EC4M postcode district: City of London and around

EC4M is a postcode district in England, with 93 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (91 postcodes) and Islington (2).

Postcodes in use
93
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 EC4M, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EC4M, by new since 2020 Of the 93 postcodes in EC4M that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 90 were in use before 2020. Places named: Farringdon Within, Bread Street. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A1A401A40 EC4M 5AB: before 2020EC4M 5SB: before 2020EC4M 6XD: before 2020EC4M 6XH: before 2020EC4M 7AA: before 2020EC4M 7AE: before 2020EC4M 7AN: before 2020EC4M 7AQ: before 2020EC4M 7AS: before 2020EC4M 7AU: before 2020EC4M 7AW: before 2020EC4M 7AX: before 2020EC4M 7BA: before 2020EC4M 7BG: before 2020EC4M 7BP: before 2020EC4M 7BR: before 2020EC4M 7BU: before 2020EC4M 7BY: before 2020EC4M 7DA: before 2020EC4M 7DD: before 2020EC4M 7DE: before 2020EC4M 7DQ: before 2020EC4M 7DR: before 2020EC4M 7DW: before 2020EC4M 7DX: before 2020EC4M 7DY: before 2020EC4M 7DZ: before 2020EC4M 7EF: before 2020EC4M 7EG: before 2020EC4M 7EH: before 2020EC4M 7EJ: before 2020EC4M 7EP: before 2020EC4M 7JH: before 2020EC4M 7JN: before 2020EC4M 7JR: before 2020EC4M 7JU: before 2020EC4M 7JW: before 2020EC4M 7JZ: before 2020EC4M 7LF: before 2020EC4M 7LG: before 2020EC4M 7LH: before 2020EC4M 7LQ: before 2020EC4M 7LW: before 2020EC4M 7NG: before 2020EC4M 7QS: before 2020EC4M 7RA: before 2020EC4M 7RD: before 2020EC4M 7RE: before 2020EC4M 7RF: before 2020EC4M 7RR: before 2020EC4M 8AB: before 2020EC4M 8AD: before 2020EC4M 8AE: before 2020EC4M 8AL: before 2020EC4M 8AP: before 2020EC4M 8AQ: before 2020EC4M 8AY: before 2020EC4M 8BU: before 2020EC4M 8BX: before 2020EC4M 8EN: before 2020EC4M 9AD: before 2020EC4M 9AF: before 2020EC4M 9AG: before 2020EC4M 9AH: before 2020EC4M 9AJ: before 2020EC4M 9AL: before 2020EC4M 9AY: before 2020EC4M 9BB: before 2020EC4M 9BE: before 2020EC4M 9BJ: before 2020EC4M 9BP: before 2020EC4M 9BR: before 2020EC4M 9BT: before 2020EC4M 9BW: before 2020EC4M 9BX: before 2020EC4M 9DD: before 2020EC4M 9DJ: before 2020EC4M 9DL: before 2020EC4M 9DN: before 2020EC4M 9DQ: before 2020EC4M 9DT: before 2020EC4M 9EB: before 2020EC4M 9EE: before 2020EC4M 9EH: before 2020EC4M 5UB: new since 2020EC4M 7BQ: new since 2020EC4M 7BW: new since 2020 Farringdon WithinBread Street Map of every postcode in EC4M, by new since 2020 Of the 93 postcodes in EC4M that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 90 were in use before 2020. Places named: Farringdon Within, Bread Street. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201 Farringdon WithinBread Street
  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 90

Of the 93 postcodes in EC4M that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 90 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5143, longitude -0.0995. 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

What broadband can you get in EC4M?

Ofcom reports on 78 of the 93 postcodes in EC4M. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit57 of 78
Postcodes where every home can get superfast61 of 78

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 EC4M at risk of flooding?

None of the 93 postcodes in EC4M 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 EC4M?

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in EC4M 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 EC4M

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

UK postcode format explained

Places in EC4M

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC4M, and how many each has here.

Who covers EC4M

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 Westminster91
  • Islington South and Finsbury2

Police force areas

  • City of London91
  • Metropolitan Police2

Next to EC4M

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC4M in the EC area.

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