Map of WC2H 8AB postcode

General information

Postcode	WC2H 8AB
Post Town	London
Nearest station	Tottenham Court Road (0 km)
Bus stops	St Giles High Street (W) New Oxford Street (E) Tottenham Court Road Station New Oxford Street (E) New Oxford Street (S) Denmark Street (N) Tottenham Court Road Great Russell Street (NE)
London travel zone	1
Roads in this postcode	St Giles High Street
Number of UPRNs	71 View
Known addresses	Flat 1, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 11, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 12, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 15, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 16, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 17, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 18, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 19, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 2, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 20, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 21, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 22, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 23, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 24, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 25, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 26, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 27, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 28, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 29, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 3, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 30, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 31, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 32, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 33, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 34, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 35, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 36, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 37, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 38, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 39, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 4, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 40, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 41, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 42, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 43, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 44, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 45, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 46, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 47, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 48, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 5, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 51, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 52, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 54, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 55, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 56, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 6, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 7, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 8, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London Flat 9, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London
Main property type	Flat
Businesses	EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION FITZROY EUROPE LTD FLYP EDUCATION LTD GB CONNECT GROUP LTD KIWI GROUP LTD QUANTERA LTD SWOLLET TECHNOLOGIES LTD

Geography

	Latitude	51.515777
	Longitude	-0.128188
	Easting	529978
	Northing	181311
	Grid reference	TQ299813
	UTM reference	30U 699252 5711094
	what3words	shine.flown.joke
	Plus code	9C3XGV8C+8P
	Altitude	36 metres (120 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:20
	Sunset (today)	18:02
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	37.9 KMs (23.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Camden, unparished area	E43000197
Ward	Holborn & Covent Garden	E05013662
London Borough	Camden	E09000007
County	Greater London	E11000009
Constituency (2024)	Holborn and St Pancras	E14001290
MP	Sir Keir Starmer	Labour
Police force	Metropolitan Police
Water company	Thames Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Camden
NUTS/ITL 2	Inner London - West
NUTS/ITL 1	London
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	March 2011
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	1
Households (2011)	1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	12,962 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£55,000 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Urban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)	Camden	E63011985
Census output area (2021)	E00004522
Census output area (2011)	E00004522
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Camden 028D	E01000919
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Camden 028D	E01000919
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South	E02000193
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South	E02000193
Travel to work area	London	E30000234

Nearby schools

Courtauld Institute of Art

University of the Arts London

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

University of London

Birkbeck College

School of Oriental and African Studies

London School of Economics and Political Science

All Souls CofE Primary School (Primary)

St Josephs Catholic Primary School (Primary)

St Clement Danes CofE Primary School (Primary)

Soho Parish CofE Primary School (Primary)

Ecole Jeannine Manuel

Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH

The Royal Ballet School

Guildhouse School

City Lit (16 plus)

The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre) (16 plus)

Fashion Retail Academy

Property sales

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
Flat 15, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Oct 2023	£594,750
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£499,500
Flat 45, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	May 2023	£940,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£909,500
Flat 37, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Apr 2023	£800,000
Flat 47, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Mar 2023	£2,150,000
Flat 41, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Aug 2022	£1,097,500
Flat 39, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Apr 2021	£1,100,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Jan 2012	£905,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£880,425
Flat 34, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Dec 2020	£838,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£848,000
Flat 48, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Dec 2020	£1,425,000
Flat 29, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Jul 2020	£785,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Oct 2016	£740,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£536,750
Flat 18, 5 Central St Giles Piazza, London	Flat (leasehold)	Jun 2020	£922,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Oct 2011	£776,000

View all properties sold in the WC2H 8 sector

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