Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:43 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:03 am – 3:53 pm
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People6,474 residentsin the Queen's Gate census areaMedian age 38.32,880 households42% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright5% social rented, 53% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.5% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,056 in work, 12% retiredMain industries: finance and insurance 21%, professional and scientific services 17%, retail and wholesale 9%Getting to work: 66% work from home, 10% go by car, 12% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle87% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages68% of adults hold a degree or higher7% have no qualificationsMain language: English 71%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C639 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November20 days of air frost, 27 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksNorwegian War Memorialhistoric site · under a mileHyde Park Holocaust Memorialhistoric site · under a mileCardiff Castle, Cardiff, Walescastle · 1.3 miThe Long Waterlake · under a mileSt James's Park Lakelake · 1.2 miDuck Islandisland · 1.3 miSerpentine Bridgebridge · under a mileThe Serpentinewater · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesHyde Parkpark · within reach · 130 haKensington Gardenspark · under a mile · 108 haGreen Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haSt Luke's Gardensplaying field · 1.2 miWestminster School Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.4 mi · 4 ha14 & 16sports ground · 1.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes29 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202036 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 24 · PM2.5 9.5 · PM10 16 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,806 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation21 m69 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 13 to 28 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSchoen Hospital Londonunder a mileGP surgeryHyde Park Medical Centre110 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAudley Pharmacy120 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistStanhope Place Dental Practiceunder a milePolice stationHyde Park Police StationLondonunder a mileCash machineHalifax Cash MachineLondonunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi116 schools45 primary, 9 secondary, 1 all-through, 47 independent, 7 special, 3 nursery, 1 sixth form, 3 otherIndependentConnaught House Schoolages 4-11, 66 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt George's Hanover Square CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 73 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt. Thomas More Language Collegeages 11-16, 489 pupils1.0 miCollegeUnited Colleges Group1.2 miUniversityRoyal College of Artunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY9.3 miMajor airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR13 miRailway stationBond Streetunder a mileUndergroundKnightsbridge Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationVictoria Station1.0 miFerryLittle Venice Waterbus Stop1.4 miBus stops174 within a mileCar parkQ-Park Park LaneLondon9 car parks within half a mileunder a mileEV chargingShell RechargeLondon41 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the W8 postcode district.
