SW1A 2EL maps, stats, and open data

SW1A 2EL lies on Whitehall Court in London. SW1A 2EL is located in the St James's electoral ward, within the London borough of Westminster and the English Parliamentary constituency of Cities of London and Westminster. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS North West London ICB - W2U3Z and the police force is Metropolitan Police. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

SW1A 2EL maps

SW1A 2EL map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024
Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024; Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

SW1A 2EL geodata

Easting	530270
Northing	180177
Latitude	51.505519
Longitude	-0.124401

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is SW1A 2EL?

Street	Whitehall Court
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	SW1A
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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SW1A 2EL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of SW1A 2EL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	10m	33ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	St James's
Constituency	Cities Of London And Westminster

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of SW1A 2EL

January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Downing Street	316m
January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Downing Street	316m
January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Downing Street	316m
➜ Whitehall Court crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to SW1A 2EL

Horse Guards Avenue	Westminster	85m
Whitehall Horseguards Avenue	Westminster	145m
Horse Guards Parade (Whitehall)	Westminster	177m
Horse Guards Parade	Westminster	195m
Trafalgar Square	Charing Cross	196m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to SW1A 2EL

Embankment Underground Station	Embankment	209m
Charing Cross Underground Station	Charing Cross	290m
Westminster Underground Station	Westminster	468m
Leicester Square Underground Station	Leicester Square	710m
Waterloo Underground Station	Waterloo	712m

Nearest railway stations to SW1A 2EL

London Charing Cross Station	0.3km
London Waterloo Station	0.8km
London Waterloo East Station	1.1km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for SW1A 2EL

Broadband access in SW1A 2EL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	100.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in SW1A 2EL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	16.0Mbps
Average download speed	17.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	24.28Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	1.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.30Mbps

Broadband limitations in SW1A 2EL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for SW1A 2EL

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Source: Ofcom
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SW1A 2EL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in SW1A 2EL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	77,091
Meter count	10
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,709
Median (kWh/meter)	328

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	175,740
Meter count	48
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,661
Median (kWh/meter)	2,172

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in SW1A 2EL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in SW1A 2EL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

22.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than SW1A 2EL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to SW1A 2EL (meters)

The Farmers Club

First Floor

14m

The Royal Horseguards Hotel

2 Whitehall Court

14m

National Liberal Club

Ground Floor

70m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to SW1A 2EL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Northumberland Avenue	18:30	12:00	195m
Villiers Street	18:30		263m
Villiers Street (Embank't Stn)	18:30	12:00	265m

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Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Nearest sports facilities to SW1A 2EL

Facility	Distance
Corinthia Hotel London Whitehall Place, London Health and Fitness Gym, Swimming Pool	128m
The Gym Group (London Charing Cross) Northumberland Avenue, London Health and Fitness Gym	197m
Fitness First Beat (London Charing Cross) (Closed) Embankment Place, London Health and Fitness Gym	281m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to SW1A 2EL

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Courtauld Institute of Art Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN	Not applicable	778m
King's College London James Clark Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA	Not applicable	808m
Harris Westminster Sixth Form Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 9LH	16 plus	814m

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Source: Edubase
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Environment

Risk of SW1A 2EL flooding from rivers and sea	Very Low
➜ SW1A 2EL flood map

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Source: Open Flood Risk by Postcode
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SW1A 2EL ITL and SW1A 2EL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for SW1A 2EL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLI	London
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLI3	Inner London - West
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLI32	Westminster
LAU 1 Code	Name
E09000033	Westminster

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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SW1A 2EL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for SW1A 2EL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00023936
LSOA	E01004736	Westminster 018C
MSOA	E02000977	Westminster 018

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to SW1A 2EL

SW1A 2EP	Whitehall Court	32m
SW1A 2BD	Whitehall Place	103m
SW1A 2ET	Whitehall	164m
WC2N 5NS	Craven Street	168m
WC2N 5NT	Craven Street	196m
WC2N 5AP	Northumberland Avenue	197m
SW1A 2BX	Whitehall	200m
SW1A 2BS	Whitehall	208m
WC2N 5NP	Craven Street	223m
WC2N 5PB	Craven Street	225m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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