These are treated either alphabetically (particularly in London, where Chingford is E4 and Walthamstow is E17) or geographically (the Outer Hebrides area HS numbers the districts north to south).Īs a rule, large post towns have higher-numbered districts in the outlying areas. B1 (Birmingham), LS1 (Leeds), M1 (Manchester) (Manchester). The prefix 1 indicates the central business district of the town/city, e.g. Woking, a post town in the GU22 postal district, is 6 miles away. GU1 and GU2 are the postcode districts for Guildford. For example, the GU postcode area, named after Guildford, covers much of southern England. Some are geographical, like HS for Outer Hebrides and FY for Fylde (the region around Blackpool).Įach UK Postcode district has a number of non-alphabetized post towns that typically contain one or more postcode districts. Postcodes are usually, but not always, named after major cities, like B for Birmingham. This three-character incode starts with a number (indicating a district sector) and ends with two letters (denoting delivery points which are allocated to streets, sides of a street or individual properties). Then a space and the Incode, which indicates the sector and delivery point (usually a group of around 15 addresses). It starts with one or two letters and ends with one, two, or three digits. The Outcode identifies the postcode area. The Outward code (Outcode) contains two to four characters, while the Inward code (Incode) always contains three. Zipcodes are regarded as Postcodes in the UK.Ī postcode in the UK usually consists of two alphanumeric codes that identify a post town and a few addresses within it. UK Zipcode or Postcode consist of letters and numbers used for UK addressing and delivery system.
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