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On Chesterton Road, in Portobello
What it's like at W10 5LX: every home that has sold on Chesterton 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). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Chesterton Road; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
15 of the 152 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 10, Chesterton RoadTerraced | Jul 2011 | £1,850,000 | 163 m² | £11,350/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Floor Flat, 16, Chesterton RoadFlat | Feb 2010 | £355,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Second Floor Flat, 16, Chesterton RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £620,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16a, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £665,000 | 68 m² | £9,779/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, 20, Chesterton RoadFlat | Sept 2014 | £602,000 | 44 m² | £13,682/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 20, Chesterton RoadFlat | Mar 2015 | £615,000 | 48 m² | £12,813/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, 20, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jun 2001 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement, 20, Chesterton RoadFlat | May 2006 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 20, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £525,000 | 51 m² | £10,294/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 22, Chesterton RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £560,000 | 54 m² | £10,370/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2a, 22, Chesterton RoadFlat | Apr 2010 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, 22, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jul 2026 | £2,345,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 2, 24, Chesterton RoadFlat | Apr 2007 | £343,000 | 44 m² | £7,795/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 24, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jun 2008 | £385,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat A, 24, Chesterton RoadFlat | Feb 2017 | £610,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 24, Chesterton RoadFlat | Mar 2021 | £550,000 | 29 m² | £18,966/m² | 2 |
| Basement, 28, Chesterton RoadTerraced | Jan 2000 | £239,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Chesterton RoadOther · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £1,100,000 | 48 m² | £22,917/m² | 1 |
| Second And Third Floor Flat, 28, Chesterton RoadFlat | Jul 2023 | £2,000,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28a, Chesterton RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £595,000 | 61 m² | £9,754/m² | 4 |
| 28c, Chesterton RoadFlat | Dec 2012 | £380,000 | – | – | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ladbroke Grove Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Kensal Green, 1.5 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Chesterton Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 23, 295, 70, 52); 415 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
67% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Bevington Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Colville Primary School (0.3 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is All Saints Catholic College, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 51.3 · 19% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kensington Aldridge Academy (0.8 km) and Paddington Academy (1.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (7.2 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (10.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away, with Golborne Pharmacy closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chiropractic Alchemy (50 m), with Golborne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Swanky is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 2.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 76 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Frankie's is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Bertie Blossoms the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 228 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 73% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Colville, Ladbroke).
Homes are mostly flats (92%).
83 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 Michael and All Angels | II | 70 m |
| Universal Providers, 86 Golborne Road | II | 170 m |
| Pillar Box on North East Corner with Oxford Gardens | II | 180 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.
Kensington and Bayswater constituency: Joe Powell MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 2,903 (6.9%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 34%, Liberal Democrat 7%, Green Party 7%.
87 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 W10 5LX →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 77% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Athlone Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, Westway Sports & Fitness (300 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 2.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 18 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Imperial College London, 3.2 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 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.0% | 68.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.7% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.0% | 20.3% | 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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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 152 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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