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WC1H Bloomsbury — Family Area Report

Bloomsbury · Camden

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Camden£1,963/yr
Family densityVery low · Under 16%8.8% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

WC1H is the London postcode area covering Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 49 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is King's Cross in 13 min on the morning rush. 8.8% of households here have dependent children — very low.

What borough is WC1H in?

WC1H is in the London Borough of Camden. Its representative postcode sits in the Bloomsbury ward. On our family-life index, WC1H scores 36/100 against every other London postcode we cover.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density0
Commute70

Schools

49 within 1 mile

There are 49 schools within a mile of WC1H — 8 primary and 3 secondary among the top matches. Edith Neville Primary School is the top-rated near-neighbour, 745m away with a Outstanding (pre-2024 Ofsted) inspection.

  • Argyle Primary School

    Primary · 269 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    229m

  • Thomas Coram Centre

    Nursery · 105 pupils

    360m

  • Capital City College

    16 plus

    462m

  • School of Oriental and African Studies

    Higher education institutions

    569m

  • University College London

    Higher education institutions

    607m

  • Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ

    Secondary · 738 pupils

    627m

  • Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH

    Special

    647m

  • Birkbeck College

    Higher education institutions

    651m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

WC1H is one of the safer London postcodes we cover, scoring 100/100 on safety. The Met logged 0 incidents here in May 2026.

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    11
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    19

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Excellent · Under 25 min
    Waterloo
    28 min
    via 1 bus
    King's CrossFastest
    13 min
    via 1 bus
    Liverpool Street
    26 min
    via Metropolitan
    Canary Wharf
    43 min
    via Metropolitan & Elizabeth line
    Paddington
    35 min
    via Circle + 1 bus
    Victoria
    30 min
    via Victoria

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: King's Cross in 13 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode WC1H. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    WC1H — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Bloomsbury, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    What London borough is WC1H in?
    WC1H is in the London Borough of Camden. Its representative postcode falls in the Bloomsbury ward. WC1H scores 36/100 on our family-life index against every other London postcode we cover.
    Is WC1H a good area for families?
    WC1H (Bloomsbury, Camden) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in WC1H?
    There are 49 schools within a mile of WC1H, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. WC1H scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is WC1H?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in WC1H in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, WC1H scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from WC1H to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from WC1H is King's Cross in about 13 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in WC1H?
    8.8% of households in WC1H's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as very low (Under 16%) versus the rest of London.

    Areas near WC1H

    The closest postcodes to WC1H we cover are NW1 (Regent's Park, ~1.5km), W1F (West End, ~1.6km), EC1V (Bunhill, ~1.9km) and N1 (St Mary's & St James', ~2.3km). Families weighing WC1H usually shortlist one or two of these — open a full report or compare them side-by-side below.

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