The typical property in WC1A
WC1A covers New Oxford Street, parts of Bloomsbury and the Holborn / Covent Garden edge, a small central London Camden / Islington outcode with substantial commercial uses around High Holborn and limited residential stock.
Area summary
WC1A is a small Camden / Islington outcode covering the New Oxford Street / Bloomsbury south-west / Holborn / Covent Garden north edge. The British Museum is in adjacent WC1B. The Centre Point tower (Grade II listed, 1966, converted from office to luxury apartments by Almacantar in 2018) sits in W1D / WC1A boundary. Housing is limited, dominated by Georgian terraced and Victorian mansion-block stock above ground-floor commercial. Centre Point apartments are one of the few high-rise residential schemes.
Tottenham Court Road (Central, Elizabeth Line, Northern) and Holborn (Central, Piccadilly) stations serve the outcode.
What the data shows
Researched facts
Buyer notes
- Limited residential stock
- Bloomsbury conservation area restricts external alterations
- Building Safety Act exposure on Centre Point apartments
The full WC1A data page
Sold price history, crime totals, EPC distribution, council tax bands and more, pulled live from HM Land Registry, Police UK and the EPC Register.
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