Holborn & Covent Garden · Camden · Holborn and St Pancras constituency · 51.52183, -0.11389
WC1X 8PS— Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden Location and area intelligence for WC1X 8PS, Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden The practical family move
Top 8% London Schools 100% Safety 76/100 Transport 72/100
Best for: Families, Commuters, Investors, Young professionals
Investment-grade — strong yield and growth signals
WC1X 8PS 76 Liveability 76 Safety 72 Transport
Families Schools, safety, green space, family amenities Match: Strong Professionals Commute, connectivity, restaurants, gyms Match: Strong Investors Yield, gentrification, liquidity, pipeline Match: Moderate First-time buyers Affordability, mortgage, stamp duty, value Match: Moderate Key facts for WC1X 8PS Full postcode WC1X 8PS
Postcode district WC1X
Borough London Borough of Camden
Ward Holborn & Covent Garden
Latitude 51.521834
Longitude -0.113885
Parliamentary constituency Holborn and St Pancras
Country England
Region Greater London
Area Profile & Benchmarks Area identity and London comparisons
Area Identity
Inner city
High Young professionals
Excellent Neutral Risk: Medium
London Benchmarks
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Schools 18 Apr Nearest schools and Ofsted ratings
Excellent for families
★ Top school within 1km
★★★
Primary
Christopher Hatton Primary School
Outstanding · 2 min walk
KS2: 109.3
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Secondary
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Not yet inspected · 15 min walk
P8: +0.26 A8: 54.2
100% of local schools rated Good or Outstanding
Childcare
Childcare
Thomas Coram Centre
Not inspected · 8 min walk
7 primaries · 0 secondaries · 1 childcare — within 1km
Safety 5 Jun Crime rates and local incidents
MEDIUM CRIME
82.2 incidents per 1,000 residents
↑ Rising 62.9% 0% vs borough
Crime by type
Violence & sexual offences 19%
Crime is +27% above London average
Note: high crime per resident is typical of central London postcodes — daytime population is often 5–10× the resident count.
Property Prices, sales volume and market trends
⚠️ Low transaction volume — very few sales recorded. Price figures may not reflect the wider area. Treat with caution.
LHA rates — Inner North London
Shared room £708/mo
1 bedroom £1440/mo
2 bedrooms £1794/mo
3 bedrooms £2160/mo
4 bedrooms £3060/mo
Current mortgage rates
2-year fixed 4.58%
5-year fixed 4.32%
SVR 7.25%
Bank of England (monthly average)
Energy & construction
Solar yield 852 kWh/kWp/yr
BCIS London average 2024. Excludes land value. Use for building insurance sum insured guidance only.
Council tax band Band E Annual charge £1,982
Price growth potential Moderate
Transport 1 May Public transport accessibility and links
🚇 Chancery Lane Underground Station Central line
4.9 min walk 🚂 Farringdon → Farringdon
0 min Nearby stations
🚇 Chancery Lane Underground Station Central
5 min walk 🟣 Farringdon Elizabeth line
8 min walk 🚂 Farringdon National Rail
8 min walk 🚇 Farringdon Underground Station Circle · Hammersmith & City
8 min walk 🚇 Holborn Underground Station Central · Piccadilly
8 min walk 🚌 1 bus routes · 10 stops within 400m · 43 buses/hr peak
Central London commute times
▎ marker = outer-London average per hub. ↓ green = below average. ↑ orange = above average. ≈ grey = at average. · Source: TfL Journey Planner (sector-level)
Parking & EV Car parks, spaces and charging points
Total spaces (800m) 450
Nearest car park 245m
Santander docks (800m) 47
Nearest cycle dock 0.0 km
Nearby car parks
🅿️ Saffron Hill Car Park · yes
484m 🅿️ Bloomsbury Square Car Park 450 spaces · yes
700m
Environment 22 Apr Flood risk, air quality and noise
Surface water NONE
No assessed surface water flood risk Air quality LOW
NO₂: 20.0 µg/m³ · PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Radon risk LOW
2% of local properties affected ULEZ zone · £12.50/day Congestion charge zone ✗ Not Green Belt ✗ Not AONB 12% green space Tree canopy: 37%
Nearest SSSI: Hampstead Heath Woods SSSI — 6.4 km
Energy
Solar: 852 kWh/kWp/yr
Ground stability
Geology: SAND AND GRAVEL
Subsidence risk: Low
Shrink-swell: Low
Running sand risk: Medium
Landslide records (2km): None recorded
Climate Local weather conditions and energy potential
Solar yield 851.7 kWh/kWp/yr
Source: Met Office UK Climate Averages 1991-2020
Health GP, dental and hospital access
BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, SE1 8EE
24 min walk
Nearest hospital Medlabs Diagnostics · 143 m
Nearest A&E UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 1.7 km
A&E 4hr targetNHS target: 95% · London avg: ~68% 79.1%
Amenities Shops, restaurants, parks and more
Nearest supermarket Co-op Food · 9 m
4 tennis courts
Nearby shops
Corner Shop 49 m
Clerkenwell News 163 m
Retail 24 295 m
Meads News 298 m
Nearby cafes
Loaf 114 m
Pho Inn 127 m
Hopper Coffee 130 m
La Casetta Cafe 209 m
Nearby restaurants
Meeting Noodles 31 m
Banh Mi Bay 36 m
Chamisse 38 m
La Cucina Di Daffy 40 m
Nearby pubs
The Yorkshire Grey 34 m
The Lady Ottoline 86 m
The Rabbit Hole 105 m
PimpShuei 136 m
Nearby gyms
PureGym 316 m
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 382 m
Gymbox 481 m
Ozone Health and Fitness Club 500 m
Nearby pharmacies
Boots 573 m
Holborn Pharmacy 602 m
Zen 667 m
Nearby health
Medlabs Diagnostics 143 m
Medical Health Limited 144 m
Med Logistics Properties 146 m
2Me Clinic 148 m
Food hygiene (5-star) 45% of 530
Business Local businesses registered here
Dissolved (last 12 months) 0
Right-to-buy sales (5yr) 198
High street
A High street health
Investment Investment grade, yield and market outlook
Score reflects rental yield, demand & liquidity — not capital appreciation. See Price growth potential below.
