EC2V postcode district: City of London and around

EC2V is a postcode district in England, with 99 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (98 postcodes) and Islington (1).

Postcodes in use
99
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 EC2V, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EC2V, by new since 2020 Of the 99 postcodes in EC2V that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: City of London. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1211 EC2V 5AA: before 2020EC2V 5AE: before 2020EC2V 5AF: before 2020EC2V 5AG: before 2020EC2V 5AR: before 2020EC2V 5AY: before 2020EC2V 5BQ: before 2020EC2V 5BR: before 2020EC2V 5BT: before 2020EC2V 5DD: before 2020EC2V 5DE: before 2020EC2V 5DH: before 2020EC2V 5DS: before 2020EC2V 5DZ: before 2020EC2V 5HA: before 2020EC2V 5HR: before 2020EC2V 6AA: before 2020EC2V 6AF: before 2020EC2V 6AG: before 2020EC2V 6AH: before 2020EC2V 6AT: before 2020EC2V 6AU: before 2020EC2V 6AX: before 2020EC2V 6AZ: before 2020EC2V 6BJ: before 2020EC2V 6BN: before 2020EC2V 6BP: before 2020EC2V 6BR: before 2020EC2V 6BT: before 2020EC2V 6DB: before 2020EC2V 6DL: before 2020EC2V 6DT: before 2020EC2V 6EB: before 2020EC2V 6EE: before 2020EC2V 6EN: before 2020EC2V 6ET: before 2020EC2V 6HD: before 2020EC2V 6HH: before 2020EC2V 6HR: before 2020EC2V 6JP: before 2020EC2V 7AB: before 2020EC2V 7AD: before 2020EC2V 7AE: before 2020EC2V 7AF: before 2020EC2V 7AN: before 2020EC2V 7AW: before 2020EC2V 7AY: before 2020EC2V 7AZ: before 2020EC2V 7BB: before 2020EC2V 7BX: before 2020EC2V 7DA: before 2020EC2V 7DE: before 2020EC2V 7EL: before 2020EC2V 7HH: before 2020EC2V 7HN: before 2020EC2V 7HY: before 2020EC2V 7JB: before 2020EC2V 7JE: before 2020EC2V 7JN: before 2020EC2V 7JQ: before 2020EC2V 7JU: before 2020EC2V 7NG: before 2020EC2V 7NQ: before 2020EC2V 7PG: before 2020EC2V 8AE: before 2020EC2V 8AF: before 2020EC2V 8AG: before 2020EC2V 8AQ: before 2020EC2V 8AS: before 2020EC2V 8AU: before 2020EC2V 8BB: before 2020EC2V 8BL: before 2020EC2V 8EA: before 2020EC2V 8EG: before 2020EC2V 8EP: before 2020EC2V 8EX: before 2020EC2V 8EY: before 2020EC2V 8HE: before 2020EC2V 7BG: new since 2020EC2V 7BJ: new since 2020EC2V 7BQ: new since 2020EC2V 7HS: new since 2020 City of London Map of every postcode in EC2V, by new since 2020 Of the 99 postcodes in EC2V that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: City of London. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1211 City of London
  • New since 2020: 5
  • In use before 2020: 94

Of the 99 postcodes in EC2V that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 94 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 51.5154, longitude -0.0936. 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

EC2V 7BQJanuary 2025EC2V 7HSSeptember 2022EC2V 7BJAugust 2021EC2V 7BGMay 2021EC2V 7EEApril 2021

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

EC2V 5JB

What broadband can you get in EC2V?

Ofcom reports on 80 of the 99 postcodes in EC2V. At 64 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit64 of 80
Postcodes where every home can get superfast64 of 80

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 EC2V at risk of flooding?

None of the 99 postcodes in EC2V 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 EC2V

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

EC2V 517 postcodesEC2V 625 postcodesEC2V 741 postcodesEC2V 816 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC2V

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC2V, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,98Islington postcodes,1

Who covers EC2V

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 Westminster98
  • Islington South and Finsbury1

Police force areas

  • City of London98
  • Metropolitan Police1

Next to EC2V

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"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC2V in the EC area.

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