London Borough of Islington

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

London Borough of Islington is the one council for Islington: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 6,411 postcodes in use in Islington, in 52 postcode districts across 6 postcode areas.

95% of homes and businesses in Islington can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
26
Postcodes in use
6,411
Postcode districts
52
Towns and villages
5

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

London Borough of Islington

islington.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on London Borough of Islington's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for London Borough of Islington. GOV.UK lists 27. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page did not open for us. We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Islington?

Across Islington, 95% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 84% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre84% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)95% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)98% can get it

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Islington?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,108 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.

BandA year
Band A£1,405
Band B£1,640
Band C£1,874
Band D£2,108
Band E£2,577
Band F£3,045
Band G£3,514
Band H£4,216

Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Islington

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

E postcode area: East London, postcodes in use here:2 of 17,022EC postcode area: East Central London, postcodes in use here:1,572 of 3,550N postcode area: North London, postcodes in use here:4,482 of 17,672NW postcode area: North West London, postcodes in use here:6 of 14,255W postcode area: West London, postcodes in use here:148 of 18,480WC postcode area: West Central London, postcodes in use here:201 of 2,537

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Islington.

Towns and villages

IslingtonHackneyHaringeyCamdenTower Hamlets

ONS names London's built-up areas after its boroughs, so a neighbouring borough's name is here where its built-up area crosses into Islington.

Is an address in Islington?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Islington covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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