CR postcode area

CR0, CR3, CR4 and CR8 redirect here and can also mean the control registers of the 386 and later x86 processors.
Croydon postcode area
CR
Postcode area CR
Postcode area name Croydon
Post towns 10
Postcode districts 10
Postcode sectors 58
Postcodes (live) 8,232
Postcodes (total) 13,119
Locations in Greater London
Locations in Surrey
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area,[2] is a group of nine postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. The majority of these postcode districts cover part of South London, although CR3 and CR6 cover both places in South London and places in Surrey.

The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Merton. Part of the Tandridge district of Surrey is covered by parts of the CR3 and CR6 postcode districts.

For historical reasons the code CR9 differs from all others – CR9 is allocated to specific large users rather than a geographical area.

Contents

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
CR0 CROYDON Croydon, Addiscombe, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington Croydon, Sutton
CR2 SOUTH CROYDON South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Part of Addington Croydon
CR3 CATERHAM Caterham Croydon, Tandridge
CR3 WHYTELEAFE Whyteleafe Chaldon Woldingham Croydon, Tandridge
CR4 MITCHAM Mitcham, Beddington Corner Merton, Lambeth, Sutton
CR5 COULSDON Coulsdon, Parts of Chipstead and Woodmansterne Croydon, Sutton
CR6 WARLINGHAM Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh Tandridge, Croydon
CR7 THORNTON HEATH(part) Thornton Heath Croydon
CR8 PURLEY Purley, Kenley Croydon, Sutton
CR9 CROYDON Non-geographic postcode district (located in CR0) Croydon

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
SW SE
SM CR BR
KT RH TN

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: BR (Bromley), TN (Tonbridge), RH (Redhill), KT (Kingston upon Thames), SM (Sutton), SW (London SW), SE (London SE).

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

External links
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Outer areas