London WC postcode area
WC
Postcode area	WC
Postcode area name	London WC
Post towns	1
Postcode districts	15
Postcode sectors	45
Postcodes (live)	3,512
Postcodes (total)	7,033
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The WC (Western Central) postcode area, also known as the London WC postcode area^[2], is a group of postcode districts in central London, England. It includes parts of the London Borough of Camden, City of Westminster, London Borough of Islington and a very small part of the City of London. The area covered is of very high density development. Deliveries for WC1 and WC2 (and for W1) come from the Rathbone Place office.

The current postcode districts are relatively recent divisions of the WC1 and WC2 districts established in 1917. Where the districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, they continue to be commonly grouped into these two 'districts'.

Contents 1 Coverage 2 Adjacent areas 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
WC1A	LONDON	New Oxford Street	Camden
WC1B	LONDON	Bloomsbury, British Museum	Camden
WC1E	LONDON	University College London	Camden
WC1H	LONDON	St Pancras	Camden
WC1N	LONDON	Great Ormond Street Hospital	Camden
WC1R	LONDON	Gray's Inn	Camden
WC1V	LONDON	High Holborn	Camden, City of London
WC1X	LONDON	Kings Cross, Finsbury (west)	Camden, Islington
WC2A	LONDON	Lincoln's Inn Fields, Royal Courts of Justice	Camden, Westminster, City of London
WC2B	LONDON	Drury Lane, Aldwych	Camden, Westminster
WC2E	LONDON	Covent Garden	Westminster
WC2H	LONDON	Leicester Square	Camden, Westminster
WC2N	LONDON	Charing Cross	Westminster
WC2R	LONDON	Somerset House	Westminster
WC99	LONDON	non-geographic

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - EC (London EC) - SE (London SE) - SW (London SW) - W (London W) - NW (London NW) - N (London N) .

Adjacent postcode areas NW N W WC EC SW SE

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°07′W / 51.52°N 0.12°W / 51.52; -0.12