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Kensington Homes & Real Estate

Kensington, Naples FL

Welcome to your local Kensington homes for sale & real estate resource. Kensington is a gated community of about 565 homes on 370 acres off Pine Ridge Road in central Naples, Florida, built around the private Kensington Golf & Country Club. Club membership is optional, and the community’s master association says so directly. Thirty-four homes sold between January and early September 2026 at a median of $912,000, and its villas and coach homes sold in a median of 35 days.

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Quick Facts

  • $912,000, 34 sales Median sold 2026
  • $615,000 to $3.375M Range
  • 96% of final asking price Sold to list
  • About 565 homes on 370 acres Size
  • Optional Club membership
  • 44, median Days on market

Current Homes For Sale in Kensington

Priced Right, Kensington Homes Sell Quickly

Kensington is a small, settled market with only a few sales in any month. When a home is priced right it sells quickly, but the sales also show what happens when it is not.

A small, steady market
Thirty-four homes sold in Kensington between January and early September 2026, about four a month. In a community of roughly 565 homes, that pace means around one home in eleven changes hands in a year.
Attached homes moved fastest
The 19 villas, coach and carriage homes that sold went in a median of 35 days at 97% of final asking price. The 15 single-family homes took a median of 91 days and sold at 94%, so the smaller homes are the more liquid market here.
Kensington Gardens went in days
Three of the five Kensington Gardens homes marketed through the MLS sold within three days. Two closed above their asking price, one at $2,750,000 against $2,690,000 and one at $3,010,000 against $2,900,000.
The rest of the Gardens waited
The other two Gardens homes took 70 and 224 days and closed at 86% of final asking price. The sales records do not show whether price, condition or position made the difference, so it has to be judged home by home.
What it means
A buyer should be ready to act when a suitable home appears, because there may not be another for months. A seller should not assume a thin market will absorb any price: the slow Gardens sales show it will not.

Kensington Golf & Country Club Membership Is Optional

Published descriptions of Kensington disagree about whether owners must join the club. The community’s own master association settles it.

Not required
The Kensington Park Master Association states that owners must belong to the master association, but that membership in the Kensington Golf & Country Club is not required. Some agent sites describe it as mandatory; the association is the authority on its own rules.
The master association is required
Every owner pays into the Kensington Park Master Association. Villas, coach homes and carriage homes can also carry a condominium or neighborhood association fee, so ask for every budget that applies, since the combined figure is the true carrying cost before any club dues.
A trial membership
The club has offered a one-year Preview Social Membership, with its own fee and a capital contribution, for people who want to try the club before applying. Ask whether a preview option is available when you buy, since its terms are set year by year.
Full membership figures vary by source
Published golf initiation fees range from about $125,000 in older sources to $200,000 in more recent ones, and social initiation from $20,000 to $25,000. Golf membership is capped, so confirm both the current fees and whether there is a waitlist directly with the club.
Other club costs
Sources also mention a food and beverage minimum and capital contributions for members. Ask the club for its complete current schedule in writing before counting on any single figure.

Weighing Kensington

Pros

  • Club membership is optional, per the master association
  • Well-priced homes have sold within days
  • Central Naples location a few minutes from I-75
  • Mature, fully built-out gated community

Cons

  • Very few homes for sale at any one time
  • Older housing stock; condition varies
  • Master association fee required of every owner
  • Club fees vary by source; confirm the current schedule
Fountains and palms at Waterside Shops at dusk, a short drive west of Kensington in Naples, Florida

Kensington Shopping and Dining

Shopping

  • Coastland Center and Pine Ridge Road retail nearby
  • Waterside Shops and Mercato a short drive west and north
  • Fifth Avenue South 10 to 15 minutes away
  • Nothing walkable from inside the gate

Dining

  • Clubhouse dining and Brighton Pointe for members
  • Restaurants along Pine Ridge Road and US 41
  • Downtown Naples a short drive away
  • Seasonal reservations essential from January to April

