W postcode area

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London W postcode area
W
Postcode area W
Postcode area name London W
Post towns 1
Postcode districts 35
Postcode sectors 217
Postcodes (live) 20,005
Postcodes (total) 38,824
Statistics as at February 2012[1]
"W1A" redirects here. For BBC television series, see W1A (TV series).
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The W (Western and Paddington) postcode area, also known as the London W postcode area[2] is a group of postcode districts covering part of central and part of west London, England. The area originates from the Western (W1) and Paddington (W2-14) districts[3] of the London postal district.

Postal administration

The Western district[3] consists of the single original W1 postal district.[4] The area it covers is of very high density development and it has been subdivided into a number of smaller postcode districts. Where districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, the W1 subdivisions continue to be classed as one 'district'. In June 2000 there was a recoding of the area with the W1M, W1N, W1P, W1R, W1V, W1X and W1Y districts replaced.[5]

The mail centre for W1 is London Central and for W2-14 is Greenford.

Deliveries for W1 (and for WC1 and WC2) came from the Western District Office office on Rathbone Place, until it was decommissioned. This office was a stop on the former London Post Office Railway, which has been mothballed since 2003. The Western District Office was initially located on Wimpole Street, which was also a stop on the London Post Office Railway.

The Paddington district[3] consists of thirteen postcode districts (W2–14).[4] Apart from W2, the districts are arranged alphabetically, running from W3 (Acton) to W14 (West Kensington) and radiate westwards. The Paddington Head District Sorting Office was the western terminus of the London Post Office railway, which ran 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to the Eastern District Office at Whitechapel.

List of postcode districts

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names shown in italics:[4][6]

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
W1A LONDON PO boxes & Admail codes in W1[7] non-geographic
W1B LONDON Portland Place, Regent Street Westminster
W1C LONDON Oxford Street (west) Westminster
W1D LONDON Soho (south east); Chinatown, Soho Square Westminster
W1F LONDON Soho (north west) Westminster
W1G LONDON Harley Street Westminster
W1H LONDON Marylebone Westminster
W1J LONDON Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy Westminster
W1K LONDON Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square Westminster
W1S LONDON Mayfair (east), Hanover Square, Savile Row Westminster
W1T LONDON Fitzrovia, Tottenham Court Road Camden
W1U LONDON Marylebone Westminster
W1W LONDON Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia Westminster
W2 LONDON Paddington head district: Paddington, Bayswater, Hyde Park, Westbourne Green, Little Venice (part), Notting Hill (part) Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea
W3 LONDON Acton district: Acton, West Acton, North Acton (part), South Acton, East Acton (west), Park Royal (south), Hanger Hill Garden Estate, Gunnersbury Park Ealing, Hounslow, Hammersmith and Fulham
W4 LONDON Chiswick district: Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Acton Green, South Acton (part), Bedford Park Hounslow, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham
W5 LONDON Ealing district: Ealing, South Ealing, Ealing Common, North Ealing, Northfields, (south and east), Pitshanger, Hanger Lane Ealing, Hounslow
W6 LONDON Hammersmith district: Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook (part) Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow
W7 LONDON Hanwell district: Hanwell, Boston Manor (part) Ealing
W8 LONDON Kensington district: Kensington, Holland Park (part) Kensington and Chelsea
W9 LONDON Maida Hill district: Maida Hill, Maida Vale, Little Venice (part) Westminster, Brent, Camden
W10 LONDON North Kensington district: North Kensington, Kensal Town, Ladbroke Grove (north), Queen's Park (part) Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent
W11 LONDON Notting Hill district: Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove (south), Holland Park (part) Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham
W12 LONDON Shepherds Bush district: Shepherds Bush, White City, Wormwood Scrubs, East Acton (east) Hammersmith and Fulham
W13 LONDON West Ealing district: West Ealing, Northfields (north and west) Ealing
W14 LONDON West Kensington district: West Kensington, Kensington Olympia, Holland Park Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea

Boundaries

Postcode districts W1 and W2 are central to London, with the W3–W14 postcode districts radiating outwards to the west. The boundaries of the area and its numbered districts have changed over time and are the result of the working requirements of the Royal Mail. They are not tied to those of the local authority areas served; consequently a locality name might describe varying areas. W1 is almost entirely in the City of Westminster, with a small part in the London Borough of Camden. W2–W14 cover parts of the City Westminster, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and London Borough of Hounslow, as well as a very small part of Camden borough.

Map

W postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas. HA postcode area N postcode area NW postcode area SE postcode area SW postcode area TW postcode area UB postcode area WC postcode area
W postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby HA, NW, SW, TW, UB and WC 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 (2004). Address Management Guide (4 ed.). Royal Mail Group.
  3. 1 2 3 Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1980). The Inner London Letter Post. HMSO.
  4. 1 2 3 "Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal area". HMSO. 1930.
  5. ↑ Royal Mail (18 April 2007). "Royal Mail major recode historical information – 2000 to March 2007" (PDF). Royal Mail Group. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Map of London district names and numbers, from the 1963 edition of Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London
  7. ↑ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

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