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Postcode areas

10,212 people, grouped by the letters of their work postcode. 108 areas, against 436 town pages — and unlike the towns, this covers the people whose employer gave a county, a trading estate or a spelling nothing else matches.

A postcode area is a Royal Mail sorting district, not a county and not a city. "BS" is named for Bristol and reaches well beyond it; London is split across eight of them. The name here is the area's own name, not a claim about where somebody lives — and the address is a work address.


The twenty largest postcode areas. The full list follows.
  1. M — Manchester 535
  2. B — Birmingham 510
  3. EC — London EC 478
  4. BS — Bristol 422
  5. LS — Leeds 317
  6. S — Sheffield 256
  7. L — Liverpool 239
  8. CF — Cardiff 231
  9. NR — Norwich 213
  10. PE — Peterborough 187
  11. EX — Exeter 187
  12. PO — Portsmouth 185
  13. BN — Brighton 177
  14. SO — Southampton 173
  15. GU — Guildford 156
  16. BH — Bournemouth 156
  17. PL — Plymouth 153
  18. SW — London SW 150
  19. NE — Newcastle upon Tyne 148
  20. NG — Nottingham 146
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M Manchester 535
B Birmingham 510
EC London EC 478
BS Bristol 422
LS Leeds 317
S Sheffield 256
L Liverpool 239
CF Cardiff 231
NR Norwich 213
PE Peterborough 187
EX Exeter 187
PO Portsmouth 185
BN Brighton 177
SO Southampton 173
GU Guildford 156
BH Bournemouth 156
PL Plymouth 153
SW London SW 150
NE Newcastle upon Tyne 148
NG Nottingham 146
RG Reading 142
TA Taunton 137
GL Gloucester 134
IP Ipswich 131
CV Coventry 128
PR Preston 127
TN Tonbridge 125
BA Bath 124
W London W 121
CH Chester 119
WF Wakefield 112
DN Doncaster 105
BL Bolton 102
LE Leicester 100
CM Chelmsford 100
E London E 99
SE London SE 96
WC London WC 95
OX Oxford 94
ME Medway 87
NN Northampton 86
TQ Torquay 86
CB Cambridge 86
SK Stockport 86
DE Derby 86
TS Cleveland 84
TR Truro 83
RH Redhill 79
SN Swindon 71
HU Hull 69
LN Lincoln 67
BB Blackburn 66
DY Dudley 66
MK Milton Keynes 65
ST Stoke-on-Trent 65
SA Swansea 64
NP Newport 64
WR Worcester 63
WA Warrington 61
CT Canterbury 60
CO Colchester 59
BD Bradford 57
N London N 57
YO York 52
SP Salisbury 51
HP Hemel Hempstead 50
SY Shrewsbury 49
BR Bromley 47
DT Dorchester 44
SG Stevenage 44
CA Carlisle 44
HA Harrow 43
NW London NW 39
CW Crewe 37
KT Kingston upon Thames 37
WS Walsall 35
LA Lancaster 34
WN Wigan 34
WV Wolverhampton 33
TW Twickenham 33
AL St Albans 32
SS Southend-on-Sea 31
CR Croydon 30
LL Llandudno 30
HD Huddersfield 30
RM Romford 29
LU Luton 28
EN Enfield 28
DA Dartford 27
SL Slough 27
FY Blackpool 27
DL Darlington 27
TF Telford 26
SM Sutton 25
SR Sunderland 22
HR Hereford 22
OL Oldham 21
DH Durham 21
UB Uxbridge 19
HG Harrogate 17
IG Ilford 15
WD Watford 11
BT Belfast 9
HX Halifax 8
IM Isle of Man 6
GX Gibraltar 4
JE Jersey 4
EH Edinburgh 3