london zip code

What is the ZIP Code of London?

The Royal Mail does not use zip codes. They have a much more sophisticated system called Post Codes. The code is a mixture of letters and numbers where the first one or two characters are letters and indicate the “post town” followed by one or two numbers indicating a subdivision of that post town delivery area (and in more rural areas that subdivision can be quite a long way from the post town).

 

No such thing as a London wide code.

London has the following postal regions which are further divided into local postcodes.

1. S – South
2. Ñ – North
3. E – East
4. W – West

• WC – West Central for inner London.
• EC – East Central for inner London but pretty much the old City of London
• NW – Northwest London
• SW – South West includes some inner west London but mainly south west London
• SE – South East.

What is the ZIP Code of London?

The London postal district is the area in England of 241 square miles (620 km2) to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered.

 

postal codes

	Place	Code
	-33.025/27.908
1	East London	5208
	-33.033/27.917
2	East London	5211

 

 

If postcode starts with, and there is a number at the place of *

WC*
EC*
E*
W*
N*
S*
SE*
SW*
NW*
then it’s London

For example, the postcode for 10 Downing Street is SW1A 2AA

The Buckingham palace is SW1A 1AA