EC2R postcode district: City of London and around

EC2R is a postcode district in England, with 72 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (65 postcodes) and Islington (7).

Postcodes in use
72
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 EC2R, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in EC2R, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: City of London. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A1A1211A401 EC2R 5AA: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5AB: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5AL: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5AR: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5BB: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5BJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5BT: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5BX: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5EH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 5WD: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AB: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AD: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AF: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AG: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AR: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6AY: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6BH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6DA: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6EA: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6EJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6EL: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6JJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6LL: not on the flood risk listEC2R 6PP: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AF: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AG: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AP: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AR: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7AS: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7BH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7BS: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7DA: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7DJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7DN: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7HB: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7HD: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7HF: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7HH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7HP: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7NH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 7NJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AB: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AD: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AH: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AL: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AP: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AQ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AR: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8AY: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8DD: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8DN: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8DQ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8DU: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8EJ: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8HG: not on the flood risk listEC2R 8JB: not on the flood risk list City of London Map of every postcode in EC2R, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 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
  • 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: 72

Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 72 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5163, longitude -0.0911. 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 EC2R?

Ofcom reports on 57 of the 72 postcodes in EC2R. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit42 of 57
Postcodes where every home can get superfast42 of 57

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 EC2R at risk of flooding?

None of the 72 postcodes in EC2R 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 EC2R?

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in EC2R 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

Postcodes in EC2R

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

EC2R 511 postcodesEC2R 616 postcodesEC2R 724 postcodesEC2R 821 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC2R

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC2R, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,65Islington postcodes,7

Who covers EC2R

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 Westminster65
  • Islington South and Finsbury7

Police force areas

  • City of London65
  • Metropolitan Police7

Next to EC2R

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"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC2R in the EC area.

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