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A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system. [1] Including the correct post town in the address increases the chance of a letter or parcel being delivered on time. Post towns in general originated as the location of delivery offices.
This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, sorted by the postcode area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode). Postcode
All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1] Until 1996, Royal Mail required counties to be included in addresses, except for 110 of the larger post towns. For these "special post towns", the former postal county is shown in brackets below. Since 1996, counties are not required for any address.
The territory of the UK is broken down into 121 postcode areas. Each postcode area contains multiple post towns and districts. Postcode areas are mnemonically named after the area's major post town (such as TR for TRuro) although some are named after smaller towns or regional areas. Postcodes have since been additionally used in various ...
The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties, [1] were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. [2] The purpose of the postal county – as opposed to any other kind of county – was to aid the sorting of mail by differentiating between similar post towns.
The RG postcode area, also known as the Reading postcode area, [2] is a group of thirty postcode districts in England, within twelve post towns.These cover west and central Berkshire (including Reading, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Hungerford, Newbury, Thatcham and Wokingham) and north Hampshire (including Basingstoke, Hook, Tadley and Whitchurch), plus a small part of south-east Oxfordshire ...
The BD postcode area, also known as the Bradford postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within seven post towns.These cover northwestern West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Bingley, Shipley, Cleckheaton and Keighley) and southwestern North Yorkshire (including Skipton and Settle), plus very small parts of Lancashire.
The IP postcode area, also known as the Ipswich postcode area, [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in the east of England, within 15 post towns.These cover most of Suffolk (including Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Aldeburgh, Brandon, Eye, Felixstowe, Halesworth, Leiston, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket and Woodbridge), southern and southwestern Norfolk (including Thetford, Diss and Harleston ...