Streets ahead

Victoria Road in Kensington, west London, has been named as the most expensive for property in England and Wales. The average property on the street had an estimated value of £6.4m.

The street runs down from Kensington Gardens, with major attractions such as the Royal Albert Hall and the Natural History Museum in the neighbourhood. It takes over top spot from Chester Square, which headed the list for two years. The square, in London's Belgravia, which is home to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, drops to third place behind Ingram Avenue in Hampstead, north London. Some 14 of the 20 most expensive streets in England and Wales were in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea.