WC2H 8HL maps, stats, and open data

WC2H 8HL is located in the Holborn & Covent Garden 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.

WC2H 8HL maps

WC2H 8HL map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

WC2H 8HL map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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WC2H 8HL geodata

Easting	529982
Northing	181092
Latitude	51.513808
Longitude	-0.128211

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is WC2H 8HL?

Country	England
Postcode District	WC2H
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WC2H 8HL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WC2H 8HL 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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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Holborn & Covent Garden
Constituency	Holborn And St Pancras

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WC2H 8HL

January 2024	Theft from the person	On or near New Compton Street	122m
January 2024	Drugs	On or near Nightclub	210m
January 2024	Other theft	On or near Nightclub	210m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WC2H 8HL

Cambridge Circus	Soho	28m
Cambridge Circus (Charing Cross Road)	Soho	82m
Denmark Street (Charing Cross Road)	Soho	125m
Cambridge Circus (Charing Cross Road)	Soho	148m
Tottenham Court Road	Tottenham Court Road	194m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to WC2H 8HL

Leicester Square Underground Station	Leicester Square	270m
Covent Garden Underground Station	Covent Garden	274m
Tottenham Court Road Underground Station	Tottenham Court Road	329m
Piccadilly Circus Underground Station	Piccadilly Circus	570m
Holborn Underground Station	Holborn	681m

Nearest railway stations to WC2H 8HL

London Charing Cross Station	0.7km
London Waterloo Station	1.6km
London Euston Station	1.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in WC2H 8HL (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 limitations in WC2H 8HL (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%

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WC2H 8HL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WC2H 8HL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	98,455
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,065
Median (kWh/meter)	5,944

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WC2H 8HL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WC2H 8HL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

60.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than WC2H 8HL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WC2H 8HL (meters)

Chick N Sours

1a Earlham Street

12m

Bali Bali

150 Shaftesbury Avenue

12m

COMMON GRIND-SHAFTSBURY

125 Shaftesbury Avenue

44m

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Nearest post box to WC2H 8HL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Shaftesbury Avenue (Neal St)	18:30	12:00	207m
Upper St Martins Lane	18:30	12:00	208m
Charing X Road (Goslett Yd)	18:30	12:00	209m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to WC2H 8HL

Facility	Distance
Another_space (Covent Garden) (Closed) Tower Street, London Studio	59m
Oasis Sports Centre Endell Street, London Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym, Studio, Squash Courts	261m
Nuffield Health (Covent Garden) Odhams Walk, London Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	279m

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Nearest schools to WC2H 8HL

School	Phase of Education	Distance
The Royal Ballet School 46 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DA	Not applicable	337m
Soho Parish CofE Primary School 23 Great Windmill Street, London, W1D 7LF	Primary	487m
Ecole Jeannine Manuel 43-45 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 3DN	Not applicable	512m

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WC2H 8HL ITL and WC2H 8HL 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 WC2H 8HL:

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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WC2H 8HL 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 WC2H 8HL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00004530
LSOA	E01000919	Camden 028D
MSOA	E02000193	Camden 028

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WC2H 8HL

WC2H 8JA	Shaftesbury Avenue	13m
WC2H 8AD	Shaftesbury Avenue	45m
WC2H 9RY	Earlham Street	50m
WC2H 9RZ	Earlham Street	50m
WC2H 9QS	Mercer Street	58m
WC2H 9NP	Tower Street	59m
WC2H 9LN	Earlham Street	59m
WC2H 0JE	Charing Cross Road	66m
WC2H 8HD	Shaftesbury Avenue	75m
WC2H 9NU	Tower Court	78m

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