UK Postal Area (City / Town) codes

For the record.
Here is a list of UK city / town codes along with the name.
(may not be 100% complete)

AB Aberdeen
AL St. Albans
B Birmingham
BA Bath (Somerset)
BB Blackburn (Lancashire)
BD Bradford (Yorkshire)
BH Bournemouth (Hampshire)
BL Bolton (Lancashire)
BN Brighton (Sussex)
BR Bromley (Kent)
BS Bristol
BT Belfast
CA Carlisle
CB Cambridge
CF Cardiff
CH Chester (Cheshire)
CM Chelmsford (Essex)
CO Colchester (Essex)
CR Croydon (Surrey)
CT Canterbury (Kent)
CV Coventry (Warwickshire)
CW Crewe (Cheshire)
DA Dartford (Kent)
DE Derby
DG Dumfries & Galloway
DH Durham
DL Darlington
DN Donacaster (Yorkshire)
DT Dorchester (Dorset)
DY Dudley
E London E
EC London EC
EN Enfield
EX Exeter (Devon)
FA Falkirk
FY Fylde Coast (Lancashire)
G Glasgow
GL Gloucester
GU Guildford
HA Harrow (Middlesex)
HD Huddersfield (Yorkshire)
HG Harrogate (Yorkshire)
HP Hemel Hempstead (Herts)
HR Hereford
HS Western Isles (Harris)
HU Hull
HX Halifax (Yorkshire)
IG Ilford (Essex)
IP Ipswich (Suffolk)
IV Inverness
KA Kilmarnock
KT Kingston-u-Thames (Sy)
KW Orkney (Kirkwall)
KY Kircaldy
L Liverpool
LA Lancaster (Lancashire)
LD Llandrindod Wells
LE Leicester
LL Llandudno #
LN Lincoln
LS Leeds (Yorkshire)
LU Luton (Bedfordshire)
M Manchester
ME Medway (Kent)
MK Milton Keynes
ML Motherwell
N London N
NE Newcastle
NG Nottingham
NN Northampton
NP Newport #(Monmouthsire)
NR Norwich (Norfolk)
NW London NW
OL Oldham (Lancashire)
OX Oxford
PA Paisley
PE Peterborough (Cambs)
PL Plymouth (Devon)
PR Preston (Lancashire)
RG Reading (Berkshire)
RH Redhill (Surrey)
RM Romford (Essex)
S Sheffield (Yorkshire)
SA Swansea
SE London SE
SG Stevenage
SK Stockport (Lancashire)
SL Slough
SM Sutton (Surrey)
SN Swindon (Wiltshire)
SP Salisbury
SR Sunderland
SS Southend-on-Sea (Essex)
ST Stoke-on-Trent (Staffs)
SW London SW
SY Shrewsbury (Shropshire)
TA Taunton (Somerset)
TD Tweed
TF Telford (Shropshire)
TN Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
TQ Torquay (Devon)
TR Truro (Cornwall)
TS Teesside
TW Twickenham (Middlesex)
UB Uxbridge (Middlesex)
W London W
WA Warrington
WC London WC
WF Wakefield (Yorkshire)
WN Wigan (Lancashire)
WR Worcester
WS Walsall
WV Wolverhampton
YO York
ZE Shetland (Lerwick)

Thank you very much Blair.

"Blair (TC)" wrote in message
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For the record.
Here is a list of UK city / town codes along with the name.
(may not be 100% complete)

