WC postcode area: West Central London
The WC postcode area is known as the West Central London area. It is every postcode that begins WC followed by a number. It has 14 districts and 2,537 postcodes in use, across 4 councils.
Homes in the WC area sold for a typical £700,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £350,000 in WC1H (Camden) to £1,500,000 in WC2R (City of Westminster).
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 51.5191
Longitude -0.1219
This is the middle of the postcodes in the WC area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the WC area?
Homes in the WC area sold for a typical £700,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 167 sales, down 14.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Terraced £2,187,500 8 sales
- Flat or maisonette £685,000 159 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the WC districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- WC1A postcode district: CamdenCamden, Islington 147 postcodes Typical price£605,000 Gigabit, every home76 of 89 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1B postcode district: CamdenCamden, Islington 156 postcodes Typical price£771,000 Gigabit, every home113 of 126 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1E postcode district: CamdenCamden 108 postcodes Typical price£828,750 Gigabit, every home87 of 97 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1H postcode district: CamdenCamden, Islington 306 postcodes Typical price£350,000 Gigabit, every home233 of 256 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1N postcode district: CamdenCamden, Islington 272 postcodes Typical price£632,500 Gigabit, every home246 of 261 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1R postcode district: CamdenCamden 79 postcodes Typical price£925,000 Gigabit, every home65 of 76 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1V postcode district: CamdenCamden, City of London, Islington 94 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home72 of 79 At flood riskNone listed
- WC1X postcode district: CamdenCamden, Islington 327 postcodes Typical price£1,044,400 Gigabit, every home272 of 302 At flood riskNone listed
- WC2A postcode district: CamdenCamden, Westminster, City of London, Islington 113 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home68 of 103 At flood riskNone listed
- WC2B postcode district: CamdenCamden, Westminster, Islington 175 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home148 of 168 At flood risk1 of 175
- WC2E postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster 166 postcodes Typical price£980,000 Gigabit, every home128 of 154 At flood risk3 of 166
- WC2H postcode district: CamdenCamden, Westminster, Islington 347 postcodes Typical price£985,000 Gigabit, every home229 of 320 At flood riskNone listed
- WC2N postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Islington 142 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home103 of 129 At flood risk19 of 142
- WC2R postcode district: City of WestminsterWestminster, Islington 105 postcodes Typical price£1,500,000 Gigabit, every home58 of 92 At flood risk12 of 105
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the WC area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the WC area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the WC area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Camden1,625 postcodes
- Westminster677 postcodes
- Islington201 postcodes
- City of London34 postcodes
Near the WC area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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