Encyclopedia > List of postal codes in the United Kingdom
The term postcode in the UK is used rather loosely for any component of a postcode. The postcode proper is the full unit postcode, for example EH15 2JJ. There are about 1.8 million of these in the UK. The use of the term postal district for that level of the hierarchy had been established with the London postal districts long before postcodes were introduced. Australian and UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... // The system of London postal districts predated the introduction of postcodes throughout the United Kingdom in the 1960s. ...
The UK postal system runs on a system of alphanumeric codes, or Postcodes. ... This is a list of the post towns of the United Kingdom sorted in postcode sequence. ...
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The Postal Geography page from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) defines the nomenclature of the postcode hierarchy
The use of the term postal district for that level of the hierarchy had been established with the London postal districts long before postcodes were introduced.
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