WC1A postcode district: Camden and around

WC1A is a postcode district in England, with 147 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: Camden (93 postcodes) and Islington (54).

Postcodes in use
147
Sectors
3
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 WC1A, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WC1A, by flood risk Of the 147 postcodes in WC1A that ONS places, 147 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A4200A40A5200 WC1A 1AB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1AD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1AP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1AW: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1BA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1BH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1BL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1BN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1BS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1DB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1DE: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1DG: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1EP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1ES: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1HU: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JJ: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1JT: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LQ: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LT: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LU: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1LY: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NJ: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NT: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1NU: not on the flood risk listWC1A 1PB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2AE: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2AH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2AJ: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2AL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2BP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2DA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2DB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2EA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2ED: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2EP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2HH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2HL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2HN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2HR: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2HS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JB: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JR: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JU: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2JX: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2LA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2LD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2LH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2LP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2LS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2NS: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2PJ: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2QA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2QD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2QH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2QN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2QP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2RA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2RL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2RN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2RP: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2SA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2SD: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2SE: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2SL: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2SN: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2TA: not on the flood risk listWC1A 2TH: not on the flood risk listWC1A 9AL: not on the flood risk list BloomsburyClerkenwell Map of every postcode in WC1A, by flood risk Of the 147 postcodes in WC1A that ONS places, 147 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BloomsburyClerkenwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 147

Of the 147 postcodes in WC1A that ONS places, 147 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 51.5203, longitude -0.1201. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 WC1A?

Ofcom reports on 89 of the 147 postcodes in WC1A. At 76 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit76 of 89
Postcodes where every home can get superfast79 of 89

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is WC1A at risk of flooding?

None of the 147 postcodes in WC1A 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 WC1A?

Homes in WC1A sold for a typical £605,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 7 sales, down 89.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£605,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£5,625,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 89.2% on the 12 months before
  • Flat or maisonette £605,000 7 sales

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 WC1A

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

WC1A 144 postcodesWC1A 249 postcodesWC1A 954 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WC1A

Towns and villages with postcodes in WC1A, and how many each has here.

Camden postcodes,93Islington postcodes,54

Who covers WC1A

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

  • Holborn and St Pancras93
  • Islington South and Finsbury54

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police147

Next to WC1A

WC1B postcode district All WC districts Camden postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the district after WC1A in the WC area.

Check a postcode

Something wrong on this page? Report an error and we will check it against the source.