WC1A postcode district
WC1A holds 147 live postcodes around London, in Camden, Islington.
No listed town or village has its centre in WC1A; the nearest are on the neighbouring districts below.
Wards
| Name | Share of postcodes |
|---|---|
| Bloomsbury | 55% |
| Clerkenwell | 37% |
| Holborn & Covent Garden | 8% |
Westminster constituencies
| Name | Share of postcodes |
|---|---|
| Holborn and St Pancras | 63% |
| Islington South and Finsbury | 37% |
Deprivation
The middle postcode here sits in decile 4 of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021-Census LSOAs), where decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods and 10 the least. 5% of this district's postcodes sit in the most deprived three deciles, 0% in the least deprived three.
Deprivation deciles describe the LSOA neighbourhood each postcode sits in, weighted by postcodes rather than by people, because the postcode file carries no population. A district where the deprived neighbourhoods are densely populated will read better here than it would per resident.
Neighbouring districts in the WC area
WC1B · WC1E · WC1H · WC1N · WC1R · WC1V · WC1X · WC2A · WC2B · WC2E · WC2H · WC2N · WC2R
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode data is the ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026 edition; counts are live postcodes with a usable location. Northern Ireland postcodes carry a separate licence and are not included; Scotland joins when the site's Scottish coverage does.