EC4A postcode district: City of London and around

EC4A is a postcode district in England, with 110 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London, Islington and Camden. It is split between 3 councils: City of London (106 postcodes), Islington (3) and Westminster (1).

Postcodes in use
110
Sectors
4
Councils
3 councils
Places
3 places

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

Every postcode in EC4A, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in EC4A, by gigabit broadband Of the 110 postcodes in EC4A that ONS places, 7 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 25 have some that can, 60 can all get it and 18 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 7 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Castle Baynard, Farringdon Without. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A401A5201A5200 EC4A 1AY: no Ofcom figureEC4A 2BE: no Ofcom figureEC4A 2BJ: no Ofcom figureEC4A 2WA: no Ofcom figureEC4A 3AQ: no Ofcom figureEC4A 3BT: no Ofcom figureEC4A 3DA: no Ofcom figureEC4A 3TW: no Ofcom figureEC4A 4AF: no Ofcom figureEC4A 4AJ: no Ofcom figureEC4A 4AL: no Ofcom figureEC4A 4AZ: no Ofcom figureEC4A 4HL: no Ofcom figureEC4A 1AA: gigabit for allEC4A 1AB: gigabit for allEC4A 1AZ: gigabit for allEC4A 1BD: gigabit for allEC4A 1BE: gigabit for allEC4A 1BF: gigabit for allEC4A 1BG: gigabit for allEC4A 1BL: gigabit for allEC4A 1BW: gigabit for allEC4A 1BX: gigabit for allEC4A 1DE: gigabit for allEC4A 1DR: gigabit for allEC4A 1EP: gigabit for allEC4A 1GP: gigabit for allEC4A 1HP: gigabit for allEC4A 1JQ: gigabit for allEC4A 1JS: gigabit for allEC4A 1LB: gigabit for allEC4A 1LL: gigabit for allEC4A 1LR: gigabit for allEC4A 1LT: gigabit for allEC4A 1NL: gigabit for allEC4A 2AH: gigabit for allEC4A 2EA: gigabit for allEC4A 2EN: gigabit for allEC4A 2HG: gigabit for allEC4A 2HJ: gigabit for allEC4A 2LT: gigabit for allEC4A 3AE: gigabit for allEC4A 3AP: gigabit for allEC4A 3AS: gigabit for allEC4A 3BA: gigabit for allEC4A 3BE: gigabit for allEC4A 3BG: gigabit for allEC4A 3BH: gigabit for allEC4A 3BL: gigabit for allEC4A 3BN: gigabit for allEC4A 3BQ: gigabit for allEC4A 3BY: gigabit for allEC4A 3DE: gigabit for allEC4A 3DF: gigabit for allEC4A 3DG: gigabit for allEC4A 3DQ: gigabit for allEC4A 3DW: gigabit for allEC4A 3HQ: gigabit for allEC4A 3LW: gigabit for allEC4A 4AD: gigabit for allEC4A 4AH: gigabit for allEC4A 4AN: gigabit for allEC4A 4AU: gigabit for allEC4A 4AX: gigabit for allEC4A 4BD: gigabit for allEC4A 4BL: gigabit for allEC4A 4HH: gigabit for allEC4A 4LL: gigabit for allEC4A 1AN: some gigabitEC4A 1BR: some gigabitEC4A 1BT: some gigabitEC4A 1DT: some gigabitEC4A 1DZ: some gigabitEC4A 1EN: some gigabitEC4A 1EQ: some gigabitEC4A 2AB: some gigabitEC4A 2AG: some gigabitEC4A 2BH: some gigabitEC4A 2BP: some gigabitEC4A 2BU: some gigabitEC4A 2DQ: some gigabitEC4A 2EJ: some gigabitEC4A 2HR: some gigabitEC4A 3AF: some gigabitEC4A 3AG: some gigabitEC4A 3BF: some gigabitEC4A 3DL: some gigabitEC4A 3EA: some gigabitEC4A 3JR: some gigabitEC4A 4AB: some gigabitEC4A 4AS: some gigabitEC4A 1ES: some gigabitEC4A 1AG: no gigabitEC4A 2AE: no gigabitEC4A 2HD: no gigabitEC4A 3BZ: no gigabitEC4A 3EF: no gigabitEC4A 4AW: no gigabit Castle BaynardFarringdon Without 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to EC4A 3EF, the one nearest the middle of them7 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in EC4A, by gigabit broadband Of the 110 postcodes in EC4A that ONS places, 7 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 25 have some that can, 60 can all get it and 18 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 7 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Castle Baynard, Farringdon Without. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A401A40 Castle BaynardFarringdon Without 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to EC4A 3EF, the one nearest the middle of them7 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 7
  • Some can get gigabit: 25
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 60
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 18
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 110 postcodes in EC4A that ONS places, 7 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 25 have some that can, 60 can all get it and 18 have no Ofcom figure.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5158, longitude -0.1082. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

EC4A 1AGEC4A 2AEEC4A 2DWEC4A 2HDEC4A 3BZEC4A 3EFEC4A 4AW

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EC4A 3EF, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in EC4A?

Ofcom reports on 92 of the 110 postcodes in EC4A. At 60 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit60 of 92
Postcodes where every home can get superfast60 of 92

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is EC4A at risk of flooding?

None of the 110 postcodes in EC4A 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

What do homes sell for in EC4A?

HM Land Registry records 3 sales of homes in EC4A in the 12 months to September 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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 October 2026.

Postcodes in EC4A

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

EC4A 135 postcodesEC4A 223 postcodesEC4A 335 postcodesEC4A 417 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC4A

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC4A, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,106Islington postcodes,3Camden postcodes,1

Who covers EC4A

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 Westminster107
  • Islington South and Finsbury3

Police force areas

  • City of London106
  • Metropolitan Police4

Next to EC4A

EC3V postcode district EC4M postcode district All EC districts City of London postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC4A in the EC area.

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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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