List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

Postcode area	Postcode area name[1][3]	Code formation
AB	Aberdeen
AL	St Albans
B	Birmingham
BA	Bath
BB	Blackburn
BD	Bradford
BH	Bournemouth
BL	Bolton
BN	Brighton
BR	Bromley
BS	Bristol
BT	Northern Ireland	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[1]	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
FK	Falkirk
FY	Blackpool[1]	The Fylde
G	Glasgow
GL	Gloucester
GU	Guildford
HA	Harrow
HD	Huddersfield
HG	Harrogate
HP	Hemel Hempstead
HR	Hereford
HS	Outer Hebrides[1]
HU	Hull
HX	Halifax
IG	Ilford[1]
IP	Ipswich
IV	Inverness
KA	Kilmarnock
KT	Kingston upon Thames
KW	Kirkwall
KY	Kirkcaldy
L	Liverpool
LA	Lancaster
LD	Llandrindod Wells[1]
LE	Leicester
LL	Llandudno
LN	Lincoln
LS	Leeds
LU	Luton
M	Manchester
ME	Rochester[1]	Medway (now sometimes known as Maidstone[4])
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[1]
SN	Swindon
SO	Southampton
SP	Salisbury[1]	Salisbury Plain
SR	Sunderland
SS	Southend-on-Sea
ST	Stoke-on-Trent
SW	South West London
SY	Shrewsbury
TA	Taunton
TD	Galashiels[1]	Teviotdale
TF	Telford
TN	Tonbridge[1]
TQ	Torquay
TR	Truro
TS	Cleveland[1]	Teesside
TW	Twickenham
UB	Southall[1]	Uxbridge
W	West London
WA	Warrington
WC	Western Central London
WD	Watford
WF	Wakefield
WN	Wigan
WR	Worcester
WS	Walsall
WV	Wolverhampton
YO	York
ZE	Lerwick[1]	Zetland

Postcode	Location
AI-2640	Anguilla[5]
ASCN 1ZZ STHL 1ZZ TDCU 1ZZ	Saint Helena: Ascension Island Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha[6]
BBND 1ZZ	British Indian Ocean Territory
BIQQ 1ZZ	British Antarctic Territory
FIQQ 1ZZ	Falkland Islands
GX11 1AA[7]	Gibraltar
PCRN 1ZZ	Pitcairn Islands
SIQQ 1ZZ	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
TKCA 1ZZ	Turks and Caicos Islands[8]

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