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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 ...
In 1970, codes were introduced to the London Western and North Western postal districts. [17] In December 1970, much Christmas mail was postmarked with the message "Remember to use the Postal Code" although codes were used to sort mail in only a handful of sorting offices. [18]
The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [ 1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further three often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, [2] is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2 - SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 - SW20), [3] and is the only area within the London ...
7,424. Statistics as at May 2020 [ 1] The WC (Western Central) postcode area, also known as the London WC postcode area, [ 2] is a group of postcode districts in central London, England. The area covered is of high density development, and includes parts of the City of Westminster and the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, plus a very ...
W postcode area. / 51.511; -0.196. The W (Western and Paddington) postcode area, also known as the London W postcode area[ 2] is a group of postcode districts covering part of central and part of West London, England. The area originates from the Western (W1) and Paddington (W2-14) districts [ 3] of the London postal district.
Postcode area Postcode districts Post town Former postal county; AB: AB10, AB11, AB12, AB15, AB16, AB21, AB22, AB23, AB24, AB25, AB99 non-geo: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire ...
EC postcode area. / 51.520; -0.098. The EC (Eastern Central) postcode area, also known as the London EC postal area, [ 2] is a group of postcode districts in central London, England. It includes almost all of the City of London and parts of the London boroughs of Islington, Camden, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Westminster.