Kensington Golf and Lifestyle

Beach

  • Gulf beaches 10 to 15 minutes west
  • No beach access included with ownership
  • Lakes throughout the community
  • No boating from the community

Lifestyle

  • Private 18-hole golf course, membership optional
  • Tennis, pickleball and bocce for members
  • Pool and fitness center at the club
  • Trial memberships offered for those new to the club

What to Know Before Buying in Kensington

Kensington is one of the established golf communities of central Naples: built out, mature, and turned over to its members in 2003. About 565 homes surround an 18-hole course off Pine Ridge Road, a few minutes from I-75 and not much further from downtown.

What sets it apart from its neighbors is the choice. Owners here can join the club or not, and at a 2026 median under $1 million it is one of the lower-priced private golf communities on this site.

What Does Kensington Cost?

Thirty-four homes in Kensington sold between 12 January and 4 September 2026 at a median of $912,000, from $615,000 to $3,375,000. The community splits into two markets of almost equal size: attached homes and single-family houses.

They behave differently. The attached homes sold faster and closer to their asking price, while the houses took nearly three times as long to sell. That is the reverse of Fiddler’s Creek, where attached homes were the slower market.

Closed sales in Kensington, 12 January to 4 September 2026. Attached homes are those with unit-numbered addresses. Source: Naples MLS, area NA16. Master association and optional club fees are additional. Sold to list is the sale price as a share of the final asking price, after any earlier reductions.
  Villas, coach and carriage homes Single-family homes
Sales 19 15
Median sold $810,000 $1,600,000
Median size 2,160 sq ft 3,178 sq ft
Per sq ft $369 $580
Days on market 35 91
Sold to list 97% 94%

Neighborhood by neighborhood

Kensington neighborhoods with closed sales in 2026, highest median first. Two-sale neighborhoods are indicative only.
Neighborhood Type Sales Median sold Per sq ft Days
Kensington Gardens House 6 $2,725,000 $719 3
Sheffield Villas House 4 $1,500,000 $597 152
Yorktown House 2 $1,425,000 $447 90
Canterbury Greens House 3 $1,085,000 $426 111
Lancaster Square Attached 8 $872,500 $387 50
Wellington Place II Attached 6 $842,500 $352 17
Westchester Attached 2 $747,500 $313 26
Hamlet Attached 3 $735,000 $348 48

Kensington Gardens sits in a price band of its own, at nearly twice the median of the next neighborhood and $719 a foot. Below it, the houses of Sheffield Villas, Yorktown and Canterbury Greens run from about $1.1 million to $1.5 million.

The attached neighborhoods cluster tightly between about $735,000 and $875,000, and they are where the market moved fastest. Wellington Place II sold in a median of 17 days, the fastest of the attached neighborhoods.

Kensington Gardens: fast when the price is right

Kensington Gardens is the community’s highest-priced neighborhood, with houses of about 3,200 to 4,700 square feet. In 2026 three of its five marketed sales went within three days, and two closed above their asking price.

The other two took 70 and 224 days and sold for 14% below asking. Same enclave, same year, very different outcomes, which is the clearest sign that buyers here are paying for specific homes rather than for the name.

Where is Kensington?

Kensington sits off Pine Ridge Road in central Naples, with the clubhouse at 2700 Pine Ridge Road. The I-75 interchange at Pine Ridge Road is a few minutes to the east, which makes the airport and the rest of Southwest Florida easy to reach.

Downtown Naples, Fifth Avenue South and the Gulf beaches are 10 to 15 minutes to the west. Mercato, Waterside Shops and the Coastland Center are all within a short drive.

The nearest comparable golf community is Grey Oaks, a few minutes away, where club membership is compulsory and prices are several times higher.

Kensington neighborhood boundary. Base map and boundary data from Google.

Additional Kensington Information

Kensington suits a buyer who wants an established, gated golf community in central Naples without being obliged to join the club, and who values mature landscaping and a short drive to both I-75 and downtown. Its villas and coach homes are also among the more accessible ways into a private golf setting in this part of Naples.

