WC1R 5 postcode sector in the WC1R district

WC1R 5 is a sector of the WC1R district: every postcode that starts WC1R 5. It has 29 postcodes in use, 3 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 WC1R 5 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WC1R 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 29 postcodes in the WC1R 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 28 were in use before 2020. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A201A40 WC1R 5AA: before 2020WC1R 5AH: before 2020WC1R 5AT: before 2020WC1R 5AZ: before 2020WC1R 5BH: before 2020WC1R 5BN: before 2020WC1R 5BP: before 2020WC1R 5DH: before 2020WC1R 5DJ: before 2020WC1R 5EF: before 2020WC1R 5ET: before 2020WC1R 5EU: before 2020WC1R 5EY: before 2020WC1R 5HP: before 2020WC1R 5HT: before 2020WC1R 5JD: before 2020WC1R 5JH: before 2020WC1R 5JP: before 2020WC1R 5JR: before 2020WC1R 5JT: before 2020WC1R 5LN: before 2020WC1R 5LP: before 2020WC1R 5LQ: before 2020WC1R 5LR: before 2020WC1R 5LW: before 2020WC1R 5NR: before 2020WC1R 5HH: new since 2020 Holborn & Covent Garden Map of every postcode in the WC1R 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 29 postcodes in the WC1R 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 28 were in use before 2020. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A40 Holborn & Covent Garden
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 28

Of the 29 postcodes in the WC1R 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 28 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.

The newest postcode

WC1R 5HHApril 2021

What do homes sell for in WC1R 5?

HM Land Registry records one sale of homes in WC1R 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 WC1R 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 WC1R 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.

WC1R 5AAWC1R 5AHWC1R 5ATWC1R 5AZWC1R 5BHWC1R 5BNWC1R 5BPWC1R 5BQWC1R 5DHWC1R 5DJWC1R 5EFWC1R 5ETWC1R 5EUWC1R 5EYWC1R 5HHWC1R 5HPWC1R 5HTWC1R 5JDWC1R 5JHWC1R 5JPWC1R 5JRWC1R 5JTWC1R 5LNWC1R 5LPWC1R 5LQWC1R 5LRWC1R 5LWWC1R 5NRWC1R 5NT

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

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Where the facts on this page come from

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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