Avg monthly rent £2,102 London avg: £1,950/mo
Gentrification score 58/100
Right-to-buy sales (5yr)Above average for outer London — neighbourhood in transition 198
Rental market
Young professional Tenant profile
Future outlook
Strong gentrification momentum Excellent transport access
Infrastructure pipeline
Infrastructure score 38/100
Bakerloo Extension route 3,048m
Crossrail 2 route 990m
Demographics 22 Apr Population, deprivation and income
Decile 5/10
Around average
Index of Multiple Deprivation
Rank: 16,484 nationally
1,623
Est. population
11,564/km²
Inner city High density Young professionals
Employment & lifestyle
Managerial / professional 47%
Routine / semi-routine 12%
No car household 72%
Unemployed 4%
No qualifications 11%
Housing tenure (Census 2021)
Planning Conservation areas and development
Listed buildings (800m) 300
Live planning apps (800m) 50
Major developments (800m) 0
Planning apps (12 months) 20
Planning apps (3 years) 34
Central activities zone Yes
CIL rate (residential) £250/m²
Japanese knotweed sites (400m) 0
Housing pipeline (800m)
Largest scheme 345 homes · Street Record, Royal Mail Phoenix Place, Phoenix Place, Gough Street, Calthorpe Street, London
Named schemes (500m)
Street Record, Royal Mail Phoenix Place, Phoenix Place, Gough Street, Calthorpe Street, London 345 homes
completed GRAYS INN BUILDINGS & RESIDENCES: BOUNDED BY, GRAYS INN BUILDINGS & RESIDENCES: BOUNDED BY, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LAYSTALL STREET, GRAYS INN ROAD, CLERKENWELL ROAD & MOUNT PLEASANT, EC1 104 homes
completed Bourne Estate (south), Bourne Estate (south), Portpool Lane, EC1N 75 homes
completed 7, 7, HIGH HOLBORN, WC1 68 homes
completed Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, Farringdon Road, EC1A 1BB 64 homes
completed
Politics Local councillors and MP
MP Sir Keir Starmer (Labour)
Constituency Holborn and St Pancras
Councillors
Hamza Chowdhury Green
Jim Monahan Green
James White Green
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The bottom line
WC1X 8PS offers exceptional schools (100% Good/Outstanding), low crime and good transport links — strong value for Families and Commuters who can accept its trade-offs.
The catch: very high noise — check proximity to rail lines.
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Data freshness When each data source was last updated
gp 1 May
cqc 8 May
imd 24 Apr
lha 18 Apr
tfl 1 May
prow 21 Apr
ptal 17 Apr
seed 17 Apr
crime 5 Jun
flood 22 Apr
noise 24 Apr
radon 18 Apr
census 25 Apr
mobile 18 Apr
nhs ae 5 Jun
sports 18 Apr
parking 4 May
schools 1 May
streets 18 Apr
planning 1 Jun
amenities 4 May
buildings 18 Apr
bus stops 4 May
elections 9 May
ethnicity 7 Jun
gp survey 18 Apr
green belt 18 Apr
parliament 19 Apr
tfl cycles 2 May
air quality 19 May
bgs geology 18 Apr
councillors 9 May
dfe schools 18 Apr
fsa hygiene 1 May
green space 22 Apr
demographics 22 Apr
voa property 24 Apr
bgs landslide 18 Apr
bus frequency 7 Jun
national rail 1 May
rail services 18 May
rental market 2 Jun
claimant count 18 Apr
water provider 9 Jun
housing pipeline 18 Apr
population density 18 Apr
Trusted official data sources Office for
National Statistics