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WC1A 2LP lies on Bloomsbury Square in London. WC1A 2LP is located in the Bloomsbury electoral ward, within the London borough of Camden and the English Parliamentary constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS North Central London ICB - 93C and the police force is Metropolitan Police. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is WC1A 2LP?

Street	Bloomsbury Square
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	WC1A

WC1A 2LP Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC1A 2LP as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	20m	66ft

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	Bloomsbury
Constituency	Holborn And St Pancras

Transport

Nearest bus stops to WC1A 2LP

British Museum (Great Russell Street)	Holborn	70m
Bloomsbury Square	Holborn	95m
Bloomsbury Square	Holborn	122m
Museum Street (Bloomsbury Way)	Holborn	126m
Museum Street	Holborn	151m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC1A 2LP

Holborn Underground Station	Holborn	233m
Russell Square Underground Station	Russell Square	505m
Tottenham Court Road Underground Station	Tottenham Court Road	539m
Covent Garden Underground Station	Covent Garden	612m
Goodge Street Underground Station	Goodge Street	791m

Nearest railway stations to WC1A 2LP

London Charing Cross Station	1.2km
Farringdon (London) Station	1.3km
London Euston Station	1.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in WC1A 2LP (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 WC1A 2LP (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	15.9Mbps
Average download speed	26.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	1.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.27Mbps

Broadband limitations in WC1A 2LP (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%

WC1A 2LP gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WC1A 2LP by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	107,134
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,121
Median (kWh/meter)	1,709

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	190,888
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,965
Median (kWh/meter)	4,638

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WC1A 2LP, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in WC1A 2LP.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

57.9% of English postcodes are less deprived than WC1A 2LP:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WC1A 2LP (metres)

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Nearest post box to WC1A 2LP

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Bloomsbury Square (Bedford Pl)	18:30	12:00	95m
High Holborn	18:30		178m
High Holborn (Southampton Pl)	18:30	12:00	180m

WC1A 2LP ITL and WC1A 2LP 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 WC1A 2LP:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLI	London
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLI3	Inner London - West
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLI31	Camden and City of London
LAU 1 Code	Name
E09000007	Camden

WC1A 2LP 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 WC1A 2LP:

	Code	Name
OA	E00004558
LSOA	E01000918	Camden 028C
MSOA	E02000193	Camden 028

Nearest postcodes to WC1A 2LP

WC1A 2JX	Bury Place	42m
WC1A 2JR	Galen Place	44m
WC1A 2TA	Bloomsbury Square	44m
WC1A 2JU	Bury Place	45m
WC1A 2JS	Bury Place	59m
WC1B 3BP	Great Russell Street	65m
WC1B 3BN	Great Russell Street	69m
WC1A 2JB	Bury Place	75m
WC1A 2LD	Bury Place	86m
WC1A 2JA	Bury Place	88m