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, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 13
In use before 2020: 324
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 337 postcodes in EC2A that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 324 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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; 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

EC2A 3SQOctober 2025 EC2A 3AESeptember 2024 EC2A 1ALNovember 2022 EC2A 3LQSeptember 2022 EC2A 4NHApril 2022

Where the new postcodes lie together

6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EC2A 1AL, is the newest of 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.

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 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

£960,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ 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