Data lookups
UK postcode areas
Which town or region each UK postcode prefix covers.
124 entries.
| Area code | Postcode area | Region |
|---|---|---|
| AB | Aberdeen | Scotland |
| AL | St Albans | East of England |
| B | Birmingham | West Midlands |
| BA | Bath | South West |
| BB | Blackburn | North West |
| BD | Bradford | Yorkshire |
| BH | Bournemouth | South West |
| BL | Bolton | North West |
| BN | Brighton | South East |
| BR | Bromley | Greater London |
| BS | Bristol | South West |
| BT | Belfast | Northern Ireland (all of it) |
| CA | Carlisle | North West |
| CB | Cambridge | East of England |
| CF | Cardiff | Wales |
| CH | Chester | North West |
| CM | Chelmsford | East of England |
| CO | Colchester | East of England |
| CR | Croydon | Greater London |
| CT | Canterbury | South East |
| CV | Coventry | West Midlands |
| CW | Crewe | North West |
| DA | Dartford | South East |
| DD | Dundee | Scotland |
| DE | Derby | East Midlands |
| DG | Dumfries | Scotland |
| DH | Durham | North East |
| DL | Darlington | North East |
| DN | Doncaster | Yorkshire |
| DT | Dorchester | South West |
| DY | Dudley | West Midlands |
| E | London E | East London |
| EC | London EC | City of London |
| EH | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| EN | Enfield | Greater London |
| EX | Exeter | South West |
| FK | Falkirk | Scotland |
| FY | Blackpool | North West |
| G | Glasgow | Scotland |
| GL | Gloucester | South West |
| GU | Guildford | South East |
| GY | Guernsey | Channel Islands |
| HA | Harrow | Greater London |
| HD | Huddersfield | Yorkshire |
| HG | Harrogate | Yorkshire |
| HP | Hemel Hempstead | South East |
| HR | Hereford | West Midlands |
| HS | Outer Hebrides | Scotland |
| HU | Hull | Yorkshire |
| HX | Halifax | Yorkshire |
| IG | Ilford | Greater London |
| IM | Isle of Man | Isle of Man |
| IP | Ipswich | East of England |
| IV | Inverness | Scotland |
| JE | Jersey | Channel Islands |
| KA | Kilmarnock | Scotland |
| KT | Kingston upon Thames | South East |
| KW | Kirkwall | Scotland |
| KY | Kirkcaldy | Scotland |
| L | Liverpool | North West |
| LA | Lancaster | North West |
| LD | Llandrindod Wells | Wales |
| LE | Leicester | East Midlands |
| LL | Llandudno | Wales |
| LN | Lincoln | East Midlands |
| LS | Leeds | Yorkshire |
| LU | Luton | East of England |
| M | Manchester | North West |
| ME | Medway | South East |
| MK | Milton Keynes | South East |
| ML | Motherwell | Scotland |
| N | London N | North London |
| NE | Newcastle upon Tyne | North East |
| NG | Nottingham | East Midlands |
| NN | Northampton | East Midlands |
| NP | Newport | Wales |
| NR | Norwich | East of England |
| NW | London NW | North West London |
| OL | Oldham | North West |
| OX | Oxford | South East |
| PA | Paisley | Scotland |
| PE | Peterborough | East of England |
| PH | Perth | Scotland |
| PL | Plymouth | South West |
| PO | Portsmouth | South East |
| PR | Preston | North West |
| RG | Reading | South East |
| RH | Redhill | South East |
| RM | Romford | Greater London |
| S | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| SA | Swansea | Wales |
| SE | London SE | South East London |
| SG | Stevenage | East of England |
| SK | Stockport | North West |
| SL | Slough | South East |
| SM | Sutton | Greater London |
| SN | Swindon | South West |
| SO | Southampton | South East |
| SP | Salisbury | South West |
| SR | Sunderland | North East |
| SS | Southend-on-Sea | East of England |
| ST | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands |
| SW | London SW | South West London |
| SY | Shrewsbury | West Midlands / Wales |
| TA | Taunton | South West |
| TD | Galashiels | Scotland |
| TF | Telford | West Midlands |
| TN | Tonbridge | South East |
| TQ | Torquay | South West |
| TR | Truro | South West |
| TS | Cleveland | North East |
| TW | Twickenham | Greater London |
| UB | Southall | Greater London |
| W | London W | West London |
| WA | Warrington | North West |
| WC | London WC | Central London |
| WD | Watford | East of England |
| WF | Wakefield | Yorkshire |
| WN | Wigan | North West |
| WR | Worcester | West Midlands |
| WS | Walsall | West Midlands |
| WV | Wolverhampton | West Midlands |
| YO | York | Yorkshire |
| ZE | Lerwick | Scotland (Shetland) |
The 121 UK postcode areas — the letters at the start of a postcode — plus the Crown dependencies (GY, JE, IM), which have their own postal services. An area covers a wide region and rarely matches council boundaries. Northern Ireland uses BT throughout.