EC4N postcode district: City of London and around

EC4N is a postcode district in England, with 68 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in City of London and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: City of London (64 postcodes) and Islington (4).

Postcodes in use
68
Sectors
6
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 EC4N, and which are new since 2020

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  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 67

Of the 68 postcodes in EC4N that ONS places, 1 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 51.5128, longitude -0.0914. 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 newest postcode

EC4N 7JDAugust 2021

What broadband can you get in EC4N?

Ofcom reports on 55 of the 68 postcodes in EC4N. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit37 of 55
Postcodes where every home can get superfast38 of 55

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 EC4N at risk of flooding?

None of the 68 postcodes in EC4N 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 EC4N

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

EC4N 16 postcodesEC4N 410 postcodesEC4N 59 postcodesEC4N 615 postcodesEC4N 716 postcodesEC4N 812 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EC4N

Towns and villages with postcodes in EC4N, and how many each has here.

City of London postcodes,64Islington postcodes,4

Who covers EC4N

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 Westminster64
  • Islington South and Finsbury4

Police force areas

  • City of London64
  • Metropolitan Police4

Next to EC4N

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"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EC4N in the EC area.

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