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The list of postcode areas in the United Kingdom is a tabulation of the postcode areas used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the United Kingdom. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode . [ 1 ]
A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1] Until 1996, Royal Mail required counties to be included in addresses, except for 110 of the larger post towns.
By including the map references of postcodes in the address database, the postcode can be used to pinpoint a postcode area on a map. PAF is updated daily. On its website, Royal Mail publishes summary information about major changes to postcode sectors and postal localities (including post towns).
55.000000; -4.400000. Description British postcode areas map.svg. English: Labelled map of Royal Mail postcode areas of the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies with insets for Manchester and London conurbations. Equirectangular projection with latitude stretching 170%, WGS84 datum. Geographic limits:
Royal Mail (1999). Address Management Guide (6th ed.). "Royal Mail major recode historical information – 2000 to September 2011" (PDF). Royal Mail. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017
Description. British postcode areas and former postal counties.svg. English: Labelled map of Royal Mail postcode areas of the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies with insets for Manchester and London conurbations, together with former postal counties . Equirectangular projection with latitude stretching 170%, WGS84 datum.
Summary. Description. HR postcode area map.svg. English: Labelled map of Royal Mail postcode districts of the HR postcode area . Indicative postcode districts shown in red, post towns shown in grey. Equirectangular projection with latitude stretching 160%, WGS84 datum. Geographic limits: Main 1:259,000 map: West: 3.294W.
The London postal district is the area in England of 241 square miles (620 km 2) to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered. The General Post Office under the control of the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history it has been subject to reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units, with the early ...