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On Leinster Square, in Westbourne Grove
What it's like at W2 4PL: every home that has sold on Leinster 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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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.
3 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 Leinster 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.
12 of the 157 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| First Floor Flat, 1, Leinster SquareFlat | Apr 2020 | £945,000 | – | – | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third To Fourth Floor Flat, 1, Leinster SquareFlat | Sept 2001 | £455,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat, 1, Leinster SquareFlat | Sept 2013 | £675,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 1, Leinster SquareFlat | May 2009 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 1, Leinster SquareFlat | Jan 2021 | £500,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Fourth Floor Flat, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Jan 2011 | £435,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Basement Flat, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Apr 2012 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Third Floor Flat, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Sept 2023 | £650,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Sept 2016 | £750,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Jun 2015 | £810,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor And Basement Maisonette, 2, Leinster SquareFlat | Jul 2020 | £975,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 3, Leinster SquareFlat | Feb 2000 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 3, Leinster SquareFlat | Oct 2001 | £282,510 | 58 m² | £4,871/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, 3, Leinster SquareFlat | Apr 2002 | £249,000 | 48 m² | £5,188/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 3, Leinster SquareFlat | Aug 2013 | £625,000 | 52 m² | £12,019/m² | 1 |
| Flat L, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Sept 2024 | £857,500 | 64 m² | £13,398/m² | 2 |
| Flat F, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Jan 1997 | £114,000 | 58 m² | £1,966/m² | 1 |
| Flat E, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Jun 2004 | £270,000 | 46 m² | £5,870/m² | 2 |
| Flat C, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Dec 2002 | £272,500 | 46 m² | £5,924/m² | 2 |
| Flat D, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Jun 2025 | £730,000 | 53 m² | £13,774/m² | 4 |
| Flat B, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Nov 2012 | £515,000 | 49 m² | £10,510/m² | 1 |
| Flat G, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Dec 2010 | £410,000 | 45 m² | £9,111/m² | 1 |
| Flat A, 4, Leinster SquareFlat | Aug 2022 | £560,000 | 40 m² | £14,000/m² | 2 |
| Flat A-J, 4, Leinster SquareOther · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £382,000 | 42 m² | £9,095/m² | 1 |
| Flat D, 4 - 5, Leinster SquareFlat | Jan 2001 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Leinster SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £6,000,000 | 304 m² | £19,737/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, 7 - 12, Leinster SquareFlat | Nov 2017 | £3,125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 7 - 12, Leinster SquareFlat | May 2023 | £4,200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Leinster SquareFlat | Nov 2018 | £4,500,000 | 304 m² | £14,803/m² | 1 |
| 9, Leinster SquareFlat | Jan 2025 | £5,380,000 | 304 m² | £17,697/m² | 2 |
| 10, Leinster SquareFlat · company-owned | May 2023 | £4,120,000 | 159 m² | £25,912/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 10, Leinster SquareFlat | May 2018 | £3,400,000 | 154 m² | £22,078/m² | 1 |
| 11, Leinster SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £4,787,000 | 356 m² | £13,447/m² | 1 |
| Lower Ground, Ground And First Floor, 11, Leinster SquareOther | Jun 2025 | £27,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Leinster SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2018 | £3,400,000 | 252 m² | £13,492/m² | 1 |
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: 61% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bayswater Underground station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is London Paddington, 1.2 km away, with 69.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Chepstow Rd / Westbourne Grove, 150 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 23, 70, 27, 7); 277 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
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.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
66% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Hallfield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 50% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Colville Primary School (0.7 km), with 10 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Westminster Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 48.3 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Paddington Academy (1 km) and All Saints Catholic College (1.4 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 Sainsbury's, 150 m away; Sara Foods (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newton Medical Centre (250 m), with Nashi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, LONG Hair & Beauty House is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 1.4 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: 51 restaurants and cafés and 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Kawaii is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Hayden Pub & Rooms the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 149 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6, Leinster Square W2 | II | 0 m |
| 7-16, Leinster Square W2 | II | 30 m |
| 38 and 40, Monmouth Road W2 | II | 30 m |
| 34 and 36, Monmouth Road W2 | II | 50 m |
| 27 and 29, Monmouth Road W2 | II | 60 m |
| 30 and 32, Monmouth Road W2 | II | 60 m |
| 38-57, Leinster Square W2 | II | 70 m |
| 26 and 28, Monmouth Road W2 | II | 80 m |
| 21 and 22, Leinster Square W2 | II | 80 m |
| 1 and 3, Garway Road W2 | II | 90 m |
| 17-20, Leinster Square W2 | II | 90 m |
| Numbers 66 to 71 Princes Square and Numbers 58 to 64 Leinster Square | II |
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%.
77 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 4PL →
Much of it is protected: 95% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Westbourne, Bayswater).
There are 45 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (87%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 76% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Powis Square, 600 m away; for exercise, Barrecore (200 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 2.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 23.1 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 17 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 19 km.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 24% socially.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 64% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Imperial College London, 1.9 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.
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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 49 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 28 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 | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 70.1% | 51.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.8% | 15.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 10.8% | 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 157 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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