Postcodes in the United Kingdom are alphanumeric codes used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the UK.
There are 121 postcode areas in the United Kingdom (excluding non-geographic postcodes and the crown dependencies).
They consist of one or two letters (the postcode area); one or two numbers (the postcode district); followed by a space; one number (the postcode sector); and two letters. In some central London postcodes, there is an additional letter after the postcode district number. For example, the postcode of 10 Downing Street, London is SW1A 2AA. The first set of characters is known as the outward code and the second set of characters is the inward code.
Structure of an example full postcode – AB12 3DE
- AB12 – this is the outward code. The two letters is the postcode area and is usually an abbreviation of a town or city (some large cities such as Birmingham have just one letter). The number is the postcode district. In some towns and cities, 1 indicates that it is in the town centre and the number increases as you get further from the centre. Some other postcode areas do not start from 1. In some parts of central London, an extra letter is added after the number.
- 3DE – this is the inward code. The number is the postcode sector, which is a division of the postcode district and always consists of one digit. The two letters are the postcode unit, which usually represents a street, a group of properties or a block of flats.
This article lists every postcode area of the United Kingdom; with the city or town it is centred on and/or named after; the ceremonial counties (or council areas in Scotland) that they are located in; the regions they are located in; and the number of postcode districts that they are split into. This list is correct as of 1 January 2022.
Postcode Areas in the United Kingdom
| Postcode area | Centred on | Ceremonial county | Region | Number of districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | Aberdeen | Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Moray | Scotland | 40 |
| AL | St Albans | Hertfordshire | East | 10 |
| B | Birmingham | West Midlands Staffordshire Warwickshire Worcestershire | West Midlands | 79 |
| BA | Bath | Somerset Wiltshire | South West | 19 |
| BB | Blackburn | Lancashire | North West | 15 |
| BD | Bradford | West Yorkshire Lancashire | Yorkshire Humber North West | 27 |
| BH | Bournemouth | Dorset Hampshire | South West South East | 26 |
| BL | Bolton | Greater Manchester Lancashire | North West | 12 |
| BN | Brighton | East Sussex West Sussex | South East | 37 |
| BR | Bromley | London Kent | London South East | 9 |
| BS | Bristol | Bristol Gloucestershire Somerset | South West | 47 |
| BT | Belfast | County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone | Northern Ireland | 84 |
| CA | Carlisle | Cumbria Northumberland | North West North East | 30 |
| CB | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire Essex Suffolk | East | 16 |
| CF | Cardiff | South Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan Gwent | Wales | 46 |
| CH | Chester | Cheshire Clwyd Merseyside | North West Wales | 37 |
| CM | Chelmsford | Essex Hertfordshire London | East London | 28 |
| CO | Colchester | Essex Suffolk | East | 16 |
| CR | Croydon | London Surrey | London South East | 11 |
| CT | Canterbury | Kent | South East | 22 |
| CV | Coventry | West Midlands Warwickshire | West Midlands | 24 |
| CW | Crewe | Cheshire Shropshire Staffordshire | North West West Midlands | 13 |
| DA | Dartford | Kent London | South East London | 18 |
| DD | Dundee | Dundee Angus Perth and Kinross Fife Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 11 |
| DE | Derby | Derbyshire Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire | East Midlands West Midlands | 25 |
| DG | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway South Ayrshire Cumbria | Scotland North West | 15 |
| DH | Durham | County Durham Tyne and Wear Northumberland | North East | 12 |
| DL | Darlington | County Durham North Yorkshire Cumbria | North East Yorkshire Humber North West | 17 |
| DN | Doncaster | South Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire | Yorkshire Humber East Midlands | 33 |
| DT | Dorchester | Dorset Devon Somerset | South West | 11 |
| DY | Dudley | West Midlands | West Midlands | 14 |
