W2 1BF

a postcode in Westminster

Introduced in September 2014

W2 1BF	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with W2 1BF

Merchant Square - 89 properties, USRN 8402159

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5191 / 51°31'8"N

Longitude: -0.1718 / 0°10'18"W

UTM Reference: 30U 696214 5711348

OS Easting: 526942

OS Northing: 181606

OS Grid: TQ269816

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 59.MM

Mapcode Global: VHGQY.Z21S

Open Location Code: 9C3XGR9H+J7

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91vm94

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 3b1

Multicultural and Educated Urbanites
Ethnically Diverse Young Families
Private Rental Ethnic Minority Families

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 9625 / 32844

3rd decile
more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for W2 1BF on Monday 6 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:55
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	04:05
Sunrise	04:51
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:05
Sunset	21:19
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:05
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:15

Hours of daylight today	04:21 to 21:49
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:49 to 04:22
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets	11:05
Moon Rises	22:52

For a full sun and moon calendar for W2 1BF, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in W2 1BF

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
22 March 2024	Apartment 1409, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,510,000
31 August 2023	Apartment 1408, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,200,000
19 December 2022	Apartment 1003, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,950,000
7 December 2022	Apartment 1209, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,600,000
12 October 2022	Apartment 1804, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,940,000
13 April 2022	Apartment 1506, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£750,000
25 March 2022	Apartment 1705, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,350,000
7 November 2019	Apartment 1304, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,350,000
12 June 2019	Apartment 1203, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,780,000
8 May 2019	Apartment 1506, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£853,000
24 January 2018	Apartment 1702, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,100,000
23 December 2017	Apartment 1901, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£7,250,000
24 October 2017	Apartment 1006, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£865,000
7 September 2017	Apartment 1205, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,375,000
18 November 2016	Apartment 1902, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£4,194,000
21 October 2016	Apartment 1805, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,900,000
8 December 2015	Apartment 1207, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£815,000
2 December 2015	Apartment 1801, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£5,230,000
3 November 2015	Apartment 1804, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,100,000
10 July 2015	Apartment 1201, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,470,000
5 June 2015	Apartment 1701, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,327,500
28 May 2015	Apartment 1707, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,575,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1707, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,340,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1805, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,700,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1608, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£6,750,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1902, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£4,495,500
22 May 2015	Apartment 1801, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£4,950,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1701, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,845,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1901, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£7,132,500
22 May 2015	Apartment 1804, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,025,000
22 May 2015	Apartment 1903, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£4,495,500
17 October 2014	Apartment 1603, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,595,000
17 October 2014	Apartment 1604, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,120,000
2 October 2014	Apartment 1301, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,680,000
2 October 2014	Apartment 1302, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,730,000
23 September 2014	Apartment 1004, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£997,500
23 September 2014	Apartment 1207, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£635,000
23 September 2014	Apartment 1401, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£3,588,290
23 September 2014	Apartment 1501, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£6,098,685
23 September 2014	Apartment 1306, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£692,500
22 September 2014	Apartment 1109, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,274,482
22 September 2014	Apartment 1706, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,999,999
19 September 2014	Apartment 1104, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£947,500
19 September 2014	Apartment 1007, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£590,000
19 September 2014	Apartment 1002, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,572,500
19 September 2014	Apartment 1507, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£690,000
19 September 2014	Apartment 1203, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,480,000
19 September 2014	Apartment 1105, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£997,500
18 September 2014	Apartment 1304, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,095,000
18 September 2014	Apartment 1303, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,485,000
18 September 2014	Apartment 1006, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£630,000
18 September 2014	Apartment 1208, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,745,000
18 September 2014	Apartment 1403, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,500,000
17 September 2014	Apartment 1703, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,834,608
17 September 2014	Apartment 1503, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,524,608
17 September 2014	Apartment 1607, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,215,508
17 September 2014	Apartment 1204, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£999,999
17 September 2014	Apartment 1803, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,978,499
16 September 2014	Apartment 1009, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,250,000
16 September 2014	Apartment 1206, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£687,500
16 September 2014	Apartment 1001, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,499,641
15 September 2014	Apartment 1205, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,080,000
15 September 2014	Apartment 1705, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,470,000
15 September 2014	Apartment 1509, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,235,000
15 September 2014	Apartment 1103, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,410,000
12 September 2014	Apartment 1704, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,465,000
12 September 2014	Apartment 1106, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£642,500
12 September 2014	Apartment 1209, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£2,200,000
12 September 2014	Apartment 1404, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,075,000
11 September 2014	Apartment 1108, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,545,000
11 September 2014	Apartment 1606, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,515,000
11 September 2014	Apartment 1101, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,465,000
11 September 2014	Apartment 1505, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,070,000
5 September 2014	Apartment 1504, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,025,000
5 September 2014	Apartment 1010, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£655,000
5 September 2014	Apartment 1111, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£720,000
2 September 2014	Apartment 1202, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,710,000
29 August 2014	Apartment 1506, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£675,000
27 August 2014	Apartment 1003, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,385,000
27 August 2014	Apartment 1602, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,991,899
22 August 2014	Apartment 1110, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£662,500
22 August 2014	Apartment 1107, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£592,500
22 August 2014	Apartment 1305, 3 Merchant Square, London W2 1BF	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£1,070,000

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for W2 1BF

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Cities of London and Westminster

MP

Rachel Blake Labour/Co-operative

London Assembly

Assembly Constituency

West Central

Assembly Member

James Small-Edwards Labour

Londonwide Members

Assembly Members

Elly Baker Labour

Emma Best Conservative

Andrew Boff Conservative

Hina Bokhari Liberal Democrat

Zoë Garbett Green

Alessandro Georgiou Conservative

Susan Hall Conservative

Lord Bailey of Paddington Conservative

Zack Polanski Green

Caroline Russell Green

Alex Wilson Reform UK

Westminster City Council

London borough ward

Hyde Park

Councillors

Md Shamsed Chowdhury Labour

Paul Dimoldenberg Labour

Judith Southern Labour

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for W2 1BF

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00023645		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E00175183		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	31 December 2011	ONS
E00190397		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	21 March 2021	ONS
E01004685	Westminster 015D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E01033593	Westminster 015F	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	31 December 2011	ONS
E02000974	Westminster 015	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05013796	Hyde Park	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	5 May 2022	DLUHC
E09000033	Westminster	London Boroughs	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000007	London	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000001	Metropolitan Police	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000234	London	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E32000014	West Central	London Assembly Constituencies	Electoral	6 May 2010	Greater London Authority
E33036739		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000051	London	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	1 April 2020	BEIS
E38000256	NHS North West London ICB - W2U3Z	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000003	London	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2013	ODS
E43000236	Westminster, unparished area	Non-Civil Parished Areas	Census	1 April 2014	ONS
E54000027	North West London Health and Care Partnership	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2019	NHS
E56000021	North West and South West London	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 July 2019	NHS England
E61000001	Greater London Authority	Greater London Authority	Administrative	3 July 2000	ONS
E63012036	City of Westminster	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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