HP postcode area

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Hemel Hempstead postcode area

Postcode area	HP
Postcode area name	Hemel Hempstead
Post towns	11
Postcode districts	24
Postcode sectors	69
Postcodes (live)	14,109
Postcodes (total)	19,402
Statistics as at October 2006 ^[1]

The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area^[2], is a group of twenty-three postal districts in north west Hertfordshire and East Buckinghamshire.

The main sorting office is in Hemel Hempstead (Park Lane HP1) and the area served includes parts of the Dacorum, Aylesbury Vale, South Buckinghamshire and High Wycombe.

1 Coverage
2 Adjacent areas
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
HP1	HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Hemel Hempstead	Dacorum
HP2	HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Hemel Hempstead	Dacorum
HP3	HEMEL HEMPSTEAD	Hemel Hempstead, Bovingdon	Dacorum
HP4	BERKHAMSTED	Berkhamsted, Dagnall, Dudswell, Little Gaddesden, Northchurch, Potten End, Ringshall	Dacorum / Aylesbury Vale
HP5	CHESHAM	Chesham	South Buckinghamshire
HP6	AMERSHAM	Amersham, Chesham Bois, Hyde Heath, Little Chalfont	South Buckinghamshire
HP7	AMERSHAM	Amersham	South Buckinghamshire
HP8	CHALFONT ST GILES	Chalfont St Giles	South Buckinghamshire
HP9	BEACONSFIELD	Beaconsfield, Forty Green, Jordans, Knotty Green, Seer Green	Dacorum
HP10	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Flackwell Heath, Handy Cross, Loudwater, Penn, Wooburn Green, Wooburn Moor, Wooburn Town	Wycombe
HP11	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe	Wycombe
HP12	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Booker	Wycombe
HP13	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Downley	Wycombe
HP14	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe	Wycombe
HP15	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe	Chiltern
HP16	GREAT MISSENDEN	Great Missenden, Prestwood	Chiltern
HP17	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP18	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP19	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP20	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP21	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP22	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
HP23	TRING	Tring	Dacorum
HP27	PRINCES RISBOROUGH

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - AL (St Albans) - WD (Watford) - SL (Slough) - RG (Reading) - OX (Oxford) - MK (Milton Keynes) - LU (Luton) .