The RM postcode area is a group of 20 postal districts in north east Greater London which are subdivisions of nine post towns. Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ...

The main sorting office is in Romford and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Part of the Thurrock unitary district is also covered by the postcode area and a small part of the Epping Forest and Brentwood districts of Essex are included in the RM4 postal district. The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in East London, England and forms part of Outer London. ... The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London and forms part of Outer London. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the East of England. ... Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. ... Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex in the East of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town		Coverage	Local authority
RM1	ROMFORD		Romford	Havering
RM2	ROMFORD		Gidea Park, Heath Park	Havering
RM3	ROMFORD		Harold Wood, Harold Hill, Noak Hill	Havering
RM4	ROMFORD		Havering-atte-Bower, Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts, Noak Hill, Navestock, Stapleford Tawney, Stapleford Aerodrome	Havering, Epping Forest
RM5	ROMFORD		Collier Row	Havering
RM6	ROMFORD		Chadwell Heath, Little Heath	Barking & Dagenham, Havering
RM7	ROMFORD		Rush Green, Mawneys	Havering
RM8	DAGENHAM		Dagenham, Becontree Heath	Barking & Dagenham
RM9	DAGENHAM		Dagenham, Becontree	Barking & Dagenham, Havering
RM10	DAGENHAM		Dagenham	Barking & Dagenham
RM11	HORNCHURCH		Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green	Havering
RM12	HORNCHURCH		Hornchurch, Elm Park	Havering
RM13	RAINHAM		Rainham, South Hornchurch, Wennington	Havering
RM14	UPMINSTER		Upminster, Cranham, North Ockendon, Bulphan	Havering, Thurrock
RM15	SOUTH OCKENDON		South Ockendon, Aveley	Thurrock, Havering
RM16	GRAYS		Chafford Hundred, Chadwell St. Mary, North Stifford, Orsett	Thurrock
RM17	GRAYS		Grays, Badgers Dene	Thurrock
RM18	TILBURY		Tilbury, East Tilbury, West Tilbury	Thurrock
RM19	PURFLEET		Purfleet	Thurrock
RM20	GRAYS		West Thurrock, South Stifford	Thurrock
RM50	ROMFORD		Romford	Havering

Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Romford is a town in East London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Gidea Park is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Harold Wood is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Harold Hill is also the name of a fictional character in the musical The Music Man, a con man who attempts to swindle an Iowa town by giving fake music lessons. ... Noak Hill is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Havering-atte-Bower is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ466969 Administration Parish: Lambourne District: Epping Forest Shire county: Essex Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Essex Historic county: Essex Services Police force: Essex Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East of England Post office... Navestock is a village in south Essex. ... Stapleford Aerodrome (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGSG) is an airfield in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England near to the village of Abridge. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Collier Row is a place in London in the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Chadwell Heath is a place split between the London Borough of Barking and Dagenhamand the London Borough of Redbridge in East London. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Rush Green is a place divided between the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Becontree Heath is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Becontree is a place in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Dagenham is a town within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Hornchurch is a town in the London Borough of Havering in East London. ... Emerson Park is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Ardleigh Green is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Elm Park is also the name of the former ground of the English Association football team Reading F.C.. Elm Park is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Rainham is a place in the London Borough of Havering in East London, England. ... South Hornchurch is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Wennington, 14. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Upminster is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Cranham is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... North Ockendon is a place in Greater London, England in the London Borough of Havering. ... Bulphan is a village in the borough of Thurrock in the East of England. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... South Ockendon is a place in Thurrock in England. ... Aveley is a place in Thurrock, England. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Chafford Hundred is a recent UK housing development (building began in 1989) just outside Greater London between Grays and Ockendon in the Borough of Thurrock. ... Orsett is a place in the Thurrock borough and unitary district of Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ615773 Administration District: Thurrock Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Essex Historic county: Essex Services Police force: Essex Police Ambulance service: East of England Post office and telephone Post town: GRAYS Postal district: RM17 Dialling... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Tilbury is located on the north bank of the River Thames, in the borough of Thurrock in England, at the point where the river suddenly narrows to about 800 yards/740 metres in width. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Purfleet is a place in the Thurrock unitary authority in England. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... West Thurrock is a place in the borough of Thurrock in England. ... South Stifford is a small residential area within the town of Grays. ... Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Romford is a town in East London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ...

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east): SS, DA, SE, IG, CM. The southern boundary is the River Thames. The DA postcode area is a group of 18 postal districts in south east Greater London and north west Kent which are subdivisions of 11 post towns. ... The system of London postal districts predate the introduction of postcodes throughout the United Kingdom in the 1960s and have been adapted over time. ... The IG postcode area is a group of 11 postal districts in north east Greater London which are subdivisions of six post towns. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ...

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

External links

• Map of districts in RM postcode area