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W8 5HH lies on Kensington Square in London. W8 5HH is located in the Queen's Gate electoral ward, within the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the English Parliamentary constituency of Kensington. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS North West London ICB - W2U3Z and the police force is Metropolitan Police. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is W8 5HH?

Street	Kensington Square
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	W8

W8 5HH Elevation

Elevation or altitude of W8 5HH as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	10m	33ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Queen's Gate
Constituency	Kensington

Transport

Nearest bus stops to W8 5HH

High Street Kensington (Kensington High Street)	High Street Kensington	160m
High Street Kensington (Kensington High Street)	High Street Kensington	167m
High Street Kensington (Kensington High Street)	High Street Kensington	187m
High Street Kensington (Kensington High Street)	High Street Kensington	207m
High Street Kensington	High Street Kensington	250m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to W8 5HH

High Street Kensington Underground Station	High Street Kensington	174m
Gloucester Road Underground Station	Gloucester Road	858m
Earl's Court Underground Station	Earls Court	916m
Notting Hill Gate Underground Station	Notting Hill	1,067m
Queensway Underground Station	Queensway	1,160m

Nearest railway stations to W8 5HH

Kensington (Olympia) Station	1.4km
West Brompton Station	1.5km
Shepherds Bush Station	2km

Broadband

Broadband access in W8 5HH (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	87.5%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	87.5%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	87.5%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in W8 5HH (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	23.1Mbps
Average download speed	72.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	1.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.27Mbps

Broadband limitations in W8 5HH (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	12.5%

W8 5HH gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in W8 5HH by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	631,849
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	39,491
Median (kWh/meter)	46,503

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	308,660
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,872
Median (kWh/meter)	7,515

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in W8 5HH, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in W8 5HH.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

16.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than W8 5HH:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to W8 5HH (metres)

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Nearest post box to W8 5HH

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Wrights Lane	17:30	12:00	161m
Young Street	18:30	12:00	179m
Kensington Court Gardens	17:30	12:00	206m

W8 5HH ITL and W8 5HH LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for W8 5HH:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLI	London
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLI3	Inner London - West
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLI33	Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
LAU 1 Code	Name
E09000020	Kensington and Chelsea

W8 5HH census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for W8 5HH:

	Code	Name
OA	E00014519
LSOA	E01002889	Kensington and Chelsea 010B
MSOA	E02000586	Kensington and Chelsea 010

Nearest postcodes to W8 5HH

W8 5HN	Kensington Square	29m
W8 5HP	Kensington Square	93m
W8 5SY	Scarsdale Place	105m
W8 5BU	South End	114m
W8 5EP	Kensington Square	122m
W8 5ES	Thackeray Street	122m
W8 5SH	Wrights Lane	129m
W8 5BY	Ansdell Terrace	131m
W8 5SJ	Wrights Lane	133m
W8 5BQ	Kensington Court	145m