| E | London: East | London Essex | London East | 22 |
| EC | London: East Central | London | London | 30 |
| EH | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Midlothian East Lothian West Lothian Scottish Borders Falkirk South Lanarkshire | Scotland | 57 |
| EN | Enfield | London Essex Hertfordshire | London East | 12 |
| EX | Exeter | Devon Cornwall | South West | 33 |
| FK | Falkirk | Falkirk Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Perth and Kinross Stirling | Scotland | 21 |
| FY | Blackpool | Lancashire | North West | 9 |
| G | Glasgow | Glasgow North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire East Renfrewshire East Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire Argyll and Bute Stirling | Scotland | 57 |
| GL | Gloucester | Gloucestershire Gwent Herefordshire Oxfordshire Warwickshire Wiltshire Worcestershire | South West Wales West Midlands South East | 27 |
| GU | Guildford | Surrey Berkshire Hampshire West Sussex | South East | 40 |
| HA | Harrow | London Hertfordshire | London East | 10 |
| HD | Huddersfield | West Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 9 |
| HG | Harrogate | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 5 |
| HP | Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire | East South East | 24 |
| HR | Hereford | Herefordshire Powys | West Midlands Wales | 9 |
| HS | Stornoway | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 9 |
| HU | Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 21 |
| HX | Halifax | West Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 7 |
| IG | Ilford | London Essex | London East | 11 |
| IP | Ipswich | Suffolk Norfolk | East | 34 |
| IV | Inverness | Highland Moray | Scotland | 53 |
| KA | Kilmarnock | East Ayrshire North Ayrshire South Ayrshire | Scotland | 30 |
| KT | Kingston upon Thames | London Surrey | London South East | 24 |
| KW | Kirkwall | Orkney Highland | Scotland | 16 |
| KY | Kirkcaldy | Fife Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 17 |
| L | Liverpool | Merseyside Cheshire Lancashire | North West | 65 |
| LA | Lancaster | Lancashire Cumbria North Yorkshire | North West Yorkshire Humber | 23 |
| LD | Llandrindod Wells | Powys Herefordshire Shropshire | Wales West Midlands | 8 |
| LE | Leicester | Leicestershire Derbyshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Rutland Warwickshire | East Midlands West Midlands | 28 |
| LL | Llandudno | Clwyd Gwynedd Shropshire | Wales West Midlands | 67 |
| LN | Lincoln | Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire | East Midlands Yorkshire Humber | 13 |
| LS | Leeds | West Yorkshire North Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 32 |
| LU | Luton | Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire | East South East | 8 |
| M | Manchester | Greater Manchester | North West | 48 |
| ME | Rochester | Kent | South East | 21 |
| MK | Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire | South East East East Midlands | 28 |
| ML | Motherwell | North Lanarkshire Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Borders South Lanarkshire West Lothian | Scotland | 12 |
| N | London: North | London | London | 25 |
| NE | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear County Durham Northumberland | North East | 67 |
| NG | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire | East Midlands | 32 |
| NN | Northampton | Northamptonshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire Warwickshire | East Midlands East South East West Midlands | 20 |
| NP | Newport | Gwent Gloucestershire Herefordshire Powys | Wales South West West Midlands | 25 |
| NR | Norwich | Norfolk Suffolk | East | 36 |
| NW | London: North West | London | London | 13 |
| OL | Oldham | Greater Manchester Lancashire West Yorkshire | North West Yorkshire Humber | 17 |
| OX | Oxford | Oxfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Gloucestershire Northamptonshire Warwickshire | South East South West East Midlands West Midlands | 28 |
| PA | Paisley | Renfrewshire Argyll and Bute Inverclyde North Ayrshire | Scotland | 77 |
| PE | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire Bedfordshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Rutland | East East Midlands | 39 |
| PH | Perth | Perth and Kinross Highland | Scotland | 43 |
