WC1H postcode district: Camden and around
WC1H is a postcode district in England, with 306 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden and Islington. It is split between 2 councils: Camden (300 postcodes) and Islington (6).
- Postcodes in use
- 306
- Sectors
- 3
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Every postcode in WC1H, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 4
- Some can get gigabit: 19
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 233
- Ofcom gives no figure: 50
Of the 306 postcodes in WC1H that ONS places, 4 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 233 can all get it and 50 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. 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 51.5269, longitude -0.1257. 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.
What broadband can you get in WC1H?
Ofcom reports on 256 of the 306 postcodes in WC1H. At 233 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is WC1H at risk of flooding?
None of the 306 postcodes in WC1H 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 WC1H?
Homes in WC1H sold for a typical £357,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 41 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £422,500 from 56 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Flat or maisonette £357,000 41 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 October 2026.
Postcodes in WC1H
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in WC1H
Towns and villages with postcodes in WC1H, and how many each has here.
Who covers WC1H
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 Pancras300
- Islington South and Finsbury6
Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police306
Next to WC1H
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WC1H in the WC area.
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Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
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