Postcode areas
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There are 121 postcode areas in the UK, identified by one or two
letters, plus three for the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The following
list shows them in order of code.
ABerdeen
saint ALbans
Birmingham
BAth
BlackBurn
BraDford
BournemoutH
BoLton
BrightoN
BRomley
BriStol
BelfasT
CArlisle
CamBridge
CardifF
CHester
ChelMsford
COlchester
CRoydon
CanTerbury
CoVentry
CreWe
DArtford
DunDee
DErby
Dumfries and Galloway
DurHam
DarLington
DoNcaster
DorchesTer
DudleY
london East
london East Central
EdinburgH
ENfield
EXeter
FalkirK
FYlde
Glasgow
GLoucester
GUildford
GuernseY
HArrow
HuDdersfield
HarroGate
Hemel hemPstead
HeReford
outer HebrideS
HUll
HalifaX
Ilford and barkinG
Isle of Man
IPswich
InVerness
JErsey
Kilmarnock and Ayr
Kingston-upon-Thames
KirkWall
KirkcaldY
Liverpool
LAncaster
LlandrindoD wells
LEicester
LLandudno
LincolN
LeedS
LUton
Manchester
MEdway
Milton Keynes
MotherwelL
london North
NEwcastle-upon-tyne
NottinGham
NorthamptoN
NewPort gwent
NoRwich
london NorthWest
OLdham
OXford
PAisley
PEterborough
PertH
PLymouth
POrtsmouth
PReston
ReadinG
RedHill
RoMford
Sheffield
SwanseA
london SouthEast
StevenaGe
StocKport
SLough
Sutton and Merton
SwindoN
SOuthampton
Salisbury Plain
SundeRland
Southend-on-Sea
Stoke-on-Trent
london SouthWest
ShrewsburY
TAunton
TweedDale
TelFord
ToNbridge
TorQuay
TRuro
TeeSide
TWickenham
UxBridge
london West
WArrington
london West Central
WatforD
WakeField
WigaN
WoRcester
WalSall
WolVerhampton
YOrk
ZhEtlands
All postcodes consist of two groups. The first group is of the form:
or
where the area is as above and the number is from 0 to 99 (but no area uses
both 0 and 10). The second group is always:
with only 20 different letters being used.
There is one exception, a special code for the Post Office Girobank in
Lytham St. Annes: "GIR 0AA" (note the I, rather than a 1).
In addition, there are a number of imaginary codes:
FairfaX is used by the Royal Mail for training purposes.
AMbridge comes, of course, from The Archers
and "SAN TA1" is used for you-know-who.