AL postcode area

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St Albans postcode area
AL (United Kingdom)
AL
AL
Postcode area AL
Postcode area name St Albans
Post towns 5
Postcode districts 10
Postcode sectors 39
Postcodes (live) 7,951
Postcodes (total) 10,339
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The AL postcode area, also known as the St Albans postcode area[2], is a group of ten postal districts in central Hertfordshire which are subdivisions of five post towns.

Mail posted in this area is processed in Watford (Ascot Road WD18), and is delivered from offices at St Albans (Brick Knoll Park AL1), Harpenden (Station Road AL5), and Hatfield (Town Centre AL10). The area served includes St Albans and Welwyn Hatfield.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
AL1 ST ALBANS St Albans St Albans
AL2 ST ALBANS St Albans, Bricket Wood, Colney Street, Frogmore, London Colney, Napsbury, Park Street, Potters Crouch St Albans
AL3 ST ALBANS St Albans, Childwickbury, Flamstead, Gorhambury, Markyate, Porters Wood, Redbourn, Sandridge St Albans
AL4 ST ALBANS St Albans, Colney Heath, London Colney, Marshalswick, Oaklands, Sandridge, Smallford, Tyttenhanger, Wheathampstead St Albans
AL5 HARPENDEN Harpenden St Albans
AL6 WELWYN Welwyn, Ayot St Peter, Ayot St Lawrence, Digswell, Rabley Heath, Tewin Welwyn Hatfield
AL7 WELWYN GARDEN CITY Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Hatfield
AL8 WELWYN GARDEN CITY Welwyn Garden City, Lemsford Welwyn Hatfield
AL9 HATFIELD Hatfield, Brookmans Park, Essendon, North Mymms Welwyn Hatfield
AL10 HATFIELD Hatfield Welwyn Hatfield

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - EN (Enfield) - WD (Watford) - HP (Hemel Hempstead) - LU (Luton) - SG (Stevenage) .
Adjacent postcode areas
LU
 SG

HP
 AL

WD
EN

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[edit] See also