WC1B 5 postcode sector in the WC1B district

WC1B 5 is a sector of the WC1B district: every postcode that starts WC1B 5. It has 42 postcodes in use, 13 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the WC1B 5 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WC1B 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 42 postcodes in the WC1B 5 sector that ONS places, 42 were in use before 2020. Places named: Bloomsbury, Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A400 WC1B 5AA: before 2020WC1B 5AB: before 2020WC1B 5AD: before 2020WC1B 5AE: before 2020WC1B 5AF: before 2020WC1B 5AG: before 2020WC1B 5AH: before 2020WC1B 5AN: before 2020WC1B 5AR: before 2020WC1B 5BA: before 2020WC1B 5BB: before 2020WC1B 5BE: before 2020WC1B 5BH: before 2020WC1B 5BJ: before 2020WC1B 5BL: before 2020WC1B 5BP: before 2020WC1B 5BW: before 2020WC1B 5DA: before 2020WC1B 5DN: before 2020WC1B 5DP: before 2020WC1B 5DQ: before 2020WC1B 5DR: before 2020WC1B 5DT: before 2020WC1B 5EA: before 2020WC1B 5EG: before 2020WC1B 5EH: before 2020WC1B 5ER: before 2020WC1B 5HA: before 2020WC1B 5HJ: before 2020WC1B 5HP: before 2020WC1B 5JA: before 2020WC1B 5JD: before 2020WC1B 5JE: before 2020WC1B 5JH: before 2020WC1B 5JR: before 2020WC1B 5JS: before 2020WC1B 5JT: before 2020WC1B 5JU: before 2020WC1B 5JX: before 2020 BloomsburyHolborn & Covent Garden Map of every postcode in the WC1B 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 42 postcodes in the WC1B 5 sector that ONS places, 42 were in use before 2020. Places named: Bloomsbury, Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BloomsburyHolborn & Covent Garden
  • New since 2020: 0
  • In use before 2020: 42

Of the 42 postcodes in the WC1B 5 sector that ONS places, 42 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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 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 do homes sell for in WC1B 5?

HM Land Registry records one sale of homes in WC1B 5 in the 12 months to September 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start WC1B 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Postcodes in WC1B 5

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

WC1B 5AAWC1B 5ABWC1B 5ADWC1B 5AEWC1B 5AFWC1B 5AGWC1B 5AHWC1B 5AJWC1B 5ANWC1B 5ARWC1B 5BAWC1B 5BBWC1B 5BEWC1B 5BHWC1B 5BJWC1B 5BLWC1B 5BPWC1B 5BWWC1B 5DAWC1B 5DNWC1B 5DPWC1B 5DQWC1B 5DRWC1B 5DTWC1B 5DUWC1B 5EAWC1B 5EGWC1B 5EHWC1B 5ERWC1B 5HAWC1B 5HJWC1B 5HPWC1B 5JAWC1B 5JDWC1B 5JEWC1B 5JHWC1B 5JPWC1B 5JRWC1B 5JSWC1B 5JTWC1B 5JUWC1B 5JX

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

What council am I in? The council, borough or local authority for a postcode, and the county council where there is one. What ward am I in? The ward for a postcode, with its council, constituency and parish.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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