Property market
The five-year median is £370,000 from 1 recorded sale in WC2B 5EF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Camden is £833,067 in June 2026, down 7.1% year on year.
Holborn & Covent Garden · Camden · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon Buildings, Flat 2, Newton Street, London, WC2B 5EF | 29 May 2024 | £370,000 |
| Wimbledon Buildings, Flat 2, Newton Street, London, WC2B 5EF | 12 March 2018 | £399,950 |
| Wimbledon Buildings, Flat 6, Newton Street, London, WC2B 5EF | 21 October 2014 | £495,306 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
City Lit
Further education
Guildhouse School
Other independent school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
9 female, 4 male
73 residents
112 residents
258 residents
260 residents
124 residents
This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WC2B 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
Extensions and alterations including removal of rooftop plant and additional of an additional storey on west side (adjacent to Leather Lane); on the east side (Holborn/Hatton Garden) retention of 10 storeys with rooftop plant and terraces. Facade renewal (replacement of stone cladding with metal cladding and replacement window (bays), provision of new balconies on Holborn Circus elevation. Ground and lower ground floor re-configurations to provide re-configured commercial and retail floorspace (Class E), affordable jewellery workspace and/or competitive socialising (sui generis) on lower ground floor, reconfiguration of entrances and servicing arrangements, new hard and soft landscaping, provision of cycle parking and other ancillary works.
120 Holborn London Camden EC1N 2TD
Non-material amendments to planning permission 2022/4361/P, granted subject to a legal agreement on 09/08/2023, for extensions and alterations including an additional storey with a pavilion and terraces on top and rear (south) extensions to all upper floors with terraces. Proposed amendments are at roof level and on rear elevation and include realignment of windows, with some louvres added, amendments to the roof interfaces (at the gables), amended/additional plant on the roof and setting back of the roof balustrade (east elevation)
21 Bloomsbury Street London Camden WC1B 3HF
Installation of new shopfront in association with use of entire building for retail and internal alterations/upgrades to all floors
59 St Giles High Street London Camden WC2H 8LH
Installation of new shopfront in association with use of entire building for retail (See also 2025/3210/L for the same development together with internal alterations/upgrades to Listed building)
59 St Giles High Street London Camden WC2H 8LH
Details to discharge Conditions 5a (details of facing materials) and 5b (fire escape stair railings) of listed building consent 2023/4902/L dated 30/7/24 for 'Extension of basement, conversion of front part of building at second and third floor levels from commercial/office space to create 2 x studio dwellings; second floor rear extension, and internal and external alterations.'.
25 Old Gloucester Street London WC1N 3AF
Installation of plaque at first floor level to Mercer Street elevation.
Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street London WC2H 9HU
The replacement of light fittings on ground and first floor levels.
German Historical Institute 17 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NJ
External alterations to ground floor front elevation, comprising installation of two retractable awnings, two drinks shelves and replacement double doors.
27 Museum Street London WC1A 1LH
Alterations to the east and west courtyards and the footpaths including creation of dropped kerbs and changes to pavement levels and steps and installation of bench seats to retaining walls.
University Of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
Installation of rainwater pipe and hopper onto sloping roof
Flat 14 Seven Dials Court 3 Shorts Gardens London WC2H 9AT
Installation of acoustic enclosures for previously unauthorised air conditioning units. New acoustic enclosures will be installed for the previously unauthorized extractor fan. Relocation and replacement of the previously unauthorized ventilation fan and ducting will be conducted.
35 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8PG
Infill of existing voids and erection of projecting extensions at second and third floors on Macklin Street frontage, to provide additional office (Class E) accomodation.
New London House 172 Drury Lane London WC2B 5QR
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.
128
within 5 km
47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA
ODS code E87045
317 m
58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA
ODS code F83061
363 m
TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ
ODS code F83672
517 m
3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ
ODS code E87768
526 m
64-66 LAMBS CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3NA
ODS code F83058
677 m
20 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6DP
ODS code F83005
713 m
4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ
ODS code E87772
758 m
1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W1D 3QS
ODS code E87069
758 m
1ST FLOOR, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ
ODS code E87714
758 m
8 RIDGMOUNT STREET, LONDON, WC1E 7AA
ODS code F83043
813 m
77 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, WC1X 8TS
ODS code F83042
851 m
39 BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON, WC1N 1AF
ODS code F83048
885 m
1 HANDEL STREET, LONDON, WC1N 1PD
ODS code F83044
1.0 km
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83624
1.3 km
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83678
1.3 km
31 FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, W1T 6EU
ODS code E87066
1.4 km
4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB
ODS code F83652
1.5 km
77-83 CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY
ODS code F83635
1.6 km
CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY
ODS code F83683
1.6 km
BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE
ODS code G85642
1.6 km
Showing 20 of 128 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Holborn Station
BCT · Holborn
Holborn Station
BCT · Holborn
High Holborn
BCT · Holborn
Kingsway / Holborn Station
BCT · Holborn
Holborn Station
TMU · Holborn
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Camden 028C, 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
12,105 of 33,755
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.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
The five-year median is £370,000 from 1 recorded sale in WC2B 5EF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Camden is £833,067 in June 2026, down 7.1% year on year.
388 open schools are in scope, including 174 primary and 49 secondary schools. St Josephs Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 40 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
57,577 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4,798.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 16,186 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.