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On Praed Street, in Paddington & St George's Fields
What it's like at W2 1RL: every home that has sold on Praed Street 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.
13 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 10 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 Praed Street; 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.
83 of the 418 homes on the street are owned by companies (46 overseas).
| Ground Floor Shop, 117, Praed StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 1997 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117, Praed StreetOther · company-owned | Sept 2021 | £2,075,000 | 49 m² | £42,347/m² | 2 |
| 119, Praed StreetOther | Sept 2021 | £2,075,000 | 45 m² | £46,111/m² | 2 |
| 135, Praed StreetOther · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £2,400,000 | 14 m² | £171,429/m² | 1 |
| 137 - 139, Praed StreetFlat | Dec 2000 | £400,000 | 35 m² | £11,429/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 139, Praed StreetOther | Dec 2016 | £400,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 139, Praed StreetFlat | Dec 2019 | £448,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 5, 139, Praed StreetFlat | May 2017 | £430,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 139, Praed StreetFlat | Jan 2025 | £420,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 139, Praed StreetFlat | Mar 2025 | £450,000 | 43 m² | £10,465/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, 141, Praed StreetTerraced | Mar 2000 | £440,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 141, Praed StreetOther · company-owned | Jun 2020 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 147, Praed StreetFlat | Nov 2012 | £399,999 | 56 m² | £7,143/m² | 3 |
| Flat, 147, Praed StreetFlat | Feb 2006 | £725,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 147, Praed StreetFlat | Jan 2014 | £377,000 | 37 m² | £10,189/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor And Basement Premises, 147, Praed StreetOther · company-owned | May 2021 | £15,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 151, Praed StreetTerraced | Feb 1998 | £220,000 | 53 m² | £4,151/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 151, Praed StreetFlat | Jan 2025 | £320,000 | 40 m² | £8,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 153, Praed StreetFlat | Aug 1999 | £315,000 | 41 m² | £7,683/m² | 1 |
| 155a, Praed StreetOther | Jan 2024 | £2,950,000 | 41 m² | £71,951/m² | 2 |
| 157, Praed StreetOther · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £2,900,000 | 19 m² | £152,632/m² | 1 |
| 157a, Praed StreetOther | Mar 2015 | £2,700,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 161, Praed StreetOther | Jun 2016 | £150,000 | 12 m² | £12,500/m² | 1 |
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 London Paddington, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 69.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Tottenham Court Road.
The nearest bus stop is Paddington Station, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 23, 36, 16, 27); 337 departures an hour from the 14 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 St James & St John Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 95% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ark King Solomon Academy (0.6 km), with 6 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Marylebone Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 48.6 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark King Solomon Academy (0.6 km) and Paddington Academy (1.9 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 Oseyo, 100 m away; Supersave (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bayswater Medical Centre (500 m), with Apek Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, One O Three Studio is 150 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.
La Tazza is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Market Halls Paddington the nearest pub (100 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).
67 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%.
65 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 1RL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There are 106 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (87%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Floating Pocket Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Ultimate Performance (250 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, 1.6 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.
On this street: 0 of 323 homes with certificates have solar panels, 38 a heat pump, and 311 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 24.1% | 51.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 24.5% | 15.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 48.8% | 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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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 418 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.