N postcode area

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London N postcode area
N (United Kingdom)
N
N
Postcode area N
Postcode area name London N
Post towns 1
Postcode districts 23
Postcode sectors 89
Postcodes (live) 17,827
Postcodes (total) 25,456
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The N (Northern) postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area[2], is the part of the London postal district covering much of north London, England.

It includes parts of the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Enfield. The postcode area does not cover all of north London, with the EN postcode area covering sections of Enfield and Barnet and the HA postcode area covering a section of Barnet.

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[edit] History

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917.[3] The districts usually cover a wider area than their names might suggest. As of 2004, the district names do not form part of the postal address.[2]

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district Post town Location in Greater London
and London postal district (red)		 1917 name Additional coverage Local authority
N1 LONDON
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Head district Barnsbury (part), Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton Hackney, Islington, Camden
N2
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 East Finchley Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (part) Barnet, Haringey
N3
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Finchley Church End Barnet
N4
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Finsbury Park Manor House, Harringay (part), Stroud Green (part) Haringey, Islington, Hackney
N5
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Highbury Highbury Fields Islington
N6
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Highgate Hampstead Heath (part) Camden, Haringey, Islington
N7
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Holloway Barnsbury (part), Holloway, Tufnell Park (part) Islington
N8
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Hornsey Crouch End, Harringay (part) Haringey, Islington
N9
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Lower Edmonton Edmonton (part) Enfield
N10
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Muswell Hill Haringey, Barnet
N11
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 New Southgate Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, Barnet, Haringey
N12
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 North Finchley Woodside Park Barnet
N13
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Palmers Green Enfield
N14
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Southgate Oakwood, Osidge, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, Barnet
N15
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 South Tottenham Harringay (part), West Green, Seven Sisters, Stamford Hill (part) Hackney, Haringey
N16
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Stoke Newington Stamford Hill, Shacklewell, Dalston (part), Newington Green (part) Hackney, Islington
N17
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Tottenham South Tottenham (part) Haringey
N18
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Upper Edmonton Edmonton (part) Enfield
N19
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Upper Holloway Archway, Tufnell Park (part), Hornsey (part) Islington, Camden
N20
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Whetstone Totteridge, Oakleigh Park Barnet
N21
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Winchmore Hill Enfield
N22
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 Wood Green Bounds Green (part), Bowes Park Haringey, Enfield
N81
N postcode area (Greater London)
N postcode area
 N/A Non-geographic postcode - Electoral Reform Services, N8[4] Haringey

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - E (London E) - EC (London EC) - WC (London WC) - NW (London NW) - EN (Enfield) .
Adjacent postcode areas
EN

NW
 N
 E

WC
EC

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
  2. ^ a b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ British Postal Museum & Archive - Postcodes (PDF)
  4. ^ Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes. Royal Mail (2007-03-07). Retrieved on 2008-03-10.

[edit] See also

v • d • e
London postal district

Postcode areas: E • EC • N • NW • SE • SW • W • WC
Postcode areas covering parts of Greater London: BR • CR • DA • EN • HA • IG • KT • RM • SM • TN • TW • UB