IG postcode area

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Ilford postcode area

Postcode area	IG
Postcode area name	Ilford
Post towns	6
Postcode districts	11
Postcode sectors	34
Postcodes (live)	6,287
Postcodes (total)	8,799
Statistics as at October 2006 ^[1]

The IG postcode area, also known as the Ilford postcode area^[2], is a group of 11 postal districts in north east Greater London which are subdivisions of six post towns.

The main sorting office is in Ilford and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. A small part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest is covered by the IG8 postal district. Parts of the Epping Forest district of Essex are covered by the IG7, IG9 and IG10 postal districts.

1 Coverage
2 London E19
3 Adjacent areas
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
IG1	ILFORD	Ilford	Redbridge
IG2	ILFORD	Gants Hill	Redbridge
IG3	ILFORD	Seven Kings	Redbridge
IG4	ILFORD	Redbridge	Redbridge
IG5	ILFORD	Clayhall	Redbridge
IG6	ILFORD	Barkingside	Redbridge
IG7	CHIGWELL	Chigwell, Hainault	Epping Forest, Redbridge
IG8	WOODFORD GREEN	Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge	Redbridge, Waltham Forest
IG9	BUCKHURST HILL	Buckhurst Hill	Epping Forest
IG10	LOUGHTON	Loughton	Epping Forest
IG11	BARKING	Barking	Barking & Dagenham

[edit] London E19

In April 2005, a local businessman started a campaign to have IG1 postcodes changed to London E19, on the pretext that IG1 is not recognised as a London postcode. He argued that so doing would help local businesses. A Royal Mail spokesman, however, said campaigners in Ilford had "virtually no hope" of changing their postcode. [1].

This move has the opposite motives to a group in London SE2 who wish to have their postcode changed to adjacent DA7 citing higher insurance for their houses, belongings and cars as reason to change. Royal Mail said they have never changed the first part of a postcode for these reasons. [2]

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - RM (Romford) - SE (London SE) - E (London E) - EN (Enfield) - CM (Chelmsford) . The southern boundary is the River Thames. Part of the western boundary is the North Circular Road and the River Roding.