EC2A postcode district: Hackney and around

EC2A is a postcode district in England, with 337 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Hackney (238 postcodes), Islington (89) and City of London (10).

Postcodes in use
337
Sectors
4
Councils
3 councils
Places
4 places

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

Every postcode in EC2A, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in EC2A, by flood risk Of the 337 postcodes in EC2A that ONS places, 337 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Bunhill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A201A1 EC2A 1AE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1AT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1DS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1DX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1HD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1NQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1NT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1PX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1RR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1RS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1SA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 1WB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2AZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2BZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2DZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2EA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2EH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2EP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2ER: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2ES: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2EX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2EZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2FA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2FB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 2FH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3AZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3BX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3DZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3ER: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3ES: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3ET: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3EZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3HX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3JX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3LP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3LQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3LT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3LW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3LX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3ND: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3NZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3PY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3QT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3SG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 3SJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4AZ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4BY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DL: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DN: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4DW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4EA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4ED: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4EE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4EG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4ER: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4EX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4FT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4HY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4JY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LB: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LG: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4LX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4ND: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NR: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4NY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PA: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PF: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4PY: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4QE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4QP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4QS: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4QW: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RJ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RP: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RQ: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4RT: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4SD: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4SH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4SU: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4UX: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4XE: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4XH: not on the flood risk listEC2A 4XS: not on the flood risk list Hoxton East & ShoreditchBunhill Map of every postcode in EC2A, by flood risk Of the 337 postcodes in EC2A that ONS places, 337 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Bunhill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A5201A201A401 Hoxton East & ShoreditchBunhill
  • 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: 337

Of the 337 postcodes in EC2A that ONS places, 337 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 51.5237, longitude -0.0855. 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 EC2A?

Ofcom reports on 277 of the 337 postcodes in EC2A. At 211 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit211 of 277
Postcodes where every home can get superfast225 of 277

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 EC2A at risk of flooding?

None of the 337 postcodes in EC2A 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 EC2A?

Homes in EC2A sold for a typical £656,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, down 31.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£656,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£960,000
12 months to August 2026
£656,000

▼ down 31.7% on the 12 months before

Flat or maisonette£656,000 16 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 EC2A

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

EC2A 150 postcodesEC2A 255 postcodesEC2A 3104 postcodesEC2A 4128 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC2A

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC2A, and how many each has here.

Hackney postcodes,230Islington postcodes,84Tower Hamlets postcodes,15City of London postcodes,7

Who covers EC2A

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

  • Hackney South and Shoreditch238
  • Islington South and Finsbury89
  • Cities of London and Westminster10

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police327
  • City of London10

Next to EC2A

EC1Y postcode district EC2M postcode district All EC districts Hackney postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC2A in the EC area.

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