WC1B postcode district: Camden and around

WC1B is a postcode district in England, with 156 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: Camden (151 postcodes) and Islington (5).

Postcodes in use
156
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 WC1B, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WC1B, by flood risk Of the 156 postcodes in WC1B that ONS places, 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bloomsbury, Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A400 WC1B 3AA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AG: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AS: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AT: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AU: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AX: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3AZ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BF: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BG: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BL: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BS: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3BT: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DG: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3DY: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3ED: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3EE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3EL: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3GH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3HX: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3JA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3JL: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3JQ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3LA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3LB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3LH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3LN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3ND: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3NZ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3PS: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QQ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QT: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3QU: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RF: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3RY: not on the flood risk listWC1B 3SR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4AA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4AE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4AF: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4AR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4BA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4BB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4BH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4BJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4BL: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4DA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4ET: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4HS: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4JA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 4JP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AF: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AG: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5AR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BB: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BL: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5BW: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DN: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DQ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5DT: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5EA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5EG: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5EH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5ER: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5HA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5HJ: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5HP: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JA: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JD: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JE: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JH: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JR: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JS: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JT: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JU: not on the flood risk listWC1B 5JX: not on the flood risk list BloomsburyHolborn & Covent Garden Map of every postcode in WC1B, by flood risk Of the 156 postcodes in WC1B that ONS places, 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bloomsbury, Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BloomsburyHolborn & Covent Garden
  • 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: 156

Of the 156 postcodes in WC1B that ONS places, 156 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 51.5195, longitude -0.1261. 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 WC1B?

Ofcom reports on 126 of the 156 postcodes in WC1B. At 113 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit113 of 126
Postcodes where every home can get superfast116 of 126

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 WC1B at risk of flooding?

None of the 156 postcodes in WC1B 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 WC1B?

Homes in WC1B sold for a typical £771,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 9 sales, down 13.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£771,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£891,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 13.5% on the 12 months before
  • Flat or maisonette £771,000 9 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 WC1B

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

WC1B 389 postcodesWC1B 425 postcodesWC1B 542 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WC1B

Towns and villages with postcodes in WC1B, and how many each has here.

Camden postcodes,151Islington postcodes,5

Who covers WC1B

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 Pancras151
  • Islington South and Finsbury5

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police156

Next to WC1B

WC1A postcode district WC1E postcode district All WC districts Camden postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WC1B in the WC area.

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