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On Talbot Road, in Westbourne Grove
What it's like at W2 5JE: every home that has sold on Talbot 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Talbot 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.
17 of the 205 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| Second Floor Flat, 1, Talbot RoadFlat | May 2008 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Floor Flat, 1, Talbot RoadFlat | Jun 2002 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 1, Talbot RoadFlat · company-owned | Nov 2002 | £212,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 1, Talbot RoadOther · company-owned | May 2024 | £1,390,000 | 45 m² | £30,889/m² | 1 |
| Flat D, 3, Talbot RoadFlat | Jul 2024 | £530,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat C, 3, Talbot RoadFlat | Apr 2018 | £470,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat A, 3, Talbot RoadFlat | Aug 2023 | £1,790,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Talbot RoadOther · company-owned | Apr 2020 | £23,880 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Talbot RoadTerraced | Apr 2015 | £4,050,000 | 228 m² | £17,763/m² | 2 |
| 7, Talbot RoadTerraced | Jan 2001 | £1,320,000 | 231 m² | £5,714/m² | 1 |
| 9, Talbot RoadTerraced | Jul 2004 | £1,700,000 | 243 m² | £6,996/m² | 1 |
| 11b, Talbot RoadFlat | Jun 2026 | £900,000 | 60 m² | £15,000/m² | 2 |
| 13, Talbot RoadTerraced | Aug 2018 | £4,230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 15, Talbot RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £2,300,000 | 131 m² | £17,557/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 15, Talbot RoadFlat | Dec 2017 | £1,805,000 | 36 m² | £50,139/m² | 4 |
| Flat B, 3, Talbot RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £470,000 | – | – | 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 Royal Oak Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is London Paddington, 1.2 km away, with 69.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is St Stephen's Gardens, 200 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 70, 328, 31, 28); 455 departures an hour from the 19 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 St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 64% 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, 350 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, 250 m away; Nogs Supermarket (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newton Medical Centre (200 m), with Nashi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Namaste Holistic Sanctuary 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.
British Legion Club is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Princess Royal the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 149 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
80 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11-15, Talbot Road W2 | II | 10 m |
| 17-23, Talbot Road W2 | II | 50 m |
| Church of St Stephen | II | 70 m |
| 42-106, Hereford Road W2 | II | 100 m |
| 49-107, Hereford Road W2 | II | 130 m |
| 26 and 28, Westbourne Park Road W2 | II | 180 m |
| 32, Newton Road W2 | II | 180 m |
| 22 and 24, Westbourne Park Road | II | 190 m |
| 22-68, Chepstow Road W2 | II | 190 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%.
81 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 5JE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 Westbourne Green Open Space, 450 m away; for exercise, Barrecore (250 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, 2.3 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 118 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 48 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 205 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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