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SW1A 2HQ 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 September 2002.

Where is SW1A 2HQ?

Country	England
Postcode District	SW1A

SW1A 2HQ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of SW1A 2HQ 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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Politics

Ward	St James's
Constituency	Cities Of London And Westminster

Transport

Nearest bus stops to SW1A 2HQ

Parliament Square	Westminster	170m
Parliament Square	Westminster	199m
Parliament Square	Westminster	200m
Westminster Station Parliament Square	Westminster	228m
Parliament Square	Westminster	239m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to SW1A 2HQ

Westminster Underground Station	Westminster	309m
St. James's Park Underground Station	St James's Park	393m
Charing Cross Underground Station	Charing Cross	640m
Embankment Underground Station	Embankment	743m
Piccadilly Circus Underground Station	Piccadilly Circus	971m

Nearest railway stations to SW1A 2HQ

London Charing Cross Station	0.8km
London Waterloo Station	1.1km
London Victoria Station	1.3km

Deprivation

24% of English postcodes are less deprived than SW1A 2HQ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to SW1A 2HQ (metres)

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Nearest post box to SW1A 2HQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Birdcage Walk	18:45	11:30	71m
36 Old Queen Street	18:45	11:30	195m
Tothill Street	18:45	11:30	248m

Environment

Risk of SW1A 2HQ flooding from rivers and sea

Very Low

SW1A 2HQ ITL and SW1A 2HQ 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 2HQ:

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

SW1A 2HQ 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 2HQ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00175226
LSOA	E01004731	Westminster 020A
MSOA	E02000979	Westminster 020

Nearest postcodes to SW1A 2HQ

SW1H 9AH	Lewisham Street	130m
SW1H 9HP	Old Queen Street	160m
SW1H 9NJ	Matthew Parker Street	165m
SW1H 9NE	Matthew Parker Street	169m
SW1H 9JA	Old Queen Street	173m
SW1H 9BP	Dartmouth Street	220m
SW1H 9AA	Queen Annes Gate	240m
SW1H 9LH	Tothill Street	284m
SW1H 9BL	Dartmouth Street	287m
SW1P 3JS	The Sanctuary	290m