WC1X 8 postcode sector in the WC1X district

WC1X 8 is a sector of the WC1X district: every postcode that starts WC1X 8. It has 97 postcodes in use, 5 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 WC1X 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the WC1X 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, King's Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401A4200A201A5202 WC1X 8AA: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AD: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AJ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AS: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8AZ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BA: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BD: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BE: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BS: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BU: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8BZ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8DB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8DX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8ED: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EE: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EJ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8ER: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8EW: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8HB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8HF: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8HG: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8HN: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8HR: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8JP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8JR: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8JT: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8JX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LR: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LS: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LT: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LU: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8LZ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8NH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8NL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8NW: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8NX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PA: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PF: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PG: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PN: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PQ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8PX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QD: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QF: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QS: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QT: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QY: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8QZ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8RA: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8RB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8RH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8SF: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8SH: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8SL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8SP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TA: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TL: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TN: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TP: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TQ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TS: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TT: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TU: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TX: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TY: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8TZ: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8UB: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8UE: not on the flood risk listWC1X 8UW: not on the flood risk list Holborn & Covent GardenKing's Cross Map of every postcode in the WC1X 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Holborn & Covent Garden, King's Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A401 Holborn & Covent GardenKing's Cross
  • 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: 97

Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 97 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.

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 do homes sell for in WC1X 8?

HM Land Registry records 4 sales of homes in WC1X 8 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 at the postcodes that start WC1X 8. 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 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

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