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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in WC2A, by new since 2020 Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 112 were in use before 2020. 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: before 2020WC2A 1AE: before 2020WC2A 1AF: before 2020WC2A 1AH: before 2020WC2A 1AL: before 2020WC2A 1AP: before 2020WC2A 1DD: before 2020WC2A 1DL: before 2020WC2A 1DT: before 2020WC2A 1DU: before 2020WC2A 1EG: before 2020WC2A 1EN: before 2020WC2A 1ET: before 2020WC2A 1HL: before 2020WC2A 1HP: before 2020WC2A 1HR: before 2020WC2A 1JA: before 2020WC2A 1JE: before 2020WC2A 1JF: before 2020WC2A 1LA: before 2020WC2A 1LB: before 2020WC2A 1LF: before 2020WC2A 1LG: before 2020WC2A 1LR: before 2020WC2A 1PL: before 2020WC2A 1PP: before 2020WC2A 1PU: before 2020WC2A 1QS: before 2020WC2A 2AD: before 2020WC2A 2AP: before 2020WC2A 2AQ: before 2020WC2A 2AZ: before 2020WC2A 2ES: before 2020WC2A 2HA: before 2020WC2A 2HB: before 2020WC2A 2HD: before 2020WC2A 2HE: before 2020WC2A 2HT: before 2020WC2A 2JB: before 2020WC2A 2JD: before 2020WC2A 2JF: before 2020WC2A 2JL: before 2020WC2A 2JR: before 2020WC2A 2LL: before 2020WC2A 3AA: before 2020WC2A 3AB: before 2020WC2A 3BP: before 2020WC2A 3ED: before 2020WC2A 3EG: before 2020WC2A 3HP: before 2020WC2A 3JA: before 2020WC2A 3JB: before 2020WC2A 3JH: before 2020WC2A 3JW: before 2020WC2A 3JX: before 2020WC2A 3LJ: before 2020WC2A 3LY: before 2020WC2A 3LZ: before 2020WC2A 3NN: before 2020WC2A 3PD: before 2020WC2A 3PE: before 2020WC2A 3PH: before 2020WC2A 3PT: before 2020WC2A 3PZ: before 2020WC2A 3QA: before 2020WC2A 3QB: before 2020WC2A 3QG: before 2020WC2A 3QH: before 2020WC2A 3QP: before 2020WC2A 3QQ: before 2020WC2A 3QS: before 2020WC2A 3RH: before 2020WC2A 3RJ: before 2020WC2A 3RS: before 2020WC2A 3SA: before 2020WC2A 3SB: before 2020WC2A 3SH: before 2020WC2A 3SP: before 2020WC2A 3SW: before 2020WC2A 3SZ: before 2020WC2A 3TA: before 2020WC2A 3TD: before 2020WC2A 3TG: before 2020WC2A 3TL: before 2020WC2A 3TN: before 2020WC2A 3TS: before 2020WC2A 3UA: before 2020WC2A 3UE: before 2020WC2A 3UP: before 2020WC2A 3UT: before 2020WC2A 3XB: before 2020WC2A 3XL: before 2020WC2A 3XT: before 2020WC2A 2AU: new since 2020 Holborn & Covent GardenSt James's Map of every postcode in WC2A, by new since 2020 Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 112 were in use before 2020. 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
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 112

Of the 113 postcodes in WC2A that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 112 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

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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.

UK postcode format explained

Places in WC2A

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

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

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

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