List of post towns in the United Kingdom

List of post towns used in British postal addresses

This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, sorted by the postcode area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode).

Footnotes

1. Not to be confused with Alford, Lincolnshire (LN).
2. Not to be confused with Bathgate, West Lothian (EH).
3. Not to be confused with Bradford, West Yorkshire (BD).
4. Not to be confused with Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (BA).
5. Non-geographic postcode area and post town for UK mail delivered via the British Forces Post Office.
6. Not to be confused with Bangor, Gwynedd (LL).
7. Not to be confused with Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (NE); Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire (SA); Newcastle, Staffordshire (ST); or Newcastleton, Roxburghshire (TD).
8. Not to be confused with Ellesmere, Shropshire (SY).
9. Not to be confused with Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset (TA).
10. Not to be confused with Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (KT).
11. Not to be confused with Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire (MK); Newport, Monmouthshire (NP); Newport, Isle of Wight (PO); Newport, Pembrokeshire (SA); or Newport, Shropshire (TF).
12. Not to be confused with Richmond, Greater London (TW).
13. Covers areas of East London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
14. Covers areas of East Central London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
15. Not to be confused with Bath, Somerset (BA).
16. Not to be confused with Walton on the Naze, Essex (CO).
17. Not to be confused with Worcester, Worcestershire (WR).
18. Not to be confused with Bangor, County Down (BT).
19. Not to be confused with Llandudno Junction, Conwy (LL).
20. Not to be confused with Llandudno, Conwy (LL).
21. Not to be confused with Talybont, Ceredigion (SY).
22. Not to be confused with Alford, Aberdeenshire (AB).
23. Not to be confused with Gillingham, Dorset (SP).
24. Not to be confused with Newport-on-Tay, Fife (DD); Newport, Monmouthshire (NP); Newport, Isle of Wight (PO); Newport, Pembrokeshire (SA); or Newport, Shropshire (TF).
25. Covers areas of North London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
26. Not to be confused with Newcastle, County Down (BT); Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire (SA); Newcastle, Staffordshire (ST); or Newcastleton, Roxburghshire (TD).
27. Not to be confused with Newport-on-Tay, Fife (DD); Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire (MK); Newport, Isle of Wight (PO); Newport, Pembrokeshire (SA); or Newport, Shropshire (TF).
28. Covers areas of North West London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
29. Not to be confused with Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire (PA).
30. Not to be confused with Bridge of Orchy, Argyll (PA).
31. Not to be confused with Isle of Colonsay (PA).
32. Not to be confused with Isle of Coll (PA).
33. Not to be confused with St. Ives, Cornwall (TR).
34. Not to be confused with Newport-on-Tay, Fife (DD); Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire (MK); Newport, Monmouthshire (NP); Newport, Pembrokeshire (SA); or Newport, Shropshire (TF).
35. Not to be confused with Whitchurch, Shropshire (SY).
36. Not to be confused with Newcastle, County Down (BT); Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (NE); Newcastle, Staffordshire (ST); or Newcastleton, Roxburghshire (TD).
37. Not to be confused with Newport-on-Tay, Fife (DD); Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire (MK); Newport, Monmouthshire (NP); Newport, Isle of Wight (PO); or Newport, Shropshire (TF).
38. Covers areas of South East London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
39. Not to be confused with Gillingham, Kent (ME).
40. Not to be confused with Newcastle, County Down (BT); Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (NE); Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire (SA); or Newcastleton, Roxburghshire (TD).
41. Covers areas of South West London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
42. Not to be confused with Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (CH).
43. Not to be confused with Talybont, Gwynedd (LL).
44. Not to be confused with Whitchurch, Hampshire (RG).
45. Not to be confused with Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (CM).
46. Not to be confused with Newcastle, County Down (BT); Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (NE); Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed (SA); or Newcastle, Staffordshire (ST)
47. Not to be confused with Newport-on-Tay, Fife (DD); Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire (MK); Newport, Monmouthshire (NP); Newport, Isle of Wight (PO); or Newport, Pembrokeshire (SA).
48. Not to be confused with Ashford, Surrey (TW).
49. Not to be confused with St. Ives, Cambridgeshire (PE).
50. Not to be confused with Ashford, Kent (TN).
51. Not to be confused with Richmond, North Yorkshire (DL).
52. Formerly "Staines". "New sectors and localities to 20 July 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
53. Covers areas of West London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
54. Covers areas of West Central London, but the post town is simply London. See London postal district.
55. Not to be confused with Worcester Park, Greater London (KT).

References

• Royal Mail (1999). Address Management Guide (6th ed.).
• "Royal Mail major recode historical information – 2000 to September 2011" (PDF). Royal Mail. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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