HP postcode area

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Hemel Hempstead postcode area

HP
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, Chiltern, 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, Ashley Green, Bellingdon, Botley, Chartridge, Hawridge, Latimer	Chiltern
HP6	AMERSHAM	Amersham, Chesham Bois, Hyde Heath, Little Chalfont	Chiltern
HP7	AMERSHAM	Amersham, Coleshill, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden, Winchmore Hill	Chiltern
HP8	CHALFONT ST GILES	Chalfont St Giles	South Buckinghamshire
HP9	BEACONSFIELD	Beaconsfield, Forty Green, Holtspur, Jordans, Knotty Green, Seer Green	Chiltern / Dacorum
HP10	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Flackwell Heath, Handy Cross, Hedsor, Loudwater, Penn, Tylers Green, Wooburn, Wooburn Green, Wooburn Moor	Wycombe / Chiltern
HP11	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe	Wycombe
HP12	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Booker, Sands	Wycombe
HP13	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Downley	Wycombe
HP14	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Bledlow Ridge, Bradenham, Ibstone, Lane End, Naphill, Stokenchurch, West Wycombe	Wycombe
HP15	HIGH WYCOMBE	High Wycombe, Great Kingshill, Hazlemere, Holmer Green, Hughenden Valley	Chiltern
HP16	GREAT MISSENDEN	Great Missenden, Ballinger, Lee, Little Hampden, Little Kingshill, Prestwood	Chiltern
HP17	AYLESBURY	Aston Sandford, Bishopstone, Dinton, Dorton, Ellesborough, Kingsey, Haddenham, Nash Lee, Stone	Aylesbury Vale
HP18	AYLESBURY	Ashendon, Boarstall, Brill, Chearsley, Chilton, Cuddington, Edgcott, Grendon Underwood, Ickford, Long Crendon, Lower Winchendon, Ludgershall, Oakley, Shabbington, Upper Winchendon, Waddesdon, Westcott, Worminghall, Wotton Underwood	Aylesbury Vale
HP19	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury, Fairford Leys, Prebendal Farm, Quarrendon, Watermead	Aylesbury Vale
HP20	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury, Aylesbury Town Centre, Broughton, Elmhurst	Aylesbury Vale
HP21	AYLESBURY	Aylesbury, Bedgrove, Elm Farm, Queens Park, Southcourt, Walton, Walton Court	Aylesbury Vale
HP22	AYLESBURY	Aston Abbotts, Aston Clinton, Bierton, Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp, Dunsmore, Halton, Hardwick, Hulcott, North Lee, Oving, Pitchcott, Quainton, Rowsham, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Weston Turville, Whitchurch, Wingrave	Aylesbury Vale
HP23	TRING	Tring, Buckland Common, Cholesbury, Marsworth, St Leonards	Dacorum / Chiltern
HP27	PRINCES RISBOROUGH	Princes Risborough, Askett, Bledlow, Ilmer, Lacey Green, Longwick, Loosley Row, Monks Risborough, Owlswick, Saunderton	Wycombe

[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) .