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A full postcode is known as a "postcode unit" and designates an area with several addresses or a single major delivery point. [1] The structure of a postcode is two alphanumeric codes that show, first, the name post town and, second, a small group of addresses in that post town.
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.
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol , north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare , Axbridge , Banwell , Cheddar , Clevedon , Keynsham , Paulton , Wedmore and Winscombe ) and south Gloucestershire .
The RG postcode area, also known as the Reading postcode area, [2] is a group of thirty postcode districts in England, within twelve post towns.These cover west and central Berkshire (including Reading, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Hungerford, Newbury, Thatcham and Wokingham) and north Hampshire (including Basingstoke, Hook, Tadley and Whitchurch), plus a small part of south-east Oxfordshire ...
Postcode area Postcode namesake Post towns AB: Aberdeen: Aberdeen, Aberlour, Aboyne, Alford (Aberdeenshire), [Note 1] Ballater, Ballindalloch, Banchory, Banff, Buckie ...
18,790. Postcodes (total) 24,203. Statistics as at May 2020 [1] The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in North West England and North East Wales. Together the districts cover west Cheshire, the Wirral part of Merseyside, and east Flintshire. Its thirteen post towns are Bagillt ...
61,794. Statistics as at May 2020 [1] The BT postcode area, also known as the Belfast postcode area, [2] covers all of Northern Ireland and was the last part of the United Kingdom to be coded, between 1970 and 1974. [citation needed] This area is a group of 82 postcode districts in Northern Ireland, within 44 post towns and around 47,227 live ...