W1A 4PE

West End · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
W1A
Postcode sector
W1A 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W1S 2YF 8 m
W1S 2YG 8 m
W1S 2EH 19 m
W1S 2YQ 21 m
W1S 2YH 32 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W1A 4PE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 October 1984
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W1A
Postcode sector
W1A 4
Latitude
51.511411
Longitude
-0.142436
British National Grid easting
529,000
British National Grid northing
180,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Electoral ward
West End · E05013808
Parish or community
E43000236
Output area
E00175196
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 013G · E01035716
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 013 · E02000972

Postcode source versions

Explore W1A

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
390
Primary
169
Secondary
36
  1. Soho Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    561 m
  2. University of Westminster

    Higher education institutions

    602 m
  3. St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    604 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58,263
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 16,972
  • Other theft 13,034
  • Violence and sexual offences 7,313
  • Shoplifting 6,941
  • Anti social behaviour 2,898

Planning applications

Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.

Available records
648
Records since 17 September 2020
150
Latest available record date
29 August 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.

Latest available applications

  1. 2025/3736/P Date not supplied 988 m away

    Details to discharge Condition 20 (Air Quality - Dust Risk Assessment Report) and Condition 21a (Air Quality Monitoring) of planning reference 2024/5408/P dated 31/07/25 for remodelling, refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide Use Class E commercial and retail space, amenity terraces, a new public route, relocated entrances, cycle parking, servicing and rooftop plant along with associated highway, landscaping and public realm improvements and other associated works.

    125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  2. 2025/1707/A Date not supplied 997 m away

    Display of 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign on ground floor shopfront.

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  3. 2025/1712/P Date not supplied 997 m away

    Alterations at ground floor level to open up existing window opening on side wall on Colville Place elevation and replace glass in existing timber window frame with opaque, grey-tinted glass and alterations to make the window permanently fixed shut. (REVISED DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND DRAWINGS FOR RECONSULTATION PURPOSES - THIS INCLUDES OMISSION OF FIXED BENCH SEATING AND AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE OPAQUE & TINTED GLASS TO EXISTING SIDE WINDOW WHICH WILL BE PERMANENTLY FIXED SHUT).

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  4. 2025/1697/P Date not supplied 997 m away

    Alterations to ground floor shopfront, including installation of retractable canvas awning and aluminium frame sliding door with fixed glazing panel. (REVISED DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND DRAWINGS FOR RECONSULTATION PURPOSES - THIS INCLUDES OMISSION OF STEEL BALUSTRADE AND REVISED SLIDING DOOR ARRANGEMENT).

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  5. 2025/2680/P Date not supplied 984 m away

    Installation of three glazed balustrades across the existing double-doors on the front facade.

    12 Stephen Mews London W1T 1AH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  6. 2025/1605/P Date not supplied 998 m away

    Installation of plant on third floor roof along with acoustic screen and other works incidental to the application proposals

    1 Stephen Street London W1T 1AL

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  7. 2024/5376/P Date not supplied 986 m away

    Internal alterations and refurbishment to upper flat, including addition of a mezzanine to rear studio and replacement of rear roof structure, installation of an air source heat pump and solar panels to facilitate the ongoing use of the property as a family dwelling (C3)

    Upper Flat 28 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NF

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  8. 2024/5569/L Date not supplied 986 m away

    Internal alterations and refurbishment to upper flat, including addition of a mezzanine to rear studio and replacement of rear roof structure, installation of an air source heat pump and solar panels to facilitate the ongoing use of the property as a family dwelling (C3)

    Upper Flat 28 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NF

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  9. 2024/5617/P Date not supplied 959 m away

    Variation of conditions 3 (approved drawings), 7 (materials samples), 8 (cycle parking) and 10 (PV panels) of 2016/5190/P dated 30/06/2017 (as later amended by non-material amendment 2018/0403/P dated 28/02/2018 and planning permissions 2018/3308/P dated 18/09/2018 and 2024/2311/P dated 18/12/2024) for: (Erection of 2 storey roof extension with garden room and terrace at rooftop level to provide 2 x 2 bedroom flats) NAMELY, to make changes to internal layouts, cladding , windows and rooflights; extend the lightwell fire escape and create a new access door to enclosed walkway at 6th floor; relocation of plant and new plant and screen within enclosed external stairwell void; other ancillary external alterations at the upper levels.

    104-110 Phoenix House Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0JN

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  10. 2025/0929/A Date not supplied 984 m away

    Display of 2 x internally illuminated projecting signs (retrospective).

    126 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0LA

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  11. 2025/0827/P Date not supplied 976 m away

    Replacement of shopfront and installation of flue vent to rooftop and lightwell elevation (retrospective).

    126 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0LA

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  12. 2025/1648/P Decision dated 29 August 2025 965 m away

    Replacement of aluminium double glazed windows and French balcony doors on the front, side and rear elevations, on the first, second and third floors.

    Phillips House 52 Goodge Street London W1T 4LZ

    London Borough of Camden Granted

Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.

GP practices

138

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    585 m

  • GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87772

    810 m

  • SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE

    1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W1D 3QS

    ODS code E87069

    810 m

  • SOHO SQUARE GENERAL PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87714

    810 m

  • FITZROVIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    31 FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, W1T 6EU

    ODS code E87066

    1.2 km

  • COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA

    ODS code E87045

    1.3 km

  • RIDGMOUNT PRACTICE

    8 RIDGMOUNT STREET, LONDON, WC1E 7AA

    ODS code F83043

    1.3 km

  • GOWER STREET PRACTICE

    20 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6DP

    ODS code F83005

    1.3 km

  • MUSEUM PRACTICE

    58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA

    ODS code F83061

    1.4 km

  • CAVENDISH HEALTH CENTRE

    LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 15 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5JD

    ODS code E87745

    1.4 km

  • MARYLEBONE HEALTH CENTRE

    17 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5LT

    ODS code E87737

    1.4 km

  • CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE

    41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL

    ODS code E87037

    1.5 km

  • CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY

    95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ

    ODS code E87070

    1.6 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ

    ODS code E87768

    1.7 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.9 km

  • CAMDEN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE

    THE MARGARETE CENTRE, 108 HAMPSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, NW1 2LS

    ODS code Y02674

    1.9 km

  • ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ

    ODS code F83672

    1.9 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.9 km

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    1.9 km

  • BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTRE UHPC

    39 BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON, WC1N 1AF

    ODS code F83048

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 138 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Conduit Street / New Bond Street

    BCT · Mayfair

    0.0 miles
  • Conduit Street / Savile Row

    BCT · Oxford Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Savile Row

    BCT · Oxford Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Berkeley Square

    BCT · Mayfair

    0.1 miles
  • Conduit Street / Hamleys Toy Store

    BCT · Soho

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 013G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,000 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

390 open schools are in scope, including 169 primary and 36 secondary schools. Soho Parish CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 561 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

58,263 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4,855.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 16,972 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.