WC1V postcode district: Camden and around

WC1V is a postcode district in England, with 94 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden, City of London and Islington. It is split between 3 councils: Camden (79 postcodes), City of London (13) and Islington (2).

Postcodes in use
94
Sectors
2
Councils
3 councils
Places
3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in WC1V, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WC1V, by flood risk Of the 94 postcodes in WC1V that ONS places, 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, Farringdon Without. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401A4200A5200 WC1V 6AA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AE: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AN: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AT: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AY: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6AZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6BA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6BN: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6BS: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6BX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6DF: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6DR: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6DT: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6DW: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6EP: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6ER: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6HG: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6HR: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6HZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6JF: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6JJ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6JQ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6JS: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6LF: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6LJ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6LS: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6NP: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6NX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6NY: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6NZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PB: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PJ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PL: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PS: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6PX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6RB: not on the flood risk listWC1V 6RD: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7AA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7AB: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7AP: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7BD: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7BF: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7BN: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7BW: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7BX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7DA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7DN: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7DX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7DZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EE: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EG: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EJ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EN: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EP: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EW: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EY: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7EZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7HF: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7HH: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7HP: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7HZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7JG: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7JH: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7JS: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7JU: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7LL: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7LU: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PA: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PB: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PE: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PU: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PX: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7PZ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7QH: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7QJ: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7QT: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7QU: not on the flood risk listWC1V 7QX: not on the flood risk list Holborn & Covent GardenFarringdon Without Map of every postcode in WC1V, by flood risk Of the 94 postcodes in WC1V that ONS places, 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, Farringdon Without. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401A4200 Holborn & Covent GardenFarringdon Without
  • 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: 94

Of the 94 postcodes in WC1V that ONS places, 94 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 51.5180, longitude -0.1165. 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 WC1V?

Ofcom reports on 79 of the 94 postcodes in WC1V. At 72 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit72 of 79
Postcodes where every home can get superfast72 of 79

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 WC1V at risk of flooding?

None of the 94 postcodes in WC1V 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 WC1V?

HM Land Registry records 3 sales of homes in WC1V in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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 WC1V

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

WC1V 645 postcodesWC1V 749 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WC1V

Towns and villages with postcodes in WC1V, and how many each has here.

Camden postcodes,81City of London postcodes,11Islington postcodes,2

Who covers WC1V

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 Pancras79
  • Cities of London and Westminster13
  • Islington South and Finsbury2

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police81
  • City of London13

Next to WC1V

WC1R postcode district WC1X postcode district All WC districts Camden postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WC1V in the WC area.

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