List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the post towns of the United Kingdom – it appears in postcode sequence.

Every post town has one or more postcode districts, for example PE2. These are also called postal districts or outward codes. In rural areas a postcode district may cover more than one post town. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area, for example YO.^[1]

The Royal Mail recommends that in addresses the post town should be written in capitals. Since 1996 former postal counties no longer form part of a full correct postal address.

As at 2005, there were 124 postcode areas covering the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. There are 3,078 ^[2] postcode districts. The outward section of the postcode is referenced here: outward postcode list.

• United Kingdom:
  • 98 for England
    • 8 of which are dedicated to London (E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W, WC)
  • 16 for Scotland (AB, DD, DG, EH, FK, G, HS, IV, KA, KW, KY, ML, PA, PH, TD, ZE)
  • 6 for Wales (CF, LD, LL, NP, SA, SY)
  • 1 for Northern Ireland (BT)
• Crown Dependencies:
  • 1 for Jersey (JE)
  • 1 for Guernsey (GY)
  • 1 for Isle of Man (IM)

Overseas areas covered by BFPO are dealt with separately.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

References

1. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
3. ^ Royal Mail Address Management Guide, Edition 4 (2004)
4. ^ Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes
5. ^ HESA's list of postcode districts

I

J

JE Jersey

K