BR postcode area

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      Bromley postcode area
      BR is located in the United Kingdom
      BR
      Postcode area BR
      Postcode area name Bromley
      Post towns 7
      Postcode districts 9
      Postcode sectors 39
      Postcodes (live) 7,009
      Postcodes (total) 10,137
      Statistics as at February 2012[1]

      The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area,[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England which are subdivisions of seven post towns. These postcode districts cover part of south-east London, as well as a small part of north-west Kent.

      The main sorting office is in Bromley and the area served includes much of the London Borough of Bromley, as well as a small part of the London Borough of Lewisham. A small part of BR6 covers the northwestern part of the Kent district of Sevenoaks, while BR8 also covers the hamlet of Clement Street in the Borough of Dartford.

      Coverage

      The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

      Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
      BR1 BROMLEY Bromley, Bickley, Downham Bromley, Lewisham
      BR2 BROMLEY Bickley, Hayes, Bromley Common, Shortlands Bromley
      BR2 KESTON Keston Bromley
      BR3 BECKENHAM Beckenham, Eden Park, Elmers End, Park Langley, Shortlands Bromley, Lewisham
      BR4 WEST WICKHAM West Wickham Bromley
      BR5 ORPINGTON St Paul's Cray, St Mary Cray, Petts Wood Bromley
      BR6 ORPINGTON Orpington, Farnborough, Downe, Pratt's Bottom, Chelsfield, Well Hill Bromley, Sevenoaks
      BR7 CHISLEHURST Chislehurst, Elmstead Bromley
      BR8 SWANLEY Swanley, Hextable Sevenoaks, Bromley, Dartford
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      Map

      BR postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.CR postcode areaDA postcode areaSE postcode areaTN postcode area
      BR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey, with links to nearby CR, DA, SE and TN postcode areas.
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      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)
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