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Observatory Gardens, W8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£1,105,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£15,835
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
41
Distinct homes
28
Price range
£195,000 – £4,600,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Observatory Gardens is almost entirely flats. Homes here typically change hands around £1,105,000 — roughly 40% below the W8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £15,835, below the district's £18,570. Recent sales here have lagged the wider W8 market. With 41 sales across 28 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Observatory Gardens prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 41 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianW8 district trend
£0£1M£2M£3M£4M2000200520102015202020252000: £507,500 median · 2 sales2001: £662,000 median · 7 sales2002: £892,500 median · 6 sales2004: £560,000 median · 3 sales2005: £620,000 median · 1 sale2006: £1,105,000 median · 1 sale2007: £1,800,000 median · 1 sale2008: £835,000 median · 2 sales2010: £1,700,000 median · 1 sale2013: £3,115,000 median · 1 sale2014: £1,713,500 median · 2 sales2015: £1,550,000 median · 1 sale2016: £2,110,000 median · 2 sales2018: £2,420,000 median · 2 sales2019: £2,706,000 median · 2 sales2021: £1,622,000 median · 1 sale2022: £2,075,000 median · 1 sale2024: £1,950,000 median · 3 sales2025: £1,107,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the W8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Observatory Gardens compares

Observatory Gardens against the W8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Young Street£2.31M · 48
Campden Hill Road£2.3M · 53
Kensington Court£1.6M · 47
Marloes Road£1.43M · 46
Observatory Gardens£1.1M · 41*
Lexham Gardens£1.06M · 96
Vicarage Gate£760k · 59
Pembroke Road£713k · 66

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£1,105,000
median · all recorded sales
W8 district
£1,844,003
median · last 8 years · street -40%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Observatory Gardens's £1,105,000 median sits about 40% below W8's £1,844,003; on floor space it runs £15,835/m² against the district's £18,570/m² (-15%).

Street and W8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on Observatory Gardens

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
11 Apr 2025Flat 7, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£710,000
21 Feb 2025Flat 1, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,505,000
15 Aug 2024Flat 6, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,950,000
9 Aug 2024Flat 2, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£635,000
11 Jun 2024First Floor Flat 4, 11 · W8 7HYFlat—£4,600,000
9 Jun 2023Flat 12, 11 · W8 7HYnon-standardFlat—£2,350,000
2 Sept 2022Flat 8, 5a · W8 7HYnon-standardOther—£2,760,000
2 Sept 2022Car Parking Space 50, 1 - 12 · W8 7HYnon-standardOther—£2,760,000
14 Apr 2022Flat 5, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,075,000
25 Oct 2021Flat 2, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,622,000
21 Sept 2021Flat 3, 5 · W8 7HYnon-standardFlat—£2,500,000
7 May 2019Flat 8, 10 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,800,000
1 Feb 2019Flat 3, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,612,000
14 Dec 20189, 10 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,950,000
14 Feb 2018Flat 4, 3 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,890,000
9 Dec 2016Flat 3, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,820,000
2 Sept 2016Flat 7, 5 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,400,000
29 Jul 2016Flat 4, 3 · W8 7HYnon-standardFlat—£1,980,000
22 Feb 2016Flat 1, 2 · W8 7HYnon-standardFlat—£601,400
18 Sept 2015Flat 2, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,550,000
10 Feb 2014Flat 2, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£720,000
23 Jan 2014Flat 8, 3 · W8 7HYFlat—£2,707,000
14 Nov 2013Flat 11, 11 · W8 7HYFlat—£3,115,000
10 Mar 2010Flat 3, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,700,000
12 Aug 2008Flat 7, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£550,000
16 May 2008Flat 5, 5 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,120,000
18 Sept 2007Flat 11, 11 · W8 7HZFlat—£1,800,000
8 Dec 2006Flat 5, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,105,000
22 Mar 2005Flat 6, 7 · W8 7HYFlat—£620,000
1 Dec 2004Flat 5, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£560,000
2 Jun 2004Flat 1, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£260,400
31 Mar 2004Flat 5, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£725,000
25 Oct 2002Flat 6, 7 · W8 7HYFlat—£595,000
26 Sept 20023 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,500,000
10 Jul 2002Flat 6, 5a · W8 7HYFlat—£750,000
30 Apr 2002Flat 8, 3 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,035,000
24 Apr 2002Flat 7, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£640,000
16 Apr 2002Flat 6, 10 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,800,000
4 Oct 2001Flat 2, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£1,495,000
28 Sept 2001Flat 6, 3 · W8 7HYFlat—£662,000
31 Aug 20019, 10 · W8 7HYFlat—£730,000
31 May 2001Flat 1, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£195,000
30 May 2001Flat 3, 5 · W8 7HYFlat—£965,000
20 Mar 2001Flat 3, 1 · W8 7HYFlat—£467,484
20 Feb 2001Flat 5, 2 · W8 7HYFlat—£480,000
24 Feb 2000Flat 3, 13 · W8 7HYFlat—£665,000
9 Feb 20006 · W8 7HYFlat—£350,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in W8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider W8 area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.