It is the wrong choice if you want a newer home, since the community was built out two decades ago, or if you want to walk to the beach. For a mandatory-membership club community nearby with larger homes, compare Grey Oaks; for another community where golf is optional, compare Pelican Marsh; for land and no club at all, look at Pine Ridge Estates.

Two nearby clubs take the opposite approach to membership: Wyndemere requires every owner to buy in, while Tiburón caps golf and shares its courses with resort guests.

For acreage instead of a fairway, Livingston Woods lies a few minutes north with no association.

Browse the wider market through Naples homes for sale, Naples golf course homes and Naples gated communities, or see every community in the Naples neighborhood guides. Its villas, coach and carriage homes also sit within the market for Naples condos for sale and Naples golf course condos. Owners weighing a sale should start with a Naples home value estimate, and note that with so little inventory, pricing accurately matters more than waiting. School zoning is covered in our guide to Collier County schools.

Light-filled great room and kitchen of a luxury home, the kind of space offered in Kensington, Naples, Florida

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Kensington Schools

Collier County Public Schools serves Kensington. The schools below are the assignment returned for a representative address in the neighborhood.

Assignment runs by parcel, not by neighborhood. Two houses on the same street can be zoned differently, and the district redraws boundaries from time to time. Check the specific address before relying on it.

Kensington is listed for Osceola Elementary, Pine Ridge Middle and Barron Collier High. Confirm the specific address, since assignment runs by parcel.

Private school distances are straight-line approximations from the neighborhood, offered for orientation rather than as a recommendation.

The district states that its maps provide general information and that accuracy is not guaranteed, nor should a result be taken as a guarantee of placement. Look up any address on the CCPS attendance zone locator, or call the Department of Student Assignment on (239) 377-0540.

Zoned schools for a representative address, verified September 2026. Source: Collier County Public Schools.
ElementaryOsceola Elementary
MiddlePine Ridge Middle
HighBarron Collier High
DistrictCollier County Public Schools
Nearby private schools
NearestCommunity School of Naples (~2.5 mi)
Also nearbyThe Village School of Naples (~3.0 mi)

Kensington FAQs

Where is Kensington in Naples?

Kensington is in central Naples, Florida, off Pine Ridge Road, with the clubhouse at 2700 Pine Ridge Road in the 34109 ZIP code. It is a few minutes from I-75, and 10 to 15 minutes from Fifth Avenue South and the Gulf beaches. The community covers about 370 acres.

Do you have to join Kensington Golf & Country Club to buy a home?

No. Owners must belong to the Kensington Park Master Association, but membership in Kensington Golf & Country Club is optional. Some published descriptions call it mandatory, so it is worth going to the source: the Kensington Park Master Association states that club membership is not required.

What do homes cost in Kensington?

Thirty-four homes sold between January and early September 2026 at a median of $912,000, with the middle half between $788,500 and $1,525,000 and a full range from $615,000 to $3,375,000. Villas, coach and carriage homes sold at a median of $810,000; single-family homes at $1,600,000.

What kinds of homes are in Kensington?

About 565 homes across a dozen or more named neighborhoods, including estate homes, single-family villas, coach homes and carriage homes. The neighborhoods include Kensington Gardens, Sheffield Villas, Yorktown, Canterbury Greens, Lancaster Square, Wellington Place, Hamlet and Westchester, each with its own style and price level.

How much does Kensington Golf & Country Club cost?

Full membership fees vary by source and category. Golf initiation has been published at between about $125,000 and $200,000, and social initiation at $20,000 to $25,000, so confirm current terms with the club. The club has also offered a one-year trial, the Preview Social Membership, for buyers who want to try it before joining.

Is Kensington gated?

Yes. Kensington is a gated community with controlled access, surrounding the club’s 18-hole golf course. Its mature landscaping and established neighborhoods reflect its age: the club was turned over to its members in 2003 once the community was built out.

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