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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EC2R, by new since 2020 Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 67 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 EC2R 5AA: before 2020EC2R 5AL: before 2020EC2R 5AR: before 2020EC2R 5BB: before 2020EC2R 5BJ: before 2020EC2R 5BT: before 2020EC2R 5BX: before 2020EC2R 5EH: before 2020EC2R 5WD: before 2020EC2R 6AB: before 2020EC2R 6AD: before 2020EC2R 6AF: before 2020EC2R 6AR: before 2020EC2R 6AY: before 2020EC2R 6BH: before 2020EC2R 6DA: before 2020EC2R 6EA: before 2020EC2R 6EJ: before 2020EC2R 6EL: before 2020EC2R 6JJ: before 2020EC2R 6LL: before 2020EC2R 6PP: before 2020EC2R 7AF: before 2020EC2R 7AG: before 2020EC2R 7AP: before 2020EC2R 7AR: before 2020EC2R 7AS: before 2020EC2R 7BH: before 2020EC2R 7BS: before 2020EC2R 7DA: before 2020EC2R 7HB: before 2020EC2R 7HD: before 2020EC2R 7HF: before 2020EC2R 7HH: before 2020EC2R 7HP: before 2020EC2R 7NH: before 2020EC2R 7NJ: before 2020EC2R 8AB: before 2020EC2R 8AD: before 2020EC2R 8AH: before 2020EC2R 8AJ: before 2020EC2R 8AL: before 2020EC2R 8AP: before 2020EC2R 8AQ: before 2020EC2R 8AR: before 2020EC2R 8AY: before 2020EC2R 8DD: before 2020EC2R 8DN: before 2020EC2R 8DQ: before 2020EC2R 8DU: before 2020EC2R 8EJ: before 2020EC2R 8HG: before 2020EC2R 8JB: before 2020EC2R 5AB: new since 2020EC2R 6AG: new since 2020EC2R 7AH: new since 2020EC2R 7DJ: new since 2020EC2R 7DN: new since 2020 City of London Map of every postcode in EC2R, by new since 2020 Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 67 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: 5
  • In use before 2020: 67

Of the 72 postcodes in EC2R that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 67 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 51.5163, 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; 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

EC2R 5ABFebruary 2026EC2R 7DJOctober 2022EC2R 7DNMay 2022EC2R 7AHSeptember 2021EC2R 6AGJanuary 2020

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

EC2P postcode district EC2V postcode district All EC districts City of London postcodes

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

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