For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom (although the populations listed just show figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland), is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. 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 3 often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.

Postcode
area
Postcode
area name[1][2]
2011 Census
population[3][4]
ABAberdeen
ALSt Albans250,427
BBirmingham1,904,658
BABath434,166
BBBlackburn488,917
BDBradford578,336
BHBournemouth551,987
BLBolton380,259
BNBrighton802,831
BRBromley299,293
BSBristol940,241
BTBelfast[5]1,876,695[6]
CACarlisle318,244
CBCambridge421,467
CFCardiff1,005,334
CHChester[7]659,743
CMChelmsford653,492
COColchester411,418
CRCroydon405,982
CTCanterbury482,504
CVCoventry821,807
CWCrewe309,489
DADartford430,560
DDDundee
DEDerby730,620
DGDumfries
DHDurham309,211
DLDarlington360,975
DNDoncaster755,713
DTDorchester213,203
DYDudley410,598
EEast London990,035
ECEast Central London33,205
EHEdinburgh
ENEnfield344,434
EXExeter547,511
FKFalkirk
FYBlackpool[1]276,623
GGlasgow
GLGloucester605,821
GUGuildford725,368
GYGuernsey and dependencies
HAHarrow480,953
HDHuddersfield262,814
HGHarrogate138,343
HPHemel Hempstead488,351
HRHereford176,493
HUHull443,223
HXHalifax160,378
IGIlford335,694
IMIsle of Man
IPIpswich595,934
IVInverness
JEJersey
KAKilmarnock
KTKingston upon Thames531,664
KWKirkwall
KYKirkcaldy
LLiverpool857,079
LALancaster328,704
LDLlandrindod Wells[1]49,792
LELeicester985,795
LLLlandudno537,467
LNLincoln293,310
LSLeeds774,180
LULuton335,950
MManchester1,167,402
MEMedway607,143
MKMilton Keynes507,978
MLMotherwell
NNorth London848,197
NENewcastle upon Tyne1,162,698
NGNottingham1,163,185
NNNorthampton653,215
NPNewport488,368
NRNorwich722,087
NWNorth West London551,407
OLOldham462,833
OXOxford612,827
PAPaisley
PEPeterborough890,223
PHPerth
PLPlymouth542,719
POPortsmouth822,331
PRPreston520,556
RGReading778,677
RHRedhill532,536
RMRomford516,824
SSheffield1,358,507
SASwansea730,232
SESouth East London988,702
SGStevenage402,911
SKStockport603,795
SLSlough373,607
SMSutton217,048
SNSwindon459,049
SOSouthampton665,193
SPSalisbury[1]232,524
SRSunderland250,826
SSSouthend-on-Sea518,677
STStoke-on-Trent644,068
SWSouth West London874,844
SYShrewsbury[8]342,140
TATaunton322,197
TDTweeddale[9]
TFTelford212,061
TNTunbridge Wells[1]680,816
TQTorquay281,404
TRTruro293,864
TSCleveland[1]602,474
TWTwickenham490,472
UBSouthall[1]371,969
WWest London533,706
WAWarrington616,180
WCWestern Central London35,995
WDWatford255,988
WFWakefield512,657
WNWigan308,483
WRWorcester287,414
WSWalsall449,687
WVWolverhampton395,857
YOYork562,439
ZEZetland

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Address Management Guide (5th ed.). Royal Mail Group plc. March 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. Office for National Statistics (1999). The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom (PDF) (2000 ed.). London: The Stationery Office. "UK Postal Areas", map opposite p. 5. ISBN 0-11-621098-2. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. "KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. "Data Warehouse | Census Data Explorer | Scotland's Census". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. The BT postcode area precisely covers Northern Ireland
  6. "2011 Census". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. The CH postcode area is partly in England and partly in Wales.
  8. The SY postcode area is partly in England and partly in Wales.
  9. The TD postcode area lies mainly in Scotland but partly in England
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