It’s official: all of the UK’s top 20 most expensive streets are in London

There are a few things that everyone knows about London. They know its landmarks, they know the King lives here, and they know that it’s expensive. Everything from a coffee to rent costs more here than anywhere else in the UK, so it should come as no surprise that the country’s 20 most expensive streets are all in the capital.

According to analysis from Lloyds Bank of average house prices between 2019 and 2024 in each postcode, the UK’s 20 priciest streets to live in are not only all in London, but it’s not even a close contest. At the top of the list was Knightsbridge, an area famous for its opulence, where an average pad will set you back a cool £21.4 million.

Next was Ilchester Place in Kensington, where houses go for around £19.3 million, followed by Grosvenor Square, right in the heart of Mayfair. There you can expect to pay a similar average of £19 million. Consider the fact that the highest-priced street outside of London – in Weybridge – saw houses going for roughly £8 million, and you really start to understand just how much it costs to live in this city.

Two postcodes had two entries on the list, SW1X, for Knightsbridge and Grosvenor Crescent, and W1K, for Grosvenor Square and Stanhope Gate, so if you’re looking for real luxury, those are the areas to try.

Almost all of the areas named in the report are very central, except for Winnington Road in East Finchley, where homes are much bigger. This is where you retire back to once you’ve made your millions in the City and want enough space to justify a butler or two.

Here is the complete list of the most expensive streets in the Big Smoke, and, by extension, in the UK.

The UK’s 20 most expensive streets

1. Knightsbridge, SW1X. £21,409,000
2. Ilchester Place, W14. £19,387,000
3. Grosvenor Square, W1K. £19,061,000
4. Clarendon Road, W11. £17,030,000
5. Ashburton Place, W1J. £15,351,000
6. Avenue Road, NW8. £15,167,000
7. Phillimore Gardens, W87. £14,958,000
8. Chelsea Square, SW3. £14,666,000
9. Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X. £13,942,000
10. The Little Boltons, SW10. £13,696,000
11. Glebe Place, SW3. £13,369,000
12. Mulberry Walk, SW3. £12,717,000
13. Winnington Road, N20. £11,336,000
14. Whistler Square, SW1W. £11,243,000
15. Addison Crescent, W14. £11,174,000
16. Lansdowne Road, W11. £10,955,000
17. Victoria Road, W85. £10,895,000
18. Carlyle Square, SW3. £10,744,000
19. Tregunter Road, SW10. £10,573,000
20. Stanhope Gate, W1K. £10,379,000

For those of us not lucky enough to drop seven figure sums on our homes, we can only watch on in wonder. If you’re especially curious about how the other half live, have a look at some of the schools their children attend here.

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