HP postcode area
Hemel Hempstead | |
|---|---|
  HP | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′23″N 0°41′17″W / 51.723°N 0.688°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | HP |
| Postcode area name | Hemel Hempstead |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcode districts | 24 |
| Postcode sectors | 77 |
| Postcodes (live) | 13,915 |
| Postcodes (total) | 21,705 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area,[2] is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in England which are subdivisions of eleven post towns. These cover north-west Hertfordshire and the bulk, including centre, of Buckinghamshire.
The area comprises most of the Dacorum district, Hertfordshire and most of Chiltern, Wycombe and Aylesbury Vale districts, Buckinghamshire and small part of the South Bucks district.
Numbering is in a series from HP1 to 23, with HP27 as an addition: Princes Risbrough. The area is a loose square and its main series runs from north-east to south-west then HP17 to 23 take up the north-east of the area including Aylesbury and Tring. Regional sorting is in Hemel Hempstead.[3]
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Map
See also
References
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ Hemel Hempstead sorting office website "Contact Us:" Maylands Avenue, HP2
- ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.