EC1A postcode district: City of London and around

EC1A is a postcode district in England, with 165 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (100 postcodes) and Islington (65).

Postcodes in use: 165
Sectors: 5
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 2 places

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

Every postcode in EC1A, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 8
In use before 2020: 157

Of the 165 postcodes in EC1A that ONS places, 8 are new since 2020 and 157 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5205, longitude -0.1042. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

EC1A 4EUApril 2026 EC1A 2ADFebruary 2026 EC1A 9AGJanuary 2026 EC1A 1SSJuly 2025 EC1A 7BWNovember 2023

What broadband can you get in EC1A?

Ofcom reports on 97 of the 165 postcodes in EC1A. At 74 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit74 of 97

Postcodes where every home can get superfast83 of 97

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is EC1A at risk of flooding?

None of the 165 postcodes in EC1A is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in EC1A?

Homes in EC1A sold for a typical £600,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 19 sales, down 15.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£600,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£710,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 15.5% on the 12 months before

Flat or maisonette £600,000 19 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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