WC2A postcode district: Camden and around

WC2A is a postcode district in England, with 113 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden, City of Westminster, City of London and 1 more place. It is split between 4 councils: Camden (66 postcodes), Westminster (24), City of London (21) and 1 other.

Postcodes in use
113
Sectors
3
Councils
4 councils
Places
4 places

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

Every postcode in WC2A, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WC2A, by flood risk Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 113 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, St James's. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401A4200A40A4 WC2A 1AA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1AE: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1AF: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1AH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1AL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1AP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1DD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1DL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1DT: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1DU: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1EG: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1EN: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1ET: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1HL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1HP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1HR: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1JA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1JE: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1JF: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1LA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1LB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1LF: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1LG: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1LR: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1PL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1PP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1PU: not on the flood risk listWC2A 1QS: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2AD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2AP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2AQ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2AT: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2AZ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2ES: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2HA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2HB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2HD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2HE: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2HT: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2JB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2JD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2JF: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2JL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2JR: not on the flood risk listWC2A 2LL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3AA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3AB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3BP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3ED: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3EG: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3HP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3JA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3JB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3JH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3JW: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3JX: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3LJ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3LY: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3LZ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3NN: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3PD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3PE: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3PH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3PT: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3PZ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QG: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QQ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3QS: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3RH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3RJ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3RS: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SH: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SW: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3SZ: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TD: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TG: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TN: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3TS: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3UA: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3UE: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3UP: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3UT: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3XB: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3XL: not on the flood risk listWC2A 3XT: not on the flood risk list Holborn & Covent GardenSt James's Map of every postcode in WC2A, by flood risk Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 113 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, St James's. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401 Holborn & Covent GardenSt James's
  • 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: 113

Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 113 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 51.5162, longitude -0.1141. 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 WC2A?

Ofcom reports on 103 of the 113 postcodes in WC2A. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit68 of 103
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 103

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 WC2A at risk of flooding?

None of the 113 postcodes in WC2A 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 WC2A?

HM Land Registry records one sale of homes in WC2A in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, 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 WC2A

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

WC2A 133 postcodesWC2A 218 postcodesWC2A 362 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WC2A

Towns and villages with postcodes in WC2A, and how many each has here.

Camden postcodes,74City of Westminster postcodes,23City of London postcodes,14Islington postcodes,2

Who covers WC2A

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 Pancras66
  • Cities of London and Westminster45
  • Islington South and Finsbury2

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police92
  • City of London21

Next to WC2A

WC1X postcode district WC2B postcode district All WC districts Camden postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WC2A in the WC area.

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