Rent in W8, London
W8 is a postcode district mostly in Kensington and Chelsea, with wards including Abingdon, Campden, Holland, Queen's Gate. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £4,117 a month, +16% against the Kensington and Chelsea figure and +102% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | W8 | Kensington and Chelsea | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £2,638 | £2,578 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £4,117 | £3,563 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £6,500 | £5,623 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £8,550 | £7,150 | £3,353 |
Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.
Wards in W8 include
Abingdon · Campden · Holland · Queen's Gate
Who lives in Kensington and Chelsea
Census 2021, whole borough (Kensington and Chelsea vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 32.7% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 39.6% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 27.6% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 43.7% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 13.3% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14.4% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- SW5 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,250
- SW7 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,900
- W14 · Hammersmith and Fulham · 2 bedrooms £2,690
- W2 · Westminster · 2 bedrooms £3,250
- W11 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,400
- SW10 · Kensington and Chelsea · 2 bedrooms £3,000
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