RM postcode area

Romford postcode area
RM
Postcode area RM
Postcode area name Romford
Post towns 9
Postcode districts 21
Postcode sectors 66
Postcodes (live) 9,943
Postcodes (total) 13,513
Locations in Greater London
Locations in Essex
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The RM postcode area, also known as the Romford postcode area,[2] is a group of 20 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of nine post towns. The majority of these postcode districts cover part of north east and east London.

The main sorting office is in Romford and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Havering, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge. Part of the Thurrock unitary district is also covered by the postcode area and a small part of the Epping Forest and Brentwood districts of Essex are included in the RM4 postcode district.

Contents

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
RM1 ROMFORD Romford Havering
RM2 ROMFORD Gidea Park, Heath Park Havering
RM3 ROMFORD Harold Wood, Harold Hill, Noak Hill Havering
RM4 ROMFORD Havering-atte-Bower, Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts, Noak Hill, Navestock, Stapleford Tawney, Stapleford Aerodrome Havering, Epping Forest, Brentwood
RM5 ROMFORD Collier Row Havering, Redbridge
RM6 ROMFORD Chadwell Heath, Little Heath Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Havering
RM7 ROMFORD Rush Green, Mawneys, Romford Havering
RM8 DAGENHAM Dagenham, Becontree Heath Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge
RM9 DAGENHAM Dagenham, Becontree Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Havering
RM10 DAGENHAM Dagenham Barking and Dagenham
RM11 HORNCHURCH Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green Havering
RM12 HORNCHURCH Hornchurch, Elm Park Havering
RM13 RAINHAM Rainham, South Hornchurch, Wennington Havering
RM14 UPMINSTER Upminster, Cranham, North Ockendon, Bulphan Havering, Thurrock
RM15 SOUTH OCKENDON South Ockendon, Aveley Thurrock, Havering
RM16 GRAYS Chafford Hundred, Chadwell St Mary, North Stifford, Orsett Thurrock
RM17 GRAYS Grays, Badgers Dene Thurrock
RM18 TILBURY Tilbury, East Tilbury, West Tilbury Thurrock
RM19 PURFLEET Purfleet Thurrock
RM20 GRAYS West Thurrock, South Stifford Thurrock
RM50 ROMFORD non-geographic (Britannia Music) Havering

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
CM
IG RM SS
SE DA

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: SS (Southend on Sea), DA (Dartford), SE (London SE), IG (Ilford), CM (Chelmsford). The southern boundary is the River Thames.

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)

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