| PL | Plymouth | Devon Cornwall | South West | 36 |
| PO | Portsmouth | Hampshire Isle of Wight West Sussex | South East | 34 |
| PR | Preston | Lancashire Merseyside | North West | 13 |
| RG | Reading | Berkshire Buckinghamshire Hampshire Oxfordshire Wiltshire | South East South West | 35 |
| RH | Redhill | Surrey East Sussex West Sussex | South East | 21 |
| RM | Romford | London Essex | London East | 21 |
| S | Sheffield | South Yorkshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire | Yorkshire Humber East Midlands | 55 |
| SA | Swansea | West Glamorgan Dyfed Powys | Wales | 53 |
| SE | London: South East | London | London | 30 |
| SG | Stevenage | Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex | East | 19 |
| SK | Stockport | Greater Manchester Cheshire Derbyshire Staffordshire | North West East Midlands West Midlands | 19 |
| SL | Slough | Berkshire Buckinghamshire | South East | 12 |
| SM | Sutton | London Surrey | London South East | 7 |
| SN | Swindon | Wiltshire Gloucestershire Oxfordshire | South West South East | 23 |
| SO | Southampton | Hampshire | South East | 30 |
| SP | Salisbury | Wiltshire Dorset Hampshire | South West South East | 11 |
| SR | Sunderland | Tyne and Wear County Durham | North East | 11 |
| SS | Southend-on-Sea | Essex | East | 19 |
| ST | Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire Cheshire Derbyshire | West Midlands North West East Midlands | 22 |
| SW | London: South West | London | London | 29 |
| SY | Shrewsbury | Shropshire Cheshire Clwyd Dyfed Gwynedd Herefordshire Powys | West Midlands North West Wales | 26 |
| TA | Taunton | Somerset Devon Dorset | South West | 24 |
| TD | Galashiels | Scottish Borders Cumbria East Lothian Northumberland | Scotland North West North East | 15 |
| TF | Telford | Shropshire Staffordshire West Midlands | West Midlands | 13 |
| TN | Tunbridge Wells | Kent East Sussex London Surrey | South East London | 40 |
| TQ | Torquay | Devon | South West | 14 |
| TR | Truro | Cornwall | South West | 28 |
| TS | Middlesbrough | North Yorkshire County Durham | Yorkshire Humber North East | 30 |
| TW | Twickenham | London Berkshire Surrey | London South East | 20 |
| UB | Southall | London Buckinghamshire | London South East | 12 |
| W | London: West | London | London | 35 |
| WA | Warrington | Cheshire Greater Manchester Merseyside | North West | 18 |
| WC | London: West Central | London | London | 15 |
| WD | Watford | Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire London | East South East London | 14 |
| WF | Wakefield | West Yorkshire North Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 18 |
| WN | Wigan | Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside | North West | 8 |
| WR | Worcester | Worcestershire Gloucestershire Herefordshire Shropshire Warwickshire | West Midlands South West | 17 |
| WS | Walsall | West Midlands Staffordshire | West Midlands | 15 |
| WV | Wolverhampton | West Midlands Staffordshire | West Midlands | 16 |
| YO | York | North Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire Humber | 37 |
| ZE | Lerwick | Shetland | Scotland | 3 |
Postcode Areas in Crown Dependencies
The three British Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man also have postcodes which are used in a similar way to those in the UK.
| Postcode Area | Crown Dependency | Number of Districts |
|---|---|---|
| GY | Guernsey | 10 |
| JE | Jersey | 5 |
| IM | Isle of Man | 11 |
Postcode Areas in Overseas Territories
Unlike the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories do not use UK-style postcodes. Instead, each territory has its own postcode system, or none at all.
Non-geographic Postcodes
The British Forces Post Office introduced a BF postcode in 2012 and uses a non-geographic post-town, BFPO. This was introduced to create consistency with UK addresses, for example, making it easier to input a BFPO address in online forms.
Some large organisations such as banks use a BX postcode to receive their mail. These follow the format of usual UK postcodes.
The XX postcode is used by some online retailers for the purposes of receiving returned goods through Royal Mail.
See also
- Royal Mail Postcode Finder – Find out any postcode or address in the UK
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