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Learn about the 121 postcode areas used by Royal Mail for mail delivery in the UK and the Crown Dependencies. Find out the code formation, number of postcode districts and scope of each postcode area.
Learn about the history, structure and usage of postcodes, the alphanumeric codes that designate geographic areas in the UK and its territories. Find out how postcodes are named, numbered and formatted, and how they aid in sorting mail and other applications.
Find out the postcode districts and their namesakes for each postcode area in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. Learn how postcodes are used by Royal Mail and other organisations for addressing and sorting purposes.
Learn about the former postal counties of the United Kingdom, which were used by the Royal Mail until 1996 to sort mail. Find out how they differed from geographic and administrative counties and how they changed over time.
Find out the population of each postcode area in the UK based on the 2011 Census data. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used by Royal Mail for mail delivery.
A post town is a settlement that has its own postcode, which is a code used for mail delivery in the UK. This web page lists the post towns in the UK and Crown Dependencies, sorted by postcode area, and provides the postcode namesake and post towns for each area.
CR is a postcode area for parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey, mainly covering the London Borough of Croydon. The postcode district CR5 covers Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill and part of Woodmansterne.
RG is a postcode area for parts of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire in England. RG7 covers Aldermaston, Bradfield, Burghfield Common, Riseley, Silchester, Mortimer, Swallowfield, Theale, Woolhampton and parts of West Berkshire and Basingstoke and Deane.