SE postcode area

London SE postcode area

SE
Postcode area	SE
Postcode area name	London SE
Post towns	1
Postcode districts	29
Postcode sectors	103
Postcodes (live)	20,922
Postcodes (total)	29,228

Statistics as at October 2006 ^[1]

The SE (South Eastern) postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area^[2], is the part of the London post town covering part of south east London, England. It loosely corresponds to the London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lewisham and London Borough of Greenwich, with eastern sections of the London Borough of Lambeth and smaller parts of adjoining London boroughs, But the London postal area covers a small percentage with the London Borough of Bexley and the London Borough of Bromley.

1 Postal administration
- 1.1 List of postcode districts
2 Boundaries
- 2.1 Adjacent areas
3 References
4 External links

Postal administration

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SE district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the abolished S district, with the rest going to SW. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917, by giving the district closest to London and the location of the head office the suffix "1" and then each district assigned a number alphabetically based on the location of the main office within the district.^[3] SE28 is a much later addition carved out of the existing districts SE2 and SE18 in order to accommodate the development of Thamesmead. Unlike in the SW postcode area, where districts are also split into two alphabetical tranches, SE1 is the only head district, and although the numbering begins again at SE19 this is not a head district.^[4] The postcode area is part of the London post town.^[2] There are no dependent localities used in the postcode area.^[2] SE1P is a non-geographic postcode district.

List of postcode districts

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names shown in italics:^[5]

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
SE1	LONDON	South Eastern head district: Bankside, South Bank, Southwark, Bermondsey (part), Vauxhall (part)	Southwark, Lambeth
SE1P	LONDON	Non-geographic postcode district (located in SE1)
SE2	LONDON	Abbey Wood district: Abbey Wood, West Heath, Bexleyheath (small parts) Crossness, Thamesmead (part)	Greenwich, Bexley
SE3	LONDON	Blackheath district: Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Westcombe Park	Greenwich, Lewisham
SE4	LONDON	Brockley district: Brockley, Crofton Park (part), Honor Oak (part), Ladywell (part)	Lewisham
SE5	LONDON	Camberwell district: Camberwell, Denmark Hill, Peckham	Lambeth, Southwark
SE6	LONDON	Catford district: Catford, Bellingham, Hither Green (part)	Lewisham
SE7	LONDON	Charlton district: Charlton	Greenwich
SE8	LONDON	Deptford district: Deptford, Evelyn	Lewisham, Greenwich, Southwark
SE9	LONDON	Eltham district: Eltham, Mottingham, New Eltham, Falconwood (part), Chinbrook (part), Longlands (part) Kidbrooke (part), Shooter's Hill (part) Sidcup (small parts for 2012)	Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley
SE10	LONDON	Greenwich district: Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula, The O2	Greenwich, Lewisham
SE11	LONDON	Kennington district: Kennington, Vauxhall (part)	Lambeth, Southwark
SE12	LONDON	Lee district: Lee, Grove Park, Chinbrook, Hither Green (part), Eltham (part), Horn Park, Blackheath (part)	Lewisham, Greenwich
SE13	LONDON	Lewisham district: Lewisham, Hither Green, Ladywell	Lewisham, Greenwich
SE14	LONDON	New Cross district: New Cross	Lewisham
SE15	LONDON	Peckham district: Peckham, Nunhead	Southwark, Lewisham
SE16	LONDON	Rotherhithe district: Rotherhithe, Bermondsey (part), Surrey Quays	Southwark, Lewisham
SE17	LONDON	Walworth district: Walworth, Newington	Southwark
SE18	LONDON	Woolwich district: Woolwich, Plumstead, Shooter's Hill	Greenwich, Bexley
SE19	LONDON	Upper Norwood district: Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace,	Croydon, Lambeth, Bromley, Southwark, Lewisham
SE20	LONDON	Anerley district: Anerley, Crystal Palace (part), Penge, Beckenham (part)	Bromley
SE21	LONDON	Dulwich district: Dulwich, Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill (part), Sydenham Hill (part)	Southwark, Lambeth
SE22	LONDON	East Dulwich district: East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Loughborough Junction, Herne Hill	Southwark
SE23	LONDON	Forest Hill district: Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Crofton Park (part)	Lewisham, Southwark
SE24	LONDON	Herne Hill district: Herne Hill, Tulse Hill (part)	Lambeth, Southwark
SE25	LONDON	South Norwood district: South Norwood, Selhurst	Croydon
SE26	LONDON	Sydenham district: Sydenham, Crystal Palace (part)	Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark
SE27	LONDON	West Norwood district: West Norwood, Gipsy Hill (part), Norwood (part)	Lambeth
SE28	LONDON	Thamesmead district: Thamesmead	Greenwich, Bexley
SE99	LONDON	Non-geographic postcode district (located in SE1–SE22)

Boundaries

Postcode districts SE1 and SE11 have extensive River Thames frontages and are central to London. SE2–SE18 are organised in the northern part of the postcode area, with SE2, SE7, SE8, SE10, SE16 and SE18 also fronting the river. Postcode districts SE19–SE27 form a group in the southwest and SE28 is located in the extreme northeast. The postcode area maps roughly to the combined area of the London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lewisham and London Borough of Greenwich. Eastern sections of the London Borough of Lambeth, the northern part of the London Borough of Croydon (SE19, SE25) and northwestern portions of the London Borough of Bromley (SE19, SE20, SE26) and London Borough of Bexley (SE2, SE9, SE18, SE28) are within the postcode area.

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
EC	E	IG
WC		RM
SW	SE	DA

	CR	BR

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: DA (Dartford), BR (Bromley), CR (Croydon), SW (London SW), WC (London WC), EC (London EC), E (London E), IG (Ilford), RM (Romford). In 2002, a small group of residents in the West Heath area wished to have their postcodes changed from SE2 to the adjacent DA7 postcode district; citing higher insurance for their houses, belongings and cars as reasons to change. Royal Mail have said they will not consider changes to postcodes for these reasons.^[6]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Royal Mail (2004). Address Management Guide (4 ed.). Royal Mail Group.
^ "Postcodes". Archive Information Sheet. The British Postal Museum and Archive. http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_Postcodes_web.pdf. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1980). The Inner London Letter Post. HMSO. http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1980/122inner_lon_let_post.htm.
^ "Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal area". HMSO. 1930. http://www.londonancestor.com/po/1map-w.htm.
^ "Cracking the codes not easy". This is Local London. 12 March 2002. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.334327.0.cracking_the_codes_not_easy.php. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

External links

"SE1". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE1.html.
"SE2". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE2.html.
"SE3". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE3.html.
"SE4". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE4.html.
"SE5". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE5.html.
"SE6". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE6.html.
"SE7". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE7.html.
"SE8". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE8.html.
"SE9". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE9.html.
"SE10". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE10.html.
"SE11". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE11.html.
"SE12". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE12.html.
"SE13". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE13.html.
"SE14". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE14.html.
"SE15". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE15.html.
"SE16". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE16.html.
"SE17". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE17.html.
"SE18". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE18.html.
"SE19". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE19.html.
"SE20". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE20.html.
"SE21". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE21.html.
"SE22". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE22.html.
"SE23". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE23.html.
"SE24". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE24.html.
"SE25". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE25.html.
"SE26". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE26.html.
"SE27". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE27.html.
"SE28". The Postcodes Project. Museum of London. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SE28.html.

Postcode areas in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

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Postcode areas in London

London postal district	E EC N NW SE SW W WC

Outer areas	BR CR DA EN HA IG KT RM SM TN TW UB