The typical property in SW5
SW5 covers Earl's Court, parts of Brompton and Redcliffe and the South Kensington west edge, a central London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea outcode with the former Earl's Court Exhibition Centre site and substantial Victorian mansion-block stock.
Area summary
SW5 is a Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea outcode covering Earl's Court (the principal area), Courtfield, Abingdon and parts of Redcliffe. The Earl's Court Exhibition Centre was demolished 2014-2015 and the site is the subject of one of London's largest stalled regeneration schemes, currently subject to a Delancey-led masterplan. Housing is dominated by Victorian and Edwardian mansion-block stock around Earl's Court Road and the Cromwell Road. Earl's Court was a major bedsit / bedsit-hotel district from the 1960s to the 1990s and retains substantial subdivided stock.
Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) and Gloucester Road (District, Piccadilly, Circle) stations serve the outcode.
What the data shows
Researched facts
Buyer notes
- Earl's Court redevelopment will materially affect amenity through the late 2020s
- Conservation areas restrict external alterations on Victorian mansion blocks
- Article 4 directions restrict HMO and short-let conversions
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