EC1Y postcode district: Islington and around

EC1Y is a postcode district in England, with 174 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Islington and City of London. It is split between 2 councils: Islington (150 postcodes) and City of London (24).

Postcodes in use
174
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 EC1Y, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in EC1Y, by flood risk Of the 174 postcodes in EC1Y that ONS places, 174 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bunhill, Cripplegate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. EC1Y 0AB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0AD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0AE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0QT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RR: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RU: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0RY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SG: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0SR: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0ST: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TG: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TW: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0TZ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0UA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0UJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0UL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0UP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 0UT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AG: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AU: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1AX: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1BD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1BE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1DT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 1HH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AS: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2AY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2BD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2BG: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2BQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 2EH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4AB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4SA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4SB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4SE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4SF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4TW: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4TY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4UP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 4UQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AG: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8AL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8BB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8HQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JU: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8JY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LS: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LU: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LX: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8LZ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8ND: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NR: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NS: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8NX: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PR: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PS: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PU: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PW: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8PX: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QD: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QF: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QH: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QJ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QP: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8QW: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RQ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RT: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8RZ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SA: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SL: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SN: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8ST: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8SX: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8TB: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8TE: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8TZ: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8YY: not on the flood risk listEC1Y 8YZ: not on the flood risk list BunhillCripplegate Map of every postcode in EC1Y, by flood risk Of the 174 postcodes in EC1Y that ONS places, 174 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bunhill, Cripplegate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BunhillCripplegate
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 174

Of the 174 postcodes in EC1Y that ONS places, 174 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 51.5231, longitude -0.0922. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What broadband can you get in EC1Y?

Ofcom reports on 165 of the 174 postcodes in EC1Y. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit139 of 165
Postcodes where every home can get superfast141 of 165

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.

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

Is EC1Y at risk of flooding?

None of the 174 postcodes in EC1Y 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 EC1Y?

Homes in EC1Y sold for a typical £670,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 3.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£670,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£650,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.1% on the 12 months before
  • Flat or maisonette £670,000 21 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

Postcodes in EC1Y

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

EC1Y 054 postcodesEC1Y 113 postcodesEC1Y 211 postcodesEC1Y 410 postcodesEC1Y 886 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC1Y

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC1Y, and how many each has here.

Islington postcodes,158City of London postcodes,16

Who covers EC1Y

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Islington South and Finsbury150
  • Cities of London and Westminster24

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police150
  • City of London24

Next to EC1Y

EC1V postcode district EC2A postcode district All EC districts Islington postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC1Y in the EC area.

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