EC2M postcode district: City of London and around

EC2M is a postcode district in England, with 162 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London, Islington, Tower Hamlets and 1 more place. It is split between 4 councils: City of London (131 postcodes), Islington (24), Tower Hamlets (4) and 1 other.

Postcodes in use: 162
Sectors: 7
Councils: 4 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 EC2M, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 13
In use before 2020: 149
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 162 postcodes in EC2M that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 149 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 51.5186, longitude -0.0862. 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

EC2M 5AAMay 2026 EC2M 2AWSeptember 2025 EC2M 2DDAugust 2023 EC2M 5SJDecember 2022 EC2M 3AJJune 2022

Where the new postcodes lie together

5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EC2M 2AW, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in EC2M?

Ofcom reports on 114 of the 162 postcodes in EC2M. At 87 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit87 of 114

Postcodes where every home can get superfast88 of 114

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 EC2M at risk of flooding?

None of the 162 postcodes in EC2M 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 EC2M?

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in EC2M in the 12 months to August 2026.

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