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On Merchant Square East, in Paddington & St George's Fields
What it's like at W2 1AN: every home that has sold on Merchant Square East 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Merchant Square East; 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.
4 of the 74 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 60% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Edgware Road (Bakerloo) Underground station, a few minutes' walk (150 m). The nearest rail station is London Paddington, 500 m away, with 69.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Edgware Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, 16); 499 departures an hour from the 23 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 6 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 3 km away as the crow flies.
68% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Ark King Solomon Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Ark King Solomon Academy, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 51.3 · 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Paddington Academy (1.9 km) and Holland Park School (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (7.4 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (11 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 100 m away; Superdrug (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Paddington Green Health Centre (250 m), with Devonshire Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Headmasters is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 300 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: 154 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Pizza Express is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Lockhouse Pub the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 282 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 68% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Bayswater).
There are 106 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (87%).
81 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.
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%.
61 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 W2 1AN →
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Floating Pocket Park, under 50 m away; for exercise, F45 Training (50 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 1.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 26.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 20 km.
Many neighbours rent: 54% of households rent privately and 16% socially.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 60% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 20% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Regent's University London, 1.3 km 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.
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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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Merchant Square East in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 74 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 73 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 | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 24.1% | 51.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 24.6% | 15.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 48.6% | 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.
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The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.