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On Sheldon Square, in Bayswater East
What it's like at W2 6DW: every home that has sold on Sheldon 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.
7 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 Sheldon 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.
16 of the 210 homes on the street are owned by companies (4 overseas).
| Apartment 3, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £142,544 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 15, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Dec 2009 | £129,000 | 36 m² | £3,583/m² | 3 |
| Apartment 11, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Sept 2008 | £143,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Apartment 12, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Dec 2010 | £133,680 | 42 m² | £3,183/m² | 3 |
| Apartment 26, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Mar 2004 | £139,569 | 41 m² | £3,404/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 20, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £161,700 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 22, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Oct 2009 | £206,000 | 45 m² | £4,578/m² | 4 |
| Apartment 7, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £128,128 | 54 m² | £2,373/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 6, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £161,700 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 23, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Jul 2015 | £181,250 | 61 m² | £2,971/m² | 3 |
| Apartment 14, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Nov 2022 | £550,000 | 45 m² | £12,222/m² | 4 |
| Apartment 10, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Mar 2004 | £154,052 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 18, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £144,191 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 19, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £185,389 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 29, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Jan 2011 | £160,000 | 37 m² | £4,324/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 8, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Dec 2025 | £415,000 | 39 m² | £10,641/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 25, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Mar 2004 | £155,040 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 16, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £186,625 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 4, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Aug 2011 | £172,500 | 45 m² | £3,833/m² | 3 |
| Apartment 17, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £198,366 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 13, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Oct 2004 | £210,000 | 42 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 28, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Mar 2004 | £170,182 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 2, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £199,602 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 9, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Mar 2004 | £214,620 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 24, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Mar 2004 | £154,052 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 21, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £128,124 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 1, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £186,391 | 73 m² | £2,553/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 5, 27, Sheldon SquareFlat | Aug 2011 | £375,000 | 45 m² | £8,333/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 62% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Paddington Underground station, a few minutes' walk (250 m). The nearest rail station is London Paddington, 400 m away, with 69.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Bishops Bridge Road / Little Venice, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, 46); 289 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% 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 5 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 4 km away as the crow flies.
72% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St James & St John Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 95% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Marylebone Academy, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 48.6 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark King Solomon Academy (1.1 km) and Paddington Academy (1.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (7.4 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (11.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 100 m away; The Savanna (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Paddington Green Health Centre (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Pall Mall Barbers is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 500 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: 84 restaurants and cafés and 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Smiths Bar And Grill/Ayllu is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Heist Bank the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 236 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 86% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Bayswater, Hallfield Estate).
71 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paddington British Rail Maintenance Depot, East Block | 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.
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%.
67 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 6DW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There are 104 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (94%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 74% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Saint Mary's Square, 200 m away; for exercise, 12x3 Gym (50 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 1.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 24.8 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 20 km.
Many neighbours rent: 61% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
It's young: 31% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 69% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Regent's University London, 1.8 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.
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" Sheldon Square in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 168 homes with certificates have solar panels, 35 a heat pump, and 168 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 | 55.3% | 51.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 25.1% | 15.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 16.8% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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