Map of WC1B 5JH postcode

General information
Postcode WC1B 5JH
Post Town London
Nearest station Russell Square (0 km)
Bus stops
British Museum (W)
Southampton Row (S)
Russell Square (W)
Montague Street (N)
British Museum (E)
Museum Street (E)
London travel zone1
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 25 View
Known addresses
24 - 27 Bedford Place, London
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.520054
Longitude -0.124412
Easting 530228
Northing 181793
Grid reference TQ302817
UTM reference 30U 699495 5711579
what3words proof.years.fence
Plus code 9C3XGVCG+26
Altitude 31 metres (102 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:56
Sunset (today) 16:27
Distance away
Distance to sea 37.8 KMs (23.5 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishCamden, unparished areaE43000197
Ward Bloomsbury E05013653
London Borough Camden E09000007
County Greater London E11000009
Constituency (2024) Holborn and St Pancras E14001290
MPSir Keir StarmerLabour
Police forceMetropolitan Police
Water companyThames Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Camden and City of London
NUTS/ITL 2 Inner London - West
NUTS/ITL 1 London
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated December 2024
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) 26
Households (2011) 16
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
19,276 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£55,000
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)CamdenE63011985
Census output area (2021)E00004169
Census output area (2011)E00004169
Lower layer super output area (2021)Camden 028AE01000855
Lower layer super output area (2011)Camden 028AE01000855
Middle layer super output area (2021)Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury SouthE02000193
Middle layer super output area (2011)Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury SouthE02000193
Travel to work areaLondonE30000234
Property sales
Average property price in Central London £704,645
Annual change -15.3%
View all properties sold in the WC postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
24 - 27 Bedford Place, LondonOther (leasehold)May 2018£14,024,998


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