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WC1H 8BJ lies on Birkenhead Street in London. WC1H 8BJ is located in the King's Cross 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 WC1H 8BJ?

Street	Birkenhead Street
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	WC1H

WC1H 8BJ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC1H 8BJ 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	King's Cross
Constituency	Holborn And St Pancras

Transport

Nearest bus stops to WC1H 8BJ

Swinton Street	Pentonville	92m
King's Cross St. Pancras	King's Cross	121m
King's Cross St. Pancras (Euston Road)	King's Cross	160m
King's Cross St. Pancras (Euston Road)	King's Cross	168m
Kings Cross Caledonian Road (Pentonville Road)	Pentonville	173m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC1H 8BJ

King's Cross St. Pancras Underground Station	King's Cross	187m
Russell Square Underground Station	Russell Square	731m
Euston Underground Station	Euston	871m
Euston Square Underground Station	Euston Square	1,084m
Angel Underground Station	Angel	1,136m

Nearest railway stations to WC1H 8BJ

London Kings Cross Station	0.2km
London St Pancras International LL Station	0.5km
London St Pancras International Station	0.5km

Broadband

Broadband access in WC1H 8BJ (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	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in WC1H 8BJ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	100.0Mbps
Average download speed	127.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.6Mbps
Average upload speed	10.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WC1H 8BJ (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%

WC1H 8BJ gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WC1H 8BJ by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	214,011
Meter count	25
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,560
Median (kWh/meter)	8,510

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	64,945
Meter count	25
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,598
Median (kWh/meter)	2,602

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WC1H 8BJ, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in WC1H 8BJ.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

86.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than WC1H 8BJ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WC1H 8BJ (metres)

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Nearest post box to WC1H 8BJ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Grays Inn Road (Swinton St)	18:30	12:00	123m
Judd Street (Bidborough St)	18:30	12:00	303m
Kings Cross Road (Britannia St)	18:30	12:00	324m

WC1H 8BJ ITL and WC1H 8BJ 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 WC1H 8BJ:

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

WC1H 8BJ 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 WC1H 8BJ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00004658
LSOA	E01000939	Camden 024C
MSOA	E02000189	Camden 024

Nearest postcodes to WC1H 8BJ

WC1H 8BL	Birkenhead Street	32m
WC1H 8BH	Birkenhead Street	34m
WC1H 8AS	Argyle Square	40m
WC1H 8BP	Birkenhead Street	65m
WC1X 8QJ	Grays Inn Road	65m
WC1H 8BD	St Chad's Street	66m
WC1X 8QF	Grays Inn Road	67m
WC1X 8QP	Grays Inn Road	68m
WC1H 8EF	Argyle Street	72m
WC1H 8BB	Birkenhead Street	83m