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Abingdon
Kensington and Chelsea, London
PocketsKensington Abingdon (Earl's Court Road · south · Kensington High Street · west)Kensington Gardens
Abingdon sits between High Street Kensington and the Holland Road, a tightly built central ward of Georgian terraces, garden squares and mews courts. The whole ward falls within the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area, and heritage density is very high: 22 listed buildings include the Grade II* Church of St Sarkis, an Armenian Apostolic church built by Calouste Gulbenkian in 1922-23, plus the Grade II Earls Terrace and the Grade II Pembroke Studios. Connectivity is very strong with High Street Kensington on the District and Circle lines. The drawbacks are familiar for this slice of Kensington: green space is effectively zero within the ward (residents use Holland Park and Kensington Gardens nearby), the market score is low reflecting a frozen high-end sales market, and the planning score is near-zero — there is almost no new-build happening here.
- Strongest85Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Also strong81Heritage
Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage
- Watch out10Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Very good public-transport access
- 22 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- 128 open venues (65 food and drink, 63 other)
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St Sarkis Armenian Church in Iverna Gardens was commissioned in 1922-23 by Calouste Gulbenkian in memory of his parents; the Grade II* building is a close study of the 13th-century Haghbat monastery in Armenia.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
21Among the lowest in London
How scores work - Purchase affordability0
- Rent affordability15
- Price momentum (5yr)20
- Activity (turnover)44
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Abingdon: 105 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
52Better than 57% of London
- Personal safety57
- Property crime49
- Anti-social behaviour48
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Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
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Connectivity
85Better than 93% of London
Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 7.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
26Better than 15% of London
- Air quality7
- Quietness53
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
49Better than 92% of London
- Nightlife14
- Dining57
- Arts & culture29
- Retail & shops43
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene100
- Vitality (openings, diversity)63
128 open venues nearby — 65 food & drink, 63 other.
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Education
45Better than 13% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools40
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Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Abingdon: 1 school, with its inspection record
Heritage
81Better than 92% of London
22 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- Church of St Sarkis (armenian Church)Grade II*
- Earls TerraceGrade II
- Pembroke StudiosGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
52Better than 22% of London
- Green spaces67
- Waterways25
~0 ha of green space in total.
Area development
10Better than 72% of London
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Abingdon, quick answers
- Is Abingdon safe?
- Abingdon scores 52 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Abingdon a good place to live?
- Abingdon scores 47 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are connectivity (85) and heritage (81); its weakest is area development (10). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Abingdon?
- Very good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Abingdon 7 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 85 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Abingdon expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Abingdon is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 0/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Abingdon?
- Abingdon scores 45 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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