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On Shrewsbury Mews, in Westbourne Grove
What it's like at W2 5PN: every home that has sold on Shrewsbury Mews 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shrewsbury Mews; 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.
None of the 24 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Flat A, 2, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Jun 2006 | £415,000 | – | – | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Shrewsbury MewsSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £965,000 | 95 m² | £10,158/m² | 4 |
| Flat C, 2b, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Jun 2021 | £699,950 | 68 m² | £10,293/m² | 5 |
| Flat B, 2b, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Aug 2002 | £292,000 | 69 m² | £4,232/m² | 4 |
| Flat D, 2b, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Jan 2011 | £485,000 | 50 m² | £9,700/m² | 3 |
| 2c, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Nov 2021 | £815,000 | 79 m² | £10,316/m² | 5 |
| 3, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Sept 2002 | £460,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Sept 2005 | £525,000 | 104 m² | £5,048/m² | 1 |
| 6, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Aug 2019 | £900,000 | 58 m² | £15,517/m² | 3 |
| 8, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Apr 2007 | £475,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Feb 2021 | £955,000 | 66 m² | £14,470/m² | 1 |
| 11, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Sept 2005 | £365,000 | 70 m² | £5,214/m² | 2 |
| 12, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Nov 2007 | £550,000 | 48 m² | £11,458/m² | 4 |
| 13, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Feb 2017 | £760,000 | 60 m² | £12,667/m² | 1 |
| 14, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Jun 2022 | £575,000 | 49 m² | £11,735/m² | 1 |
| 15, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Oct 2014 | £950,000 | 78 m² | £12,179/m² | 3 |
| 16, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Apr 2019 | £750,000 | 67 m² | £11,194/m² | 3 |
| 18, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Sept 2024 | £1,318,242 | 97 m² | £13,590/m² | 3 |
| 20, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Mar 2009 | £500,000 | 71 m² | £7,042/m² | 2 |
| 22, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Dec 2017 | £1,226,000 | 114 m² | £10,754/m² | 3 |
| 23, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Jan 2026 | £1,042,500 | 89 m² | £11,713/m² | 2 |
| 24, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Mar 2013 | £1,150,000 | 88 m² | £13,068/m² | 5 |
| 27, Shrewsbury MewsTerraced | Aug 2012 | £725,000 | 79 m² | £9,177/m² | 2 |
| 28, Shrewsbury MewsFlat | Aug 1997 | £155,000 | 54 m² | £2,870/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 Westbourne Park Underground station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is London Paddington, 1.5 km away, with 69.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is St Stephen's Gardens, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 70, 328, 31, 28); 228 departures an hour from the 10 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 (50 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, 400 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, 450 m away, with Smith'S News closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newton Medical Centre (450 m), with Benson Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Stephanie Pollard is 150 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.
Domino's Pizza is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Good Oak the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 149 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
83 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Slide structure in children's playground, Brunel Estate | II | 180 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%.
86 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 5PN →
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, 400 m away; for exercise, Academy Sport (350 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, 2.5 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.
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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 24 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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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