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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WC1X 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 92 were in use before 2020. 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: before 2020WC1X 8AD: before 2020WC1X 8AJ: before 2020WC1X 8AL: before 2020WC1X 8AP: before 2020WC1X 8AS: before 2020WC1X 8AX: before 2020WC1X 8AZ: before 2020WC1X 8BA: before 2020WC1X 8BB: before 2020WC1X 8BD: before 2020WC1X 8BE: before 2020WC1X 8BH: before 2020WC1X 8BP: before 2020WC1X 8BU: before 2020WC1X 8BZ: before 2020WC1X 8DX: before 2020WC1X 8EB: before 2020WC1X 8ED: before 2020WC1X 8EE: before 2020WC1X 8EH: before 2020WC1X 8EJ: before 2020WC1X 8EL: before 2020WC1X 8ER: before 2020WC1X 8EW: before 2020WC1X 8HB: before 2020WC1X 8HF: before 2020WC1X 8HN: before 2020WC1X 8HR: before 2020WC1X 8JP: before 2020WC1X 8JR: before 2020WC1X 8JX: before 2020WC1X 8LH: before 2020WC1X 8LP: before 2020WC1X 8LR: before 2020WC1X 8LS: before 2020WC1X 8LT: before 2020WC1X 8LU: before 2020WC1X 8LZ: before 2020WC1X 8NH: before 2020WC1X 8NL: before 2020WC1X 8NW: before 2020WC1X 8NX: before 2020WC1X 8PA: before 2020WC1X 8PF: before 2020WC1X 8PG: before 2020WC1X 8PH: before 2020WC1X 8PN: before 2020WC1X 8PP: before 2020WC1X 8PQ: before 2020WC1X 8PX: before 2020WC1X 8QB: before 2020WC1X 8QD: before 2020WC1X 8QF: before 2020WC1X 8QH: before 2020WC1X 8QL: before 2020WC1X 8QP: before 2020WC1X 8QS: before 2020WC1X 8QT: before 2020WC1X 8QY: before 2020WC1X 8QZ: before 2020WC1X 8RA: before 2020WC1X 8RB: before 2020WC1X 8RH: before 2020WC1X 8SF: before 2020WC1X 8SH: before 2020WC1X 8SL: before 2020WC1X 8SP: before 2020WC1X 8TA: before 2020WC1X 8TL: before 2020WC1X 8TN: before 2020WC1X 8TP: before 2020WC1X 8TQ: before 2020WC1X 8TS: before 2020WC1X 8TT: before 2020WC1X 8TU: before 2020WC1X 8TX: before 2020WC1X 8TY: before 2020WC1X 8TZ: before 2020WC1X 8UB: before 2020WC1X 8UE: before 2020WC1X 8UW: before 2020WC1X 8BS: new since 2020WC1X 8DB: new since 2020WC1X 8HG: new since 2020WC1X 8PL: new since 2020WC1X 8XG: new since 2020 Holborn & Covent GardenKing's Cross Map of every postcode in the WC1X 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 92 were in use before 2020. 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
  • New since 2020: 5
  • In use before 2020: 92

Of the 97 postcodes in the WC1X 8 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 92 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.

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What do homes sell for in WC1X 8?

Homes in WC1X 8 sold for a typical £705,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 6 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £524,250 from 10 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

£705,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£524,250 12 months to September 2025
  • Flat or maisonette £705,000 6 sales

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 October 2026.

Postcodes in WC1X 8

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.

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

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