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Croydon postcode area
CR
Postcode area CR
Postcode area name Croydon
Post towns 10
Postcode districts 11
Postcode sectors 66
Postcodes (live) 8,114
Postcodes (total) 13,943
Statistics as at February 2012[1]

The Croydon (CR) postcode area[2] is a group of nine postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns in southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.

The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the London Borough of Croydon, the southeastern part of the London Borough of Merton and a small parts of the London Borough of Sutton and London Borough of Bromley. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the Tandridge district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Croydon was the second town to have experimental postcodes, introduced in 1966 (Norwich having been the first). The system originally introduced included the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR for its equivalent. It was decided that the outward (first) part of a postcode should be alphanumerical, so CRO became CR0 (digit '0') and NOR became NR1. The CR1 postcode has not been introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 but not a district 1. Another lasting consequence of the experiment is that CR9 is allocated to large users, the only UK post town to have its high-volume addresses segregated non-geographically.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
CR0 CROYDON Croydon, Addiscombe, Selhurst, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington, Thornton Heath (part) Croydon, Sutton
CR2 SOUTH CROYDON South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, part of Addington Croydon
CR3 CATERHAM; WHYTELEAFE Caterham, Chaldon, Woldingham, Whyteleafe, Hamsey Green Croydon, Tandridge
CR4 MITCHAM Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill, Eastfields, Beddington Corner Merton, Sutton
CR5 COULSDON Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill, part of Woodmansterne, Clockhouse Croydon, Reigate and Banstead, Sutton
CR6 WARLINGHAM Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh, Hamsey Green Bromley, Croydon, Tandridge
CR7 THORNTON HEATH Thornton Heath, Broad Green (part) Croydon, Merton
CR8 KENLEY; PURLEY Purley, Kenley, Russell Hill Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge
CR9 CROYDON Non-geographic postcode district (located in CR0) Croydon

Delivery Offices

Delivery offices are located at Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Mitcham, Coulsdon, Thornton Heath and Purley.[3]

Map

CR postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas. BR postcode area KT postcode area KT postcode area RH postcode area SE postcode area SE postcode area SE postcode area SM postcode area SW postcode area TN postcode area
CR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BR, KT, RH, SE, SM, SW and TN postcode areas.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. February 2012. Table 2. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ↑ https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/7870/response/20023/attach/2/Delivery%20Offices%20by%20postcodes.pdf
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