2026 | £125,000 | 144 m² | £868/m² | 4 |
| 157, KensingtonTerraced | May 2014 | £80,000 | 222 m² | £360/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Edge Hill, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 210k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Clearwater Close, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 10A, 10B, 10, 9); 82 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
59% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is New Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitefield Primary School (0.8 km).
The nearest secondary is The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 35.8 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (1.7 km) and Liverpool College (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (3.2 km) and St Anselm's College (6.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Best Foods Mega, 250 m away, with Bloom mini mart closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kensington Park General Practice (200 m), with Davey's Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Snowy's is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 950 m away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Dave’s Botanical Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Vinebrook the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 150 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 6% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 67% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 529 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kensington Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Momentum Leisure (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 8.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Christ Church | II | 40 m |
| Public Library | II | 60 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Liverpool Wavertree constituency: Paula Barker MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,304 (40.9%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 58%, Green Party 17%, Reform UK 9%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
24 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 L7 2RE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 45 km.
Many neighbours rent: 49% of households rent privately and 26% socially.
It's young: 38% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 30% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Liverpool, 1.1 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kensington in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 15 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.8% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 15.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.1% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 59 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.