Hampton Court
Neighbourhood · 3 residents
81Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Schools scores 90, well above the typical 60
- 100% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Food & drink scores 76, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 24% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 33, where 60 is typical
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Hampton Court
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Hampton Court a good place to live?
Hampton Court scores 81/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (90) and environment (89).
It scores lowest on affordability (33).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Hampton Court in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Hampton Court
Hampton Court reads as period redbrick and river-adjacent gravel paths, the kind of place where a palace car park sits a stone's throw from ordinary front doors and nobody quite gets used to that. The people you see on the street skew older and settled rather than transient — this is not a place full of house-shares and pop-up flats — and the general polish of the buildings tells you money has been here a while rather than arriving last year.
Housing here mostly means flats bought on leasehold rather than freehold houses, so a For Sale board is more likely to be advertising a share of a converted period building than a garden and a driveway — the sample of recent sales backs this up, dominated by flats with only a handful of semis and detached houses in the mix. Prices sit well above the England-wide median, though against Richmond upon Thames itself, the borough it belongs to, Hampton Court actually looks like the more affordable corner. Trains run from Hampton Wick, with Teddington also in range, so a commute into central London is entirely workable, and for schooling, Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School carries an Outstanding rating that will matter to anyone moving here with young children — worth noting alongside a median age pushing 49, well above the national figure, which tells you this is not primarily a young-family suburb, more one that families eventually grow into or retire within.