Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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TS

The TS postcode area is based on Middlesbrough so, of course, it is the River Tees from which the letters themselves derive. It covers all the Cleveland post towns and also TRIMDON STATION and WINGATE, in the corner of Co. Durham.

TS1-5 – postal address MIDDLESBROUGH, Cleveland


TS6-9 – postal address MIDDLESBROUGH, Cleveland


TS10-11 – postal address REDCAR, Cleveland
TS12-13 – postal address SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, Cleveland
TS14 – postal address GUISBOROUGH, Cleveland
TS15 – postal address YARM, Cleveland



TS16-21 – postal address STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Cleveland



TS22-23 – postal address BILLINGHAM, Cleveland
TS24-27 – postal address HARTLEPOOL, Cleveland



TS28 – postal address WINGATE, Co. Durham
TS29 – postal address TRIMDON STATION, Co. Durham

TW

TW is for Twickenham and this area covers a narrow strip of Surrey/southwest London, including Heathrow Airport.

NB Within Greater London, the old county names retained for postal purposes in those parts outside the London postal area. Therefore, Surrey and Middlesex remain the correct county name postally, even for those towns no longer in Surrey (Middlesex having been abolished administratively in 1965).

TW1-2 – postal address TWICKENHAM
TW3-6 – postal address HOUNSLOW



TW7 – postal address ISLEWORTH, Middx.
TW8 – postal address BRENTFORD, Middx.
TW9-10 – postal address RICHMOND, Surrey


TW11 – postal address TEDDINGTON, Middx.
TW12 – postal address HAMPTON, Middx.
TW13-14 – postal address FELTHAM, Middx.
TW15 – postal address ASHFORD, Middx.


TW16 – postal address SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, Middx.
TW17 – postal address SHEPPERTON, Middx.
TW18-19 – postal address STINES-UPON-THAMES, Middx. (STAINES until 2012)
TW20 – postal address EGHAM, Surrey

UB

Rather like TW and alongside it, the UB area is on the fringes of London and is based on Southall, although it derives from Uxbridge, presumably because it features more distinctive letters.

The UB11 district is a very small one, covering only the modern Stockley Park Business Park.

NB Within Greater London, the old county names retained for postal purposes in those parts outside the London postal area. Therefore, Surrey and Middlesex remain the correct county name postally, even for those towns no longer in Surrey (Middlesex having been abolished administratively in 1965).

UB1-2 – postal address SOUTHALL, Middx.
UB3-4 – postal address HAYES, Middx.
UB5 – postal address NORTHOLT, Middx.
UB6 – postal address GREENFORD, Middx.



UB7 – postal address WEST DRAYTON, Middx.
UB8-11 – postal address UXBRIDGE, Middx.


There is also the non-geographic postcode district for Spring International, UB18 (post town GREENFORD).

W

The letter W is the last of the single-letter postcodes and refers to west London. We have already seen that London postcode districts are numbered alphabetically, according to their 1917 name, rather than geographically – that is why they appear so randomly laid out when viewed on a map.

The W1 postcode district is further divided by the addition of a letter following the '1': the letters used are A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, S, T, U, W.

All districts have the postal address LONDON.
W1
W2 (Paddington Head District)
W3 (Acton)
W4 (Chiswick)
W5 (Ealing)


W6 (Hammersmith)
W7 (Hanwell)
W8 (Kensington)
W9 (Maida Hill)
W10 (North Kensington)


W11 (Notting Hill)
W12 (Shepherd's Bush)
W13 (West Ealing)
W14 (West Kensington)

WA

The letters WA denote Warrington and this postcode area serves northeast Cheshire along with the Merseyside post towns ST. HELENS and NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS.

WA1-5 – postal address WARRINGTON


WA6 – postal address FRODSHAM, Cheshire (separated from WARRINGTON in June 2000)
WA7 – postal address RUNCORN, Cheshire
WA8 – postal address WIDNES, Cheshire
WA9-11 – postal address ST. HELENS, Merseyside



WA12 – postal address NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, Merseyside
WA13 – postal address LYMM, Cheshire
WA14-15 – postal address ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire
WA16 – postal address KNUTSFORD, Cheshire


There are also the non-geographic postcode district for certain companies, WA55 (post town WARRINGTON) and WA88 (post town WIDNES).

WC

The WC area refers to west-central London and is the smallest by area. It comprises approximately the area bounded in each corner by Euston, Trafalgar Square, Aldwych and Gray's Inn Road.

Because of the density of delivery addresses in this area, the postcode districts WC1 and WC2 are further subdivided by adding letters, e.g. WC1A, WC2R. All postcodes have one of these extra letters: the letters A, B, E, H, N and R are used by both districts, while WC1 also uses V and X.

WC1-2 – postal address LONDON.

WD

WD are the first and last letters of Watford, and this area covers a southern strip of Hertfordshire, from Rickmansworth to Borehamwood and up to Kings Langley. It features the town of Chorleywood, one of the largest towns never to have been a post town in its own right; it comes under RICKMANSWORTH.

The original WD1 and WD2 have been reconfigured to WD1x and WD2x, hence the apparent illogical pattern.

WD3 – postal address RICKMANSWORTH, Herts.
WD4 – postal address KINGS LANGLEY, Herts.
WD5 – postal address ABBOTS LANGLEY, Herts. (separated from WATFORD in March 1991)
WD6 – postal address BOREHAMWOOD, Herts.
WD7 – postal address RADLETT, Herts.


WD17-19 – postal address WATFORD
WD23 – postal address BUSHEY, Herts. (separated from WATFORD in June 1999)
WD24-25 – postal address WATFORD



There is also the non-geographic postcode district for the Department for Work & Pensions, WD99 (post town WATFORD).

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