| Postcode | WC1B 3BL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | London | 
| Nearest station | Holborn (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | British Museum (E) Museum Street (E) Museum Street (W) New Oxford Street  High Holborn (W) Montague Street (N) Bedford Place (N) | 
| London travel zone | 1 | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 51.518666 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.124801 | |
| Easting | 530205 | |
| Northing | 181638 | |
| Grid reference | TQ302816 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 699475 5711424 | |
| what3words | holds.cool.voice | |
| FixPhrase | cringing magnesium seventeen unwelcome | |
| Plus code | 9C3XGV9G+F3 | |
| Altitude | 34 metres (113 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:53 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 37.8 KMs (23.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Camden, unparished area | E43000197 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Bloomsbury | E05013653 | 
| London Borough | Camden | E09000007 | 
| County | Greater London | E11000009 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Holborn and St Pancras | E14001290 | 
| MP | Sir Keir Starmer | Labour | 
| Police force | Metropolitan Police | |
| Water company | Thames Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Camden | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Inner London - West | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | London | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Camden | E63011985 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00004559 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 3B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Camden 028C | E01000918 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Camden 028C | E01000918 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South | E02000193 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South | E02000193 | 
| Travel to work area | London | E30000234 | 
| Average property price in Central London | £824,608 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -4.1% |