AB Aberdeen
AL St. Albans
B Birmingham
BA Bath (Somerset)
BB Blackburn (Lancashire)
BD Bradford (Yorkshire)
BH Bournemouth (Hampshire)
BL Bolton (Lancashire)
BN Brighton (Sussex)
BR Bromley (Kent)
BS Bristol
BT Belfast
CA Carlisle
CB Cambridge
CF Cardiff
CH Chester (Cheshire)
CM Chelmsford (Essex)
CO Colchester (Essex)
CR Croydon (Surrey)
CT Canterbury (Kent)
CV Coventry (Warwickshire)
CW Crewe (Cheshire)
DA Dartford (Kent)
DE Derby
DG Dumfries & Galloway
DH Durham
DL Darlington
DN Donacaster (Yorkshire)
DT Dorchester (Dorset)
DY Dudley
E London E
EC London EC
EN Enfield
EX Exeter (Devon)
FA Falkirk
FY Fylde Coast (Lancashire)
G Glasgow
GL Gloucester
GU Guildford
HA Harrow (Middlesex)
HD Huddersfield (Yorkshire)
HG Harrogate (Yorkshire)
HP Hemel Hempstead (Herts)
HR Hereford
HS Western Isles (Harris)
HU Hull
HX Halifax (Yorkshire)
IG Ilford (Essex)
IP Ipswich (Suffolk)
IV Inverness
KA Kilmarnock
KT Kingston-u-Thames (Sy)
KW Orkney (Kirkwall)
KY Kircaldy
L Liverpool
LA Lancaster (Lancashire)
LD Llandrindod Wells
LE Leicester
LL Llandudno #
LN Lincoln
LS Leeds (Yorkshire)
LU Luton (Bedfordshire)
M Manchester
ME Medway (Kent)
MK Milton Keynes
ML Motherwell
N London N
NE Newcastle
NG Nottingham
NN Northampton
NP Newport #(Monmouthsire)
NR Norwich (Norfolk)
NW London NW
OL Oldham (Lancashire)
OX Oxford
PA Paisley
PE Peterborough (Cambs)
PL Plymouth (Devon)
PR Preston (Lancashire)
RG Reading (Berkshire)
RH Redhill (Surrey)
RM Romford (Essex)
S Sheffield (Yorkshire)
SA Swansea
SE London SE
SG Stevenage
SK Stockport (Lancashire)
SL Slough
SM Sutton (Surrey)
SN Swindon (Wiltshire)
SP Salisbury
SR Sunderland
SS Southend-on-Sea (Essex)
ST Stoke-on-Trent (Staffs)
SW London SW
SY Shrewsbury (Shropshire)
TA Taunton (Somerset)
TD Tweed
TF Telford (Shropshire)
TN Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
TQ Torquay (Devon)
TR Truro (Cornwall)
TS Teesside
TW Twickenham (Middlesex)
UB Uxbridge (Middlesex)
W London W
WA Warrington
WC London WC
WF Wakefield (Yorkshire)
WN Wigan (Lancashire)
WR Worcester
WS Walsall
WV Wolverhampton
YO York
ZE Shetland (Lerwick)

Note that these are "area" codes, rather than "town" codes-for sorting
purposes only. Some quite large towns have no codes of their own - for
example Dewsbury (pop 54000 + ) and nearby towns of Batley and
Heckmondwike ( in Yorkshire ) have WF codes and have absolutely no
natural affinity with Wakefield whatsoever. Note also that "inbound"
and "outbound" sorting are completely seperate in Royal Mail terms.

The inbound sorting codes are quite clever and relate down to street
level. A combination of postcode and house number identifies your
address ( large company premises have postcodes of their own).When in
a traders premises a computer programme can confirm your identity
based on this info.

My own postcode is LE ( Leicester) 9 (district ) then ( figure )+( 2
letters) refers to the street - sequential letter codes are on the
same postman's walk.

Incidentally ZE for Shetland refers to the official name which is
Zetland.

Malcolm

Thank you very much, interesting.


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Note that these are "area" codes, rather than "town" codes-for sorting
purposes only. Some quite large towns have no codes of their own - for
example Dewsbury (pop 54000 + ) and nearby towns of Batley and
Heckmondwike ( in Yorkshire ) have WF codes and have absolutely no
natural affinity with Wakefield whatsoever. Note also that "inbound"
and "outbound" sorting are completely seperate in Royal Mail terms.

The inbound sorting codes are quite clever and relate down to street
level. A combination of postcode and house number identifies your
address ( large company premises have postcodes of their own).When in
a traders premises a computer programme can confirm your identity
based on this info.

My own postcode is LE ( Leicester) 9 (district ) then ( figure )+( 2
letters) refers to the street - sequential letter codes are on the
same postman's walk.

Incidentally ZE for Shetland refers to the official name which is
Zetland.

Malcolm

Which explains the origin of the Sydney suburb of that name. I'd
always wondered.

Tony

wrote:

Incidentally ZE for Shetland refers to the official name which is
Zetland.

Malcolm

Blair should also know it as the oldest surviving lifeboat.

It is also a type of "Zony" a cross between a Zebra and a Shetland pony,
I wasn't aware Shetland ponies came from Africa.



"Asia-translation" wrote in message
...
Which explains the origin of the Sydney suburb of that name. I'd
always wondered.

Tony

wrote:

Incidentally ZE for Shetland refers to the official name which is
Zetland.

Malcolm