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Queen's Park
Westminster, London
PocketsQueen's Park Gardens (far east · north-west · Harrow Road · south-west · east)Maida Hill
Queen's Park sits in the north of Westminster between Kilburn Lane and the Harrow Road, centred on the park itself. Seventeen listed buildings include the Grade II Kensal House — one of England's most ambitious interwar modernist social housing schemes — the Grade II Droop Street School and the Grade II 84-98 Fifth Avenue. Just under half the ward sits inside a conservation area. Green space is thin at 1.5 hectares with Queen's Park Gardens the main formal patch; Queen's Park proper is on the boundary. Public-transport access is good at 5 via Queen's Park and Kensal Green. Schools are strong with twenty-six outstanding nearby. Culture is moderate, food and non-food venues sit around thirty-five and thirty. The drawbacks are safety, which lags the median, air pollution which is on the worse side, and market affordability which has tightened.
- Strongest64Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Also strong61Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Watch out6Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 17 listed buildings
- 44.6% covered by a conservation area
- 6 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Queen's Park Gardens (1.2 hectares)
- 67 open venues (37 food and drink, 30 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
34Better than 13% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability15
- Rent affordability25
- Price momentum (5yr)54
- Activity (turnover)32
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Queen's Park: 84 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
37Better than 27% of London
- Personal safety35
- Property crime43
- Anti-social behaviour32
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Connectivity
61Better than 77% of London
Median public-transport access is very good (TfL PTAL 5.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
27Better than 16% of London
- Air quality18
- Quietness40
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
36Better than 75% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining29
- Arts & culture14
- Retail & shops29
- Sports & recreation14
- Independent scene86
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
67 open venues nearby — 37 food & drink, 30 other.
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Education
64Better than 92% of London
- Primary schools62
- Secondary schools68
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For Queen's Park: 5 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
47Better than 65% of London
17 listed buildings · 45% under a conservation area
- Kensal HouseGrade II
- Droop Street SchoolGrade II
- 84-98, Fifth Avenue W10Grade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
51Better than 20% of London
- Green spaces57
- Waterways55
Largest green space: Queen's Park Gardens (1 ha). ~2 ha of green space in total.
Area development
6Better than 61% of London
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- Is Queen's Park safe?
- Queen's Park scores 37 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. 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 Queen's Park a good place to live?
- Queen's Park scores 41 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 education (64) and connectivity (61); its weakest is area development (6). 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 Queen's Park?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Queen's Park 5 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 61 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Queen's Park expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Queen's Park is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 3/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Queen's Park?
- Queen's Park scores 64 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 6 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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