Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos
Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- POST TOWNS
- Changes to post towns
- Post town in a different county
- Welsh spelling changes
- Hebridean, Orkney, Shetland and Scilly Isles
- Hebrides
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Scilly
- Full list of post towns
- POSTAL COUNTIES
- Post towns not requiring a county name
- Changes in 1974
- Abbreviations
- Islands
- Counties whose names never appear on an address
- A few little anomalies
- Redundancy of counties
- Changes in 1996-8
- Full list of postal counties
- POSTCODES
- London
- Other large cities
- Norwich, Croydon and the national roll-out
- An anomaly at Newport
- Area and district, outward and inward
- Typical numbering setup
- Non-geographic postcodes
- Changes to postcodes
- Other postcodes
- THE ALBUM
- AB
- AL
- B
- BA
- BB
- BD
- BH
- BL
- BN
- BR
- BS
- BT
- CA
- CB
- CF
- CH
- CM
- CO
- CR
- CT
- CV
- CW
- DA
- DD
- DE
- DG
- DH
- DL
- DN
- DT
- DY
- E
- EC
- EH
- EN
- EX
- FK
- FY
- G
- GL
- GU
- HA
- HD
- HG
- HP
- HR
- HS
- HU
- HX
- IG
- IP
- IV
- KA
- KT
- KW
- KY
- L
- LA
- LD
- LE
- LL
- LN
- LS
- LU
- M
- ME
- MK
- ML
- N
- NE
- NG
- NN
- NP
- NR
- NW
- OL
- OX
- PA
- PE
- PH
- PL
- PO
- PR
- RG
- RH
- RM
- S
- SA
- SE
- SG
- SK
- SL
- SM
- SN
- SO
- SP
- SR
- SS
- ST
- SW
- SY
- TA
- TD
- TF
- TN
- TQ
- TR
- TS
- TW
- UB
- W
- WA
- WC
- WD
- WF
- WN
- WR
- WS
- WV
- YO
- ZE
- INDEX TO POST TOWNS
- A-B
- C-E
- F-K
- L-N
- O-S
- T-Y
BT
The BT postcode area is based on Belfast and covers the whole of Northern Ireland. It has a curiosity in the postcode district BT80 (COOKSTOWN), which is squeezed into two separate parts by its neighbours, BT71 to the south and BT45 to the north.BT1-17 – postal address BELFAST


![J3575 : The most famous cranes in Belfast [1] by Rossographer](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/59/92/599214_31940477_120x120.jpg)














BT18 – postal address HOLYWOOD, Co. Down
BT19-20 – postal address BANGOR, Co. Down
BT21 – postal address DONAGHADEE, Co. Down




BT22-23 – postal address NEWTOWNARDS, Co. Down
BT24 – postal address BALLYNAHINCH, Co. Down
BT25 – postal address DROMORE, Co. Down




BT26 – postal address HILLSBOROUGH, Co. Down
BT27-28 – postal address LISBURN, Co. Antrim
BT29 – postal address CRUMLIN, Co. Antrim
BT30 – postal address DOWNPATRICK, Co. Down





BT31 – postal address CASTLEWELLAN, Co. Down
BT32 – postal address BANBRIDGE, Co. Down
BT33 – postal address NEWCASTLE, Co. Down
BT34-35 – postal address NEWRY, Co. Down





BT36-37 – postal address NEWTOWNABBEY, Co. Antrim
BT38 – postal address CARRICKFERGUS, Co. Antrim
BT39 – postal address BALLYCLARE, Co. Antrim
BT40 – postal address LARNE, Co. Antrim





BT41 – postal address ANTRIM
BT42-44 – postal address BALLYMENA, Co. Antrim
BT45 – postal address MAGHERAFELT, Co. Londonderry





BT46 – postal address MAGHERA, Co. Londonderry
BT47-48 – postal address LONDONDERRY
BT49 – postal address LIMAVADY, Co. Londonderry




BT51-52 – postal address COLERAINE, Co. Londonderry
BT53 – postal address BALLYMONEY, Co. Antrim
BT54 – postal address BALLYCASTLE, Co. Antrim
BT55 – postal address PORTSTEWART, Co. Londonderry





BT56 – postal address PORTRUSH, Co. Antrim
BT57 – postal address BUSHMILLS, Co. Antrim
BT60-61 – postal address ARMAGH




BT62-67 – postal address CRAIGAVON, Co. Armagh (was LURGAN and PORTADOWN until 1973)






BT68 – postal address CALEDON, Co. Tyrone
BT69 – postal address AUGHNACLOY, Co. Tyrone
BT70-71 – postal address DUNGANNON, Co. Tyrone




BT74 – postal address ENNISKILLEN, Co. Fermanagh
BT75 – postal address FIVEMILETOWN, Co. Tyrone
BT76 – postal address CLOGHER, Co. Tyrone
BT77 – postal address AUGHER, Co. Tyrone




BT78-79 – postal address OMAGH, Co. Tyrone
BT80 – postal address COOKSTOWN, Co. Tyrone
BT81 – postal address CASTLEDERG, Co. Tyrone
BT82 – postal address STRABANE, Co. Londonderry





BT92-94 – postal address ENNISKILLEN, Co. Fermanagh (again)



There are also the non-geographic postcode areas BT58 and 99 (post town BELFAST) reserved for specific large users.
CA
The postcode area CA is the most northwesterly in England, centred on Carlisle and comprising the northern Lake District to the Scottish border.CA1-6 – postal address CARLISLE






CA7 – postal address WIGTON, Cumbria
CA8 – postal address BRAMPTON, Cumbria
CA9 – postal address ALSTON, Cumbria
CA10-11 – postal address PENRITH, Cumbria





CA12 – postal address KESWICK, Cumbria
CA13 – postal address COCKERMOUTH, Cumbria
CA14 – postal address WORKINGTON, Cumbria
CA15 – postal address MARYPORT, Cumbria




CA16 – postal address APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, Cumbria
CA17 – postal address KIRKBY STEPHEN, Cumbria
CA18 – postal address RAVENGLASS, Cumbria
CA19 – postal address HOLMROOK, Cumbria
CA20 – postal address SEASCALE, Cumbria





CA21 – postal address BECKERMET, Cumbria
CA22 – postal address EGREMONT, Cumbria
CA23 – postal address CLEATOR, Cumbria
CA24 – postal address MOOR ROW, Cumbria




CA25 – postal address CLEATOR MOOR, Cumbria
CA26 – postal address FRIZINGTON, Cumbria
CA27 – postal address ST. BEES, Cumbria
CA28 – postal address WHITEHAVEN, Cumbria




There is also the non-geographic postcode area CA95 (post town WORKINGTON) reserved for a specific large user.
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