List of British postal codes

The British postal system runs on a system of alphanumeric codes, or Postcodes. Normally the first two letters of the postcode denotes the main sorting office through which the post for that place is filtered before being distributed to individual addresses. The only exception to this rule is with London postcodes.

British Postcode Prefixes (including overseas posessions)

• AB - Aberdeen
• AL - St Albans
• B - Birmingham
• BA - Bath
• BB - Blackburn
• BD - Bradford
• BH - Bournemouth
• BI - British Antarctic Territory
• BL - Bolton
• BN - Brighton
• BR - Bromley
• BS - Bristol
• BT - Belfast
• CA - Carlisle
• CB - Cambridge
• CF - Cardiff
• CH - Chester
• CM - Chelmsford
• CO - Colchester
• CR - Croydon
• CT - Canterbury
• CV - Coventry
• CW - Crewe
• DA - Dartford
• DD - Dundee
• DE - Derby
• DG - Dumfries and Galloway
• DH - Durham
• DL - Darlington
• DN - Doncaster
• DT - Dorchester
• DY - Dudley
• E - East London
• EC - East Central London
• EH - Edinburgh
• EN - Enfield
• EX - Exeter
• FI - Falkland Islands
• FK - Falkirk
• FY - Blackpool (Fylde)
• G - Glasgow
• GL - Gloucester
• GR - Grimsby
• GU - Guildford
• GY - Guernsey
• HA - Harrow
• HD - Huddersfield
• HG - Harrogate
• HM - Hamilton, Bermuda
• HP - Hemel Hempstead
• HR - Hereford
• HS - Outer Hebrides
• HU - Kingston upon Hull
• HX - Halifax
• IG - Ilford
• IM - Isle of Man
• IP - Ipswich
• IV - Inverness
• JE - Jersey
• KA - Kilmarnock
• KT - Kingston-upon-Thames
• KW - Kirkwall
• KY - Kirkcaldy
• L - Liverpool
• LA - Lancaster
• LD - Llandrindod Wells
• LE - Leicester
• LL - Llandudno
• LN - Lincoln
• LS - Leeds
• LU - Luton
• M - Manchester
• ME - Medway Towns
• MK - Milton Keynes
• ML - Motherwell
• N - North London
• NE - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• NG - Nottingham
• NN - Northampton
• NP - Newport
• NR - Norwich
• NW - North West London
• OL - Oldham
• OX - Oxford
• PA - Paisley
• PE - Peterborough
• PH - Perth
• PL - Plymouth
• PO - Portsmouth
• PR - Preston
• RG - Reading
• RH - Redhill
• RM - Romford
• S - Sheffield
• SA - Swansea
• SE - South East London
• SG - Stevenage
• SK - Stockport
• SL - Slough
• SM - Sutton
• SN - Swindon
• SO - Southampton
• SP - Salisbury
• SR - Sunderland
• SS - Southend on Sea
• ST - Stoke-on-Trent
• SW - South West London
• SY - Shrewsbury
• TA - Taunton
• TD - Galashiels (Tweed)
• TF - Telford
• TN - Tonbridge
• TQ - Torquay
• TR - Truro
• TS - Teesside
• TW - Twickenham
• UB - Uxbridge
• W - West London
• WA - Warrington
• WC - West Central London
• WD - Watford
• WF - Wakefield
• WN - Wigan
• WR - Worcester
• WS - Walsall
• WV - Wolverhampton
• YO - York
• ZE - Shetland (Zetland)

See Also

• UK topics

• Communications in the United Kingdom
• UK telephone area codes (STD codes)
• Lists of postal and zip codes of the world