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Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). They are alphanumeric and were adopted nationally between 11 October 1959 and 1974, having been devised by the General Post Office (Royal Mail).
Dec 31, 2021 · There are 121 postcode areas in the United Kingdom (excluding non-geographic postcodes and the crown dependencies). They consist of one or two letters (the postcode area); one or two numbers (the postcode district); followed by a space; one number (the postcode sector); and two letters.
As of June 2016, there are 124 postcode areas, 2,987 postcode districts, 11,192 postcode sectors, and 1,500 post towns., 55,540 full postcodes in England and Wales contain only one household. Addresses receiving large volumes of mail are each assigned separate "large user" postcodes.
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[1] United Kingdom postcode areas. Map of postcode areas in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies, with links to each postcode area. Crown dependencies. The Crown dependencies (which are not part of the United Kingdom) did not introduce postcodes until later, but use a similar coding scheme. They are separate postal authorities. [1]
For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom (although the populations listed just show figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland), is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] .
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