UK Postcode Data and Statistics
Geoinformation, maps, downloads and statistics for UK Postcodes
UK Postcode is an online resource that uses data associated with UK postcodes to allow searches, maps, downloads and comments. This data can assist you with marketing, research and other data analysis.
To get started, try the search page where you can search for a postcode, a postcode district or area.
Postcode Facts and Trivia
- London originally had postcodes N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, AND NW. As time passed EC and WC were added. NE and S were removed, leaving N, E, SE, SW, W, NW, EC and WC
- The Hex code of the red post box is #A23B3C
- The word "post" originates from riders and horses "posted" at intervals for message relays, modeled after the French "poste"
- In 1985, OCR systems began automatically reading postcodes to speed up sorting with phosphorescent dots
- The last two letters in a postcode are never taken from C, I, K, M, O or V
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List of Postcode Areas
AB, AL, B, BA, BB, BD, BH, BL, BN, BR, BS, BT, CA, CB, CF, CH, CM, CO, CR, CT, CV, CW, DA, DD, DE, DG, DH, DL, DN, DT, DY, E, EC, EH, EN, EX, FK, FY, G, GL, GU, GY, HA, HD, HG, HP, HR, HS, HU, HX, IG, IM, IP, IV, JE, KA, KT, KW, KY, L, LA, LD, LE, LL, LN, LS, LU, M, ME, MK, ML, N, NE, NG, NN, NP, NR, NW, OL, OX, PA, PE, PH, PL, PO, PR, RG, RH, RM, S, SA, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, SN, SO, SP, SR, SS, ST, SW, SY, TA, TD, TF, TN, TQ, TR, TS, TW, UB, W, WA, WC, WD, WF, WN, WR, WS, WV, YO, ZE