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WC1H 8BP lies on Birkenhead Street in London. WC1H 8BP 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 8BP?

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

WC1H 8BP Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC1H 8BP 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 8BP

Swinton Street	Pentonville	67m
Swinton Street	Pentonville	157m
King's Cross St. Pancras	King's Cross	182m
Acton Street (Gray's Inn Road)	St Pancras	200m
Acton Street	St Pancras	206m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC1H 8BP

King's Cross St. Pancras Underground Station	King's Cross	252m
Russell Square Underground Station	Russell Square	689m
Euston Underground Station	Euston	898m
Euston Square Underground Station	Euston Square	1,098m
Angel Underground Station	Angel	1,121m

Nearest railway stations to WC1H 8BP

London Kings Cross Station	0.3km
London St Pancras International LL Station	0.6km
London St Pancras International Station	0.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in WC1H 8BP (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 8BP (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	77.4Mbps
Average download speed	96.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	20.0Mbps
Average upload speed	20.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WC1H 8BP (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 8BP gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	186,436
Meter count	24
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,768
Median (kWh/meter)	7,875

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	52,922
Meter count	23
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,301
Median (kWh/meter)	2,266

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WC1H 8BP, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in WC1H 8BP.
• 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 8BP:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to WC1H 8BP

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Grays Inn Road (Swinton St)	18:30	12:00	83m
Grays Inn Road (Sidmouth St)	18:30	12:00	282m
Kings Cross Road (Britannia St)	18:30	12:00	312m

WC1H 8BP ITL and WC1H 8BP 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 8BP:

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 8BP 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 8BP:

	Code	Name
OA	E00004663
LSOA	E01000939	Camden 024C
MSOA	E02000189	Camden 024

Nearest postcodes to WC1H 8BP

WC1H 8EF	Argyle Street	26m
WC1H 8BL	Birkenhead Street	33m
WC1H 8AS	Argyle Square	59m
WC1H 8DY	Cromer Street	60m
WC1H 8BJ	Birkenhead Street	65m
WC1H 8DU	Cromer Street	67m
WC1H 8EA	Cromer Street	71m
WC1X 8QF	Grays Inn Road	72m
WC1H 8EB	Argyle Street	80m
WC1H 8AP	Argyle Square	87m