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The TW postcode area, also known as the Twickenham postcode area,[2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within thirteen post towns. These cover parts of south-west London and north-west Surrey, plus a very small part of Berkshire.

Twickenham
TW is located in the United Kingdom
TW
TW
Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 0°23′35″W / 51.447°N 0.393°W / 51.447; -0.393
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
TW
Postcode area name
Twickenham
Post towns13
Postcode districts20
Postcode sectors80
Postcodes (live)11,017
Postcodes (total)20,069
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

Mail for this area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre, Hounslow,[n 1] and the area served includes most of the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow, the southernmost part of the London Borough of Hillingdon (including Heathrow Airport) and very small parts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. In Surrey it covers virtually all of the borough of Spelthorne, the northern part of the borough of Runnymede and very small parts of the borough of Elmbridge, and in Berkshire it covers the village of Wraysbury in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Coverage edit

The coverage of the postcode districts, naming all localities[n 2] :

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s)
TW1 TWICKENHAM Twickenham, St. Margarets, Strawberry Hill (east) Richmond upon Thames, Hounslow
TW2 TWICKENHAM Twickenham (west)[n 3], Whitton, Strawberry Hill (west), Fulwell (north) Richmond upon Thames
TW3 HOUNSLOW Hounslow, Lampton, Whitton (north) Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames
TW4 HOUNSLOW Hounslow West, Hounslow Heath, Whitton (west), Cranford (south) Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames
TW5 HOUNSLOW Heston, Cranford (north), Osterley (west) Hounslow
TW6 HOUNSLOW Heathrow Airport Hillingdon
TW7 ISLEWORTH Isleworth, Osterley (east and centre), Whitton (north-east) Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames
TW8 BRENTFORD Brentford, Kew Bridge, Syon Park, Brentford Ait Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames[n 4]
TW9 RICHMOND Richmond, Kew, North Sheen (north) Richmond upon Thames
TW10 RICHMOND Ham, Petersham, Richmond Hill, North Sheen (south), Richmond Park Richmond upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames[n 5]
TW11 TEDDINGTON Teddington, Fulwell (east), Bushy Park Richmond upon Thames
TW12 HAMPTON Hampton, Hampton Hill, Fulwell (west) Richmond upon Thames
TW13 FELTHAM Feltham (south of the railway line), Hanworth Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames
TW14 FELTHAM Feltham (north of the railway line), North Feltham, East Bedfont, Hatton Hounslow, Hillingdon, Spelthorne
TW15 ASHFORD Ashford Spelthorne, Hounslow
TW16 SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Sunbury-on-Thames Spelthorne, Elmbridge[n 6], Hounslow[n 7], Richmond upon Thames[n 8]
TW17 SHEPPERTON Shepperton, Upper Halliford, Charlton, Littleton Spelthorne, Elmbridge[n 9]
TW18 STAINES-UPON-THAMES[5] Staines-upon-Thames, Egham Hythe, Laleham Spelthorne, Runnymede, Windsor and Maidenhead
TW19 STAINES-UPON-THAMES[5] Stanwell, Stanwell Moor, Wraysbury, