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WC2B 5HZ lies on Russell Street in London. WC2B 5HZ 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.

Where is WC2B 5HZ?

Street	Russell Street
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	WC2B

WC2B 5HZ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC2B 5HZ 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	St James's
Constituency	Cities Of London And Westminster

Transport

Nearest bus stops to WC2B 5HZ

Covent Garden Russell Street	Covent Garden	63m
Covent Garden Catherine Street (Catherine Street)	Covent Garden	151m
Aldwych	Temple	174m
Aldwych	Temple	177m
Savoy Street	Covent Garden	187m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC2B 5HZ

Covent Garden Underground Station	Covent Garden	218m
Leicester Square Underground Station	Leicester Square	488m
Temple Underground Station	Temple	527m
Embankment Underground Station	Embankment	589m
Holborn Underground Station	Holborn	591m

Nearest railway stations to WC2B 5HZ

London Charing Cross Station	0.5km
London Waterloo Station	1.2km
City Thameslink Station	1.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in WC2B 5HZ (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 limitations in WC2B 5HZ (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%

Deprivation

82.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than WC2B 5HZ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WC2B 5HZ (metres)

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Nearest post box to WC2B 5HZ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Russell Street (Bow St)	18:30	12:00	28m
So'ton Street (Tavistock St)	18:30	12:00	129m
Savoy Street (Savoy Hill)	18:30	12:00	233m

WC2B 5HZ ITL and WC2B 5HZ 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 WC2B 5HZ:

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

WC2B 5HZ 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 WC2B 5HZ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00023932
LSOA	E01004735	Westminster 018B
MSOA	E02000977	Westminster 018

Nearest postcodes to WC2B 5HZ

WC2E 8AA	The Piazza	16m
WC2E 7BN	Wellington Street	26m
WC2E 7BD	Wellington Street	63m
WC2B 5JS	Catherine Street	78m
WC2E 7PS	Tavistock Street	80m
WC2E 7PZ	Burleigh Street	89m
WC2E 7NZ	Tavistock Street	93m
WC2E 7DT	Exeter Street	94m
WC2E 8BE	Jubilee Market	102m
WC2E 7PB	Tavistock Street	102m