EC3V postcode district: City of London and around

EC3V is a postcode district in England, with 79 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (78 postcodes) and Islington (1).

Postcodes in use
79
Sectors
5
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 EC3V, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EC3V, by new since 2020 Of the 79 postcodes in EC3V that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 76 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. EC3V 0AA: before 2020EC3V 0AD: before 2020EC3V 0AE: before 2020EC3V 0AF: before 2020EC3V 0AS: before 2020EC3V 0AT: before 2020EC3V 0AU: before 2020EC3V 0BL: before 2020EC3V 0BP: before 2020EC3V 0BT: before 2020EC3V 0DD: before 2020EC3V 0DN: before 2020EC3V 0DP: before 2020EC3V 0DR: before 2020EC3V 0EE: before 2020EC3V 0EH: before 2020EC3V 0EJ: before 2020EC3V 0HR: before 2020EC3V 1AY: before 2020EC3V 1LE: before 2020EC3V 1LP: before 2020EC3V 1LR: before 2020EC3V 1LT: before 2020EC3V 1LU: before 2020EC3V 1LY: before 2020EC3V 1PJ: before 2020EC3V 3DG: before 2020EC3V 3LF: before 2020EC3V 3LL: before 2020EC3V 3LN: before 2020EC3V 3LP: before 2020EC3V 3LQ: before 2020EC3V 3LT: before 2020EC3V 3NA: before 2020EC3V 3NB: before 2020EC3V 3ND: before 2020EC3V 3NF: before 2020EC3V 3NG: before 2020EC3V 3NH: before 2020EC3V 3NL: before 2020EC3V 3NP: before 2020EC3V 3NR: before 2020EC3V 3PD: before 2020EC3V 3PF: before 2020EC3V 3QQ: before 2020EC3V 3QX: before 2020EC3V 3SG: before 2020EC3V 4AB: before 2020EC3V 4QT: before 2020EC3V 9AA: before 2020EC3V 9AE: before 2020EC3V 9AH: before 2020EC3V 9AN: before 2020EC3V 9AY: before 2020EC3V 9AZ: before 2020EC3V 9BJ: before 2020EC3V 9BQ: before 2020EC3V 9BS: before 2020EC3V 9BW: before 2020EC3V 9DD: before 2020EC3V 9DF: before 2020EC3V 9DH: before 2020EC3V 9DJ: before 2020EC3V 9DL: before 2020EC3V 9DR: before 2020EC3V 9DS: before 2020EC3V 9DU: before 2020EC3V 9EA: before 2020EC3V 9LJ: before 2020EC3V 1AA: new since 2020EC3V 9AD: new since 2020 City of London Map of every postcode in EC3V, by new since 2020 Of the 79 postcodes in EC3V that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 76 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. City of London
  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 76

Of the 79 postcodes in EC3V that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 76 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 51.5130, longitude -0.0857. 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 3 newest postcodes

EC3V 1AAJuly 2026EC3V 1ABSeptember 2025EC3V 9ADDecember 2020

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.

EC3V 9EX

What broadband can you get in EC3V?

Ofcom reports on 69 of the 79 postcodes in EC3V. At 50 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit50 of 69
Postcodes where every home can get superfast52 of 69

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 EC3V at risk of flooding?

None of the 79 postcodes in EC3V 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 EC3V

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

EC3V 020 postcodesEC3V 110 postcodesEC3V 322 postcodesEC3V 44 postcodesEC3V 923 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC3V

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC3V, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,78Islington postcodes,1

Who covers EC3V

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 Westminster78
  • Islington South and Finsbury1

Police force areas

  • City of London78
  • Metropolitan Police1

Next to EC3V

EC3R postcode district EC4A postcode district All EC districts City of London postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC3V in the EC area.

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