HU1 postcode district: Kingston upon Hull and around
HU1 is a postcode district in England, with 293 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Kingston upon Hull. Its council is City of Kingston upon Hull.
- Postcodes in use
- 293
- Sectors
- 4
- Council
- City of Kingston upon Hull
- Places
- Kingston upon Hull
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in HU1, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 23
- In use before 2020: 270
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 293 postcodes in HU1 that ONS places, 23 are new since 2020 and 270 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7428, longitude -0.3379. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What broadband can you get in HU1?
Ofcom reports on 267 of the 293 postcodes in HU1. At 223 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is HU1 at risk of flooding?
258 of the 293 postcodes in HU1 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,330 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in HU1?
Homes in HU1 sold for a typical £112,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 26% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
- Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
- Flat or maisonette £97,000 27 sales
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in HU1
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in HU1
Towns and villages with postcodes in HU1, and how many each has here.
Who covers HU1
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice276
- Kingston upon Hull East11
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham6
Police force areas
- Humberside293
Next to HU1
"Next to" is by number: the district after HU1 in the HU area.
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