[SEL] OT: British addresses, was ATIS Holdiay Charity Auction

[Dave Rotigel]

Thank you Peter, This is VERY useful information!
         Dave
PS, Give Rita a BIG X-mas kiss for me!


>As we lived in Crawley for 20+ years, we are familiar with the
>addresses and can give the following:
>
>Crawley is divided up into 'estate' areas, Furnace Green is one of the
>later ones, started in the late 1950's, we lived in Tilgate which was
>next door.
>
>The PostCode RH10  6SJ is broken down into:
>Post Town - Redhill in this case - RH which covers:
>
>Betchworth, Billingshurst, Burgess Hill, Crawley, Dorking, East
>Grinstead, Forest Row, Gatwick, Godstone, Haywards Heath, Horley,
>Horsham, Lingfield, Oxted, Pulborough, Redhill, Reigate
>
>Post Town area - 10 is Crawley, 12 is Turners Hill where my sister
>lives and so on.
>
>6 is the subdivision for Furnace Green
>
>SJ is the 'walk' that has that house in its address area.
>
>__________________________________________________
>
>Main area codes for the UK are:
>
>AB - Aberdeen HA - Harrow PO - Portsmouth
>AL - St Albans HD - Huddersfield PR - Preston
>B - Birmingham  HG - Harrogate RG - Reading
>BA - Bath HP - Hemel Hempstead RH - Redhill
>BB - Blackburn HR - Hereford RM - Romford
>BD - Bradford HS - Western Isles S - Sheffield
>BH - Bournemouth HU - Hull SA - Swansea
>BL - Bolton HX - Halifax SE - London
>BN - Brighton IG - Ilford SG - Stevenage
>BR - BromleyIM - Isle Of Man SK - Stockport
>BS - Bristol IP - Ipswich SL - Slough
>BT - Belfast IV - Inverness - SM - Sutton
>CA - Carlisle JE - Jersey SN - Swindon
>CB - Cambridge KA - Kilmarnock SO - Southampton
>CF - Cardiff KT - Kingston Upon Thames SP - Salisbury
>CH Chester KW - Kirkwall SR - Sunderland
>CM - Chelmsford KY - Kirkcaldy SS - Southend-On-Sea
>CO - Colchester L - Liverpool ST - Stoke-On-Trent
>CR - Croydon LA - Lancaster SW - London
>CT - Canterbury LD - Llandrindod Wells SY - Shrewsbury
>CV - Coventry LE - Leicester TA - Taunton
>CW - Crewe LL - Llandudno TD - Galashiels
>DA - Dartford LN - Lincoln TF - Telford
>DD - Dundee LS - Leeds TN - Tonbridge
>DE - Derby LU - Luton TQ - Torquay
>DG - Dumfries M - Manchester TR - Truro
>DH - Durham ME - Medway TS - Cleveland
>DL - Darlington MK - Milton Keynes TW - Twickenham
>DN - Doncaster ML - Motherwell UB - Uxbridge
>DT - Dorchester N - London W - London
>DY - Dudley NE - Newcastle Upon Tyne WA - Warrington
>E - London NG - Nottingham WC - London
>EC - London NN - Northampton WD - Watford
>EH - Edinburgh NP - Newport WF - Wakefield
>EN - Enfield NR - Norwich WN - Wigan
>EX - Exeter NW - London WR - Worcester
>FK - Falkirk OL - Oldham WS - Walsall
>FY - Blackpool OX - Oxford WV - Wolverhampton
>G - Glasgow PA - Paisley YO - York
>GL - Gloucester PE - Peterborough ZE - Lerwick
>GU - Guildford PH - Perth
>GY - Guernsey PL - Plymouth
>
>Note that London does not have a letter code, only the postal areas
>within London.
>
>Rita's late father was a Postman :-))
>
>Peter
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