WC2B postcode district: Camden and around

WC2B is a postcode district in England, with 175 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Camden, City of Westminster and Islington. It is split between 3 councils: Camden (88 postcodes), Westminster (83) and Islington (4).

Postcodes in use
175
Sectors
3
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 WC2B, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in WC2B, by flood risk Of the 175 postcodes in WC2B that ONS places, 1 are at very low risk only and 174 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. 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. A401A4200A4A40 WC2B 4AA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AS: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AT: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AU: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AW: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4AZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BS: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BW: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4BZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4DD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4DE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4DF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4DN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4DR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4HN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4JF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4LA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4LD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4LL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4NA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4PJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 4RL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5AZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5BZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5DH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5DJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5ER: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5ES: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EU: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5EZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5HA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5HF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5HH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5HP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5HZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5JD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5JF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5JS: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5JY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5JZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LT: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LW: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5LX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5ND: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5NT: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PS: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PT: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5PZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5QZ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5RB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5RE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5RH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5RR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5RX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SG: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5SS: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5TA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5TB: not on the flood risk listWC2B 5TD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6AQ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6DX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6EL: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6EP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6EX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6EY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6JR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6LE: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6NH: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6PA: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6PN: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6PP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6QU: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6QX: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6QY: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6SR: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6ST: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6TD: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6TP: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6UF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6UJ: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6XF: not on the flood risk listWC2B 6XG: not on the flood risk list Holborn & Covent GardenSt James's Map of every postcode in WC2B, by flood risk Of the 175 postcodes in WC2B that ONS places, 1 are at very low risk only and 174 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. 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. A4200 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: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 174

Of the 175 postcodes in WC2B that ONS places, 1 are at very low risk only and 174 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 51.5149, longitude -0.1205. 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

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

WC2B 4RD

What broadband can you get in WC2B?

Ofcom reports on 168 of the 175 postcodes in WC2B. At 148 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit148 of 168
Postcodes where every home can get superfast151 of 168

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 WC2B at risk of flooding?

1 of the 175 postcodes in WC2B has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 175 postcodes Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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 WC2B?

HM Land Registry records 4 sales of homes in WC2B in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Flat or maisonette 4 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 WC2B

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

WC2B 443 postcodesWC2B 5101 postcodesWC2B 631 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in WC2B

Towns and villages with postcodes in WC2B, and how many each has here.

Camden postcodes,93City of Westminster postcodes,78Islington postcodes,4

Who covers WC2B

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 Pancras88
  • Cities of London and Westminster83
  • Islington South and Finsbury4

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police175

Next to WC2B

WC2A postcode district WC2E postcode district All WC districts Camden postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WC2B in the WC area.

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