Postcode areas: the full list, A to Z

A postcode area is the one or two letters at the start of a postcode. We hold 120 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, with 2,872 districts and 1,749,109 postcodes in use between them. This page lists every one.

Northern Ireland (BT), the Channel Islands (GY, JE) and the Isle of Man (IM) are not on this site.

Every postcode area, A to Z

AB Aberdeen 34 districts, 17,413 postcodes AL St Albans 10 districts, 7,792 postcodes B Birmingham 78 districts, 41,844 postcodes BA Bath 19 districts, 15,524 postcodes BB Blackburn 13 districts, 13,608 postcodes BD Bradford 27 districts, 17,325 postcodes BH Bournemouth 26 districts, 15,253 postcodes BL Bolton 12 districts, 10,408 postcodes BN Brighton 37 districts, 22,567 postcodes BR Bromley 8 districts, 6,781 postcodes BS Bristol 39 districts, 27,448 postcodes CA Carlisle 29 districts, 12,890 postcodes CB Cambridge 16 districts, 11,252 postcodes CF Cardiff 39 districts, 23,435 postcodes CH Chester 38 districts, 19,090 postcodes CM Chelmsford 28 districts, 18,674 postcodes CO Colchester 16 districts, 13,771 postcodes CR Croydon 10 districts, 8,009 postcodes CT Canterbury 22 districts, 15,378 postcodes CV Coventry 24 districts, 21,267 postcodes CW Crewe 13 districts, 9,862 postcodes DA Dartford 18 districts, 9,221 postcodes DD Dundee 11 districts, 9,123 postcodes DE Derby 24 districts, 17,984 postcodes DG Dumfries 15 districts, 6,912 postcodes DH Durham 12 districts, 9,174 postcodes DL Darlington 18 districts, 13,555 postcodes DN Doncaster 32 districts, 22,343 postcodes DT Dorchester 11 districts, 7,945 postcodes DY Dudley 14 districts, 11,102 postcodes E East London 22 districts, 17,022 postcodes EC East Central London 27 districts, 3,550 postcodes EH Edinburgh 57 districts, 25,448 postcodes EN Enfield 12 districts, 8,536 postcodes EX Exeter 33 districts, 22,913 postcodes FK Falkirk 21 districts, 7,789 postcodes FY Blackpool 8 districts, 7,390 postcodes G Glasgow 54 districts, 32,454 postcodes GL Gloucester 27 districts, 21,671 postcodes GU Guildford 38 districts, 22,616 postcodes HA Harrow 10 districts, 10,255 postcodes HD Huddersfield 9 districts, 7,202 postcodes HG Harrogate 5 districts, 4,528 postcodes HP Hemel Hempstead 24 districts, 14,101 postcodes HR Hereford 9 districts, 6,561 postcodes HS Outer Hebrides 9 districts, 981 postcodes HU Hull 20 districts, 11,369 postcodes HX Halifax 7 districts, 5,715 postcodes IG Ilford 11 districts, 6,106 postcodes IP Ipswich 34 districts, 21,951 postcodes IV Inverness 50 districts, 7,576 postcodes KA Kilmarnock 30 districts, 11,797 postcodes KT Kingston upon Thames 24 districts, 14,273 postcodes KW Kirkwall 16 districts, 1,853 postcodes KY Kirkcaldy 17 districts, 10,329 postcodes L Liverpool 48 districts, 20,862 postcodes LA Lancaster 23 districts, 11,945 postcodes LD Llandrindod Wells 8 districts, 2,216 postcodes LE Leicester 26 districts, 23,346 postcodes LL Llandudno 67 districts, 20,324 postcodes LN Lincoln 13 districts, 9,575 postcodes LS Leeds 33 districts, 22,198 postcodes LU Luton 7 districts, 6,464 postcodes M Manchester 46 districts, 32,420 postcodes ME Rochester 20 districts, 17,231 postcodes MK Milton Keynes 28 districts, 16,215 postcodes ML Motherwell 12 districts, 9,884 postcodes N North London 25 districts, 17,672 postcodes NE Newcastle upon Tyne 64 districts, 33,857 postcodes NG Nottingham 31 districts, 29,864 postcodes NN Northampton 19 districts, 17,156 postcodes NP Newport 18 districts, 13,893 postcodes NR Norwich 36 districts, 24,304 postcodes NW North West London 13 districts, 14,255 postcodes OL Oldham 16 districts, 13,212 postcodes OX Oxford 26 districts, 20,531 postcodes PA Paisley 67 districts, 9,504 postcodes PE Peterborough 36 districts, 27,768 postcodes PH Perth 43 districts, 6,235 postcodes PL Plymouth 36 districts, 17,884 postcodes PO Portsmouth 35 districts, 24,513 postcodes PR Preston 13 districts, 13,736 postcodes RG Reading 30 districts, 23,816 postcodes RH Redhill 21 districts, 16,366 postcodes RM Romford 20 districts, 10,007 postcodes S Sheffield 52 districts, 34,522 postcodes SA Swansea 53 districts, 23,295 postcodes SE South East London 29 districts, 20,971 postcodes SG Stevenage 19 districts, 12,179 postcodes SK Stockport 19 districts, 16,696 postcodes SL Slough 12 districts, 10,672 postcodes SM Sutton 7 districts, 4,326 postcodes SN Swindon 21 districts, 14,710 postcodes SO Southampton 25 districts, 18,624 postcodes SP Salisbury 11 districts, 8,753 postcodes SR Sunderland 9 districts, 6,881 postcodes SS Southend-on-Sea 19 districts, 11,987 postcodes ST Stoke-on-Trent 22 districts, 17,871 postcodes SW South West London 28 districts, 20,109 postcodes SY Shrewsbury 26 districts, 14,641 postcodes TA Taunton 24 districts, 12,113 postcodes TD Galashiels 15 districts, 4,538 postcodes TF Telford 13 districts, 7,234 postcodes TN Tunbridge Wells 40 districts, 23,179 postcodes TQ Torquay 14 districts, 10,115 postcodes TR Truro 27 districts, 12,559 postcodes TS Cleveland 29 districts, 17,884 postcodes TW Twickenham 21 districts, 11,122 postcodes UB Southall 12 districts, 7,216 postcodes W West London 26 districts, 18,480 postcodes WA Warrington 18 districts, 18,345 postcodes WC West Central London 14 districts, 2,537 postcodes WD Watford 12 districts, 7,405 postcodes WF Wakefield 18 districts, 14,745 postcodes WN Wigan 8 districts, 7,289 postcodes WR Worcester 16 districts, 9,020 postcodes WS Walsall 15 districts, 10,307 postcodes WV Wolverhampton 18 districts, 10,650 postcodes YO York 30 districts, 19,287 postcodes ZE Lerwick 3 districts, 658 postcodes

One tile for every area we hold. Counts are postcodes in use.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Area names are the ones each area is commonly known by; they are not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

How many postcode areas are there?

We hold 120 postcode areas in England, Scotland and Wales, split into 2,872 districts. Northern Ireland (BT), the Channel Islands (GY, JE) and the Isle of Man (IM) have postcode areas of their own, which we do not hold, so they are not in that count.

How many postcodes are there in the UK?

How areas get their letters

Most areas take their letters from a large town or city in them: NE from Newcastle upon Tyne, NG from Nottingham and PE from Peterborough. London is split by compass point instead: E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W and WC.

Postcode areas are Royal Mail's, drawn for delivering post. They do not follow county or council boundaries. Of the 120 areas we hold, 117 have postcodes under more than one council.

UK postcode format explained, part by part

Area, district, sector, postcode

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