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Your Resource for Postal Geography and Street Names

Streetlist.co.uk is structured by postcode area, with each area assigned a directory, such as https://www.streetlist.co.uk/ab/ for the AB area. Within each area, you'll find breakdowns into districts and sectors, leading to specific postcode units and streets. For example, the district AB22 is located at https://www.streetlist.co.uk/ab/ab22, and the sector AB22 8 at https://www.streetlist.co.uk/ab/ab22/ab22-8. This structure mirrors the way postcodes work and helps navigation from broader areas to individual streets and postcodes.

Postal Geography in the UK

All buildings that have a letterbox are allocated a postcode by the Royal Mail. A street is divided into one or more postcodes depending on how many houses there are.

The postcode was introduced nationally in 1974 by the GPO or General Post Office the predecessor of the Royal Mail. As Street List is a national gazetteer of streets and their postcode we have structured the website according to postal geography. Postal geography gives little to no regard to national, regional, county or administrative boundaries.

The top-level division is the postcode area of which there are 124. These are given one or two letters which are normally an abbreviation of a post town. In our example GU is the abbreviation of Guildford.

The Structure of a Postcode
Structure of postcodes in the UK

The second level is the postcode district. Each area is divided into a number of postcode districts. These are given a number. In our example GU14 is the district that covers Farnborough.

The third level is the postcode sector which is now part of the inward code. The district is divided into a number of sectors. The sector is identified by a single digit after the space which separates the inward code from the outward. In our example GU14-7 covers central Farnborough.

The final level is the postcode which consists of area, district and sector followed by two characters. These characters exclude the letters C,I,K,M,O and V as these could be misidentified as other letters and cause confusion.

In our example the letters J and U in conjunction with area, district and sector give GU14 7JU the postcode of Rushmoor Borough Council.

Western Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in Western England

List of postcodes areas in Western England

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
BABath
BSBristol
BHBournemouth
DTDorchester
EXExeter
GLGloucester
PLPlymouth
SNSwindon
SPSalisbury Plain
TATaunton
TQTorquay
TRTruro

Southern Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in Southern England

List of postcodes areas in Southern England

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
BNBrighton
CTCanterbury
GUGuildford
HPHemel Hempstead
LULuton
MEMedway
MKMilton Keynes
OXOxford
POPortsmouth
RGReading
RHRedhill
SLSlough
SOSouthampton
TNTonbridge

London Postcodes

Read about the History of London Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in London

List of postcodes areas in the London Region of England

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
BRBromley
CRCroydon
DADartford
EEast London
ECEast Central London
ENEnfield
HAHarrow
IGIlford
KTKingston upon Thames
NNorth London
NWNorth West London
RMRomford
SESouth East London
SWSouth West London
SMSutton
TWTwickenham
UBUxbridge
WWest London
WCWest Central London
WDWatford

Eastern Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in East England

List of postcodes areas in the East of England

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
ALSt Albans
CBCambridge
CMChelmsford
COColchester
IPIpswich
NRNorwich
PEPeterborough
STStevenage
SSSouthend on Sea

Northern Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in Northern England

List of postcodes areas in the North of England

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
BBirmingham
BBBlackburn
BDBradford
BLBolton
CACarlisle
CHChester
CVCoventry
CWCrewe
DEDerby
DHDurham
DLDarlington
DNDoncaster
DYDudley
FYThe Fylde
HDHuddersfield
HGHarrogate
HRHereford
HUHull
HXHalifax
LLiverpool
LALancaster
LELeicester
LNLincoln
LSLeeds
MManchester
NENewcastle upon Tyne
NGNottingham
NNNorthampton
OLOldham
PRPreston
SSheffield
SKStockport
SRSunderland
STStoke-on-Trent
TFTelford
TSTeeside
WAWarrington
WFWakefield
WNWigan
WRWorcester
WSWalsall
WVWolverhampton
YOYork

Wales Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in Wales

List of postcodes areas in Wales

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
CFCardiff
LDLlandrindod Wells
LLLlandudno
NPNewport
SASwansea
SYShrewsbury

Scotland Postcodes

Map of postcode areas in Scotland

List of postcodes areas in Scotland

Postcode AreaPostcode Name
ABAberdeen
DDDundee
DGDumfries and Galloway
EHEdinburgh
FKFalkirk
GGlasgow
HSOuter Hebrides
IVInverness
KAKilmarnock
KWKirkwall
KYKirkcaldy
MLMotherwell
PAPaisley
PHPerth
TDTeviotdale
ZELerwick