EC2A 4HT Hackney
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hoxton East & Shoreditch. Region: London.
Streets
- Clifton Street, London: 34 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Hackney in 2026-27: Band D £2,060 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,374 | £1,602 | £1,831 | £2,060 | £2,518 | £2,976 | £3,434 | £4,121 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (32% of about 2,380 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, South Shoreditch (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): A4D Non-residential to residential, Hackney Central Activity Zone, London borough of Hackney.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade I
- CLERGY HOUSE TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II*
- ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH SCHOOL, grade II*
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 110 Clifton Street, not permissioned (10 m)
- 64-80 Clifton Street and 4-8 Holywell Row, not permissioned (90 m)
- 110 Tabernacle Street, not permissioned (210 m)
- 1 Vince Street EC1V 9HB, permissioned (380 m)
- Telephone Exchange, Shoreditch High Street, not permissioned (410 m)
- Bishopsgate Goods Yard, pending decision (540 m)
- Bishopsgate Goods Yard, pending decision (540 m)
- 5th and 6th floor, 16-26 Banner Street: up to 6 homes, permissioned (630 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Old Street 6.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 490 m |
| Shoreditch High Street 7.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 500 m | |
| London Liverpool Street 98 million journeys in 2024–25 | 630 m | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Old Street Underground Station | 450 m |
| Liverpool Street Underground Station | 700 m | |
| Moorgate Underground Station | 730 m | |
| Bus stops | 22 stops within 400 m, 83 within 800 m; nearest Curtain Road Shoreditch | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | London St Pancras Megabusplus | 3.1 km |
| Ferry terminal | Tower Pier Tower Hill | 1.8 km |
| Car parks | 9 within 800 m; nearest Hearn Street Car Park | 240 m |
| EV charging points | 32 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge | 50 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 9.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 26.9 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 2% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 2% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 23% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 76% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 2% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 68% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | under 1% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 85% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 80% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 3% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 62% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Clifton Street.