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On Stone Hall Gardens, in Kensington Gardens
What it's like at W8 5UR: every home that has sold on Stone Hall Gardens 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Stone Hall Gardens; 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.
1 of the 59 homes on the street are owned by companies.
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: 63% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is High Street Kensington Underground station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is West Brompton, 1.2 km away, with 4.5m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is High Street Kensington Underground Station, 350 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes District, Circle); 86 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% 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 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
67% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 89% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonmore Primary School (1.1 km), with 6 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Holland Park School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 59.4 · 31.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The London Oratory School (1 km) and The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (9.6 km) and The Tiffin Girls' School (11 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 350 m away, with Kensington Pharmacy closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Scarsdale Medical Centre (200 m), with Kensington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Minx is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 1.3 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 41 restaurants and cafés and 4 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
La Beatrice Place is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Devonshire Arms the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 150 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
72 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.
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%.
80 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 W8 5UR →
Much of it is protected: 72% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Courtfield, Earl's Court Village).
There are 22 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (92%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 76% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St Mary Abbots Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, The Kensington Studio (150 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 1.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 24.1 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: 59% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
It's young: 29% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 65% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 21% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Imperial College London, 900 m 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Stone Hall Gardens in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 46 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 64.3% | 68.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 29.0% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.3% | 20.3% | 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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