In pictures: The UK's most expensive streets

London dominates the list of lavish streets once again

Author: Radina KoutsaftiPublished 5th Oct 2021
Last updated 24th May 2022

There are 11,673 streets in the UK where the average home is valued at more than £1 million.

A new study by Zoopla reveals there are nearly 1,800 more streets across Britain that fit this category - compared to a year ago.

The South East of England accounts for about half of the increase, with 942 more million pound streets having been created over the past year,

Topping the list, for the 13th year in a row, Kensington Palace Gardens (W8) in London was identified as Britain's most expensive street.

Prospective home-buyers would find that properties there go for £32.4 million on average.

Not only does London have the most expensive streets in 2021, both in numbers and price, but also dominates the top 20 list in the UK.

UK's most expensive streets in 2021

Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8

The average price for property in Kensington Palace Gardens stood at £32,445,602 in October 2021.

Courtenay Avenue, London N6

The average price for property in Courtenay Avenue stood at £20,510,200 in October 2021.

Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X

The average price for property in Grosvenor Crescent stood at £17,948,593 in October 2021.

Ilchester Place, London W14

The average price for property in Ilchester Place stood at £15,831,687 in October 2021.

The Boltons, London SW10

The average price for property in The Boltons stood at £14,890,544 in October 2021.

Frognal Way, London NW3

The average price for property in Frognal Way stood at £11,843,238 in October 2021.

Manresa Road, London SW3

The average price for property in Manresa Road stood at £11,528,637 in October 2021.

Compton Avenue, London N6

The average price for property in Compton Avenue stood at £10,862,536 in October 2021.

Cottesmore Gardens, London W8

The average price for property in Cottesmore Gardens stood at £10,806,122 in October 2021.

Albemarle Street, London W1S

The average price for property in Albemarle Street stood at £10,529,739 in October 2021.

Excluding London, Titlarks Hill (SL5) in Ascot, Berkshire, was identified as the most expensive street in Britain, with the average home there put at £8.4 million.

Some postal towns outside London also have clusters of million pound streets, Zoopla counted 176 in Guildford in Surrey, 137 in Reading in Berkshire, 133 in Sevenoaks in Kent.

On the other hand, there are just nine million pound streets found across the whole of Wales and 136 streets in Scotland with an average selling price of over £1 million.

Here are the numbers of million pound streets in September 2021, according to Zoopla:

London - 4,544

South East England - 4,366

East of England - 1,464

South West England - 512

North West England - 276

West Midlands - 205

Scotland - 136

East Midlands - 65

Yorkshire and the Humber - 55

North East England - 41

Wales - 9

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