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WC2B 5SS lies on Drury Lane in London. WC2B 5SS 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 5SS?

Street	Drury Lane
Town/City	London
Country	England
Postcode District	WC2B

WC2B 5SS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC2B 5SS 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 5SS

Covent Garden Russell Street	Covent Garden	116m
Aldwych Drury Lane	Temple	120m
Aldwych Kingsway	Temple	126m
Aldwych	Temple	126m
Covent Garden Catherine Street (Catherine Street)	Covent Garden	130m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC2B 5SS

Covent Garden Underground Station	Covent Garden	330m
Temple Underground Station	Temple	463m
Holborn Underground Station	Holborn	467m
Leicester Square Underground Station	Leicester Square	646m
Embankment Underground Station	Embankment	736m

Nearest railway stations to WC2B 5SS

London Charing Cross Station	0.7km
City Thameslink Station	1.1km
London Blackfriars Station	1.2km

Broadband

Broadband access in WC2B 5SS (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 WC2B 5SS (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	60.0Mbps
Average download speed	53.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	79.98Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	15.0Mbps
Average upload speed	12.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WC2B 5SS (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%

WC2B 5SS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WC2B 5SS by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	12,094
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,728
Median (kWh/meter)	1

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	4,501
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	750
Median (kWh/meter)	5

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WC2B 5SS, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in WC2B 5SS.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

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

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to WC2B 5SS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Russell Street (Bow St)	18:30	12:00	150m
Lincolns Inn Fields	18:30		260m
Lincolns Inn Fields			261m

WC2B 5SS ITL and WC2B 5SS 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 5SS:

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 5SS 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 5SS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00023930
LSOA	E01004735	Westminster 018B
MSOA	E02000977	Westminster 018

Nearest postcodes to WC2B 5SS

WC2E 7NT	Tavistock Street	29m
WC2B 5ST	Drury Lane	34m
WC2E 7NU	Tavistock Street	49m
WC2B 4AY	Kean Street	63m
WC2B 5SN	Drury Lane	65m
WC2B 4AZ	Kean Street	71m
WC2E 7NX	Tavistock Street	85m
WC2B 6XF	Kingsway	95m
WC2B 5EX	Crown Court	107m
WC2B 5JS	Catherine Street	117m