EC2N postcode district: City of London and around

EC2N is a postcode district in England, with 46 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (44 postcodes) and Islington (2).

Postcodes in use
46
Sectors
4
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 EC2N, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EC2N, by new since 2020 Of the 46 postcodes in EC2N that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 45 were in use before 2020. Places named: City of London. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A1A1211A401 EC2N 1AP: before 2020EC2N 1AR: before 2020EC2N 1DP: before 2020EC2N 1DS: before 2020EC2N 1DW: before 2020EC2N 1DX: before 2020EC2N 1ER: before 2020EC2N 1HN: before 2020EC2N 1HT: before 2020EC2N 1HU: before 2020EC2N 1HW: before 2020EC2N 1HZ: before 2020EC2N 1JJ: before 2020EC2N 2AD: before 2020EC2N 2AE: before 2020EC2N 2AN: before 2020EC2N 2AT: before 2020EC2N 2AX: before 2020EC2N 2BY: before 2020EC2N 2DG: before 2020EC2N 2DL: before 2020EC2N 2DQ: before 2020EC2N 2HA: before 2020EC2N 2HD: before 2020EC2N 2HE: before 2020EC2N 2HG: before 2020EC2N 2JA: before 2020EC2N 2JJ: before 2020EC2N 2QP: before 2020EC2N 2QQ: before 2020EC2N 3AQ: before 2020EC2N 3AR: before 2020EC2N 3AS: before 2020EC2N 4AH: before 2020EC2N 4AJ: before 2020EC2N 4AY: before 2020EC2N 4BQ: before 2020EC2N 4AA: new since 2020 City of London Map of every postcode in EC2N, by new since 2020 Of the 46 postcodes in EC2N that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 45 were in use before 2020. Places named: City of London. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. City of London
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 45

Of the 46 postcodes in EC2N that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 45 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5158, longitude -0.0858. 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 newest postcode

EC2N 4AAJune 2020

What broadband can you get in EC2N?

Ofcom reports on 37 of the 46 postcodes in EC2N. At 29 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit29 of 37
Postcodes where every home can get superfast29 of 37

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 EC2N at risk of flooding?

None of the 46 postcodes in EC2N 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

Postcodes in EC2N

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

EC2N 117 postcodesEC2N 218 postcodesEC2N 33 postcodesEC2N 48 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC2N

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC2N, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,44Islington postcodes,2

Who covers EC2N

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

  • Cities of London and Westminster44
  • Islington South and Finsbury2

Police force areas

  • City of London44
  • Metropolitan Police2

Next to EC2N

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"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC2N in the EC area.

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