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On Montagu Square, in Bryanston & Dorset Square
What it's like at W1H 2LE: every home that has sold on Montagu Square 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.
6 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 Montagu Square; 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.
11 of the 175 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 5, 16 - 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Apr 2013 | £2,837,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 6, 16 - 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Jul 2014 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 16a, Montagu SquareFlat | Mar 2017 | £633,333 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Nov 1999 | £985,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Nov 2013 | £3,900,000 | 212 m² | £18,396/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Aug 2010 | £2,685,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Jun 2024 | £2,850,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17b, Montagu SquareFlat | Jan 2025 | £2,800,000 | 196 m² | £14,286/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, 18, Montagu SquareFlat | Jun 2023 | £1,550,000 | 74 m² | £20,946/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 18, Montagu SquareFlat | Feb 2012 | £2,550,000 | 141 m² | £18,085/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 18, Montagu SquareFlat | Feb 2002 | £475,190 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 4, 18, Montagu SquareFlat | Jan 2014 | £3,450,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Montagu SquareTerraced | Mar 2019 | £12,500,000 | 579 m² | £21,589/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 20, Montagu SquareFlat | Jan 2016 | £925,000 | 70 m² | £13,214/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 20, Montagu SquareFlat | Jan 2016 | £2,450,000 | 157 m² | £15,605/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Chilean Embassy, 16 - 17, Montagu SquareFlat | Nov 2013 | £3,700,000 | 212 m² | £17,453/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 61% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Marble Arch Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (500 m). The nearest rail station is London Marylebone, 550 m away, with 11.8m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Dorset Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 74, 205); 242 departures an hour from the 8 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 5 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
You're in central London.
73% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School (0.5 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The St Marylebone CofE School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 61 · 29% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark King Solomon Academy (0.6 km) and Paddington Academy (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (7.3 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (10.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Baker St Express, 200 m away; Majestic Wine (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crawford Street Surgery (200 m), with Meacher Higgins & Thomas the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Atelier Theory is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 800 m 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: 109 restaurants and cafés and 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
X-Nourish is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Home House Studio the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 523 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 84% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Portman Estate, Molyneux Street).
77 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18, Montagu Square W1 | II | 0 m |
| 19, Montagu Square W1 | II | 10 m |
| 13-17, Montagu Square W1 | II | 20 m |
| 20-22, Montagu Square W1 | II | 30 m |
| Water Pump Set in Central Garden Opposite Number 15 | II | 40 m |
| 23, Montagu Square W1 | II | 40 m |
| 21-75, Gloucester Place W1 | II | 40 m |
| 24-26, Montagu Square W1 | II | 60 m |
| 45, Montagu Square W1 | II | 60 m |
| 46, Montagu Square W1 | II | 70 m |
| 44, Montagu Square W1 | II | 70 m |
| 47-49, Montagu Square W1 | II | 70 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Cities of London and Westminster constituency: Rachel Blake MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,708 (6.9%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 32%, Liberal Democrat 11%, Green Party 7%.
58 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 W1H 2LE →
On this street: 0 of 55 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 52.5% | 51.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.0% | 15.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 31.6% | 31.2% | 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There are 184 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (91%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 115 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Paddington Street Gardens South, 400 m away; for exercise, Fitness First (200 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 1.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 27.4 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 21 km.
Many neighbours rent: 62% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 68% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 17% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Regent's University London, 900 m away (TEF Silver).
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.
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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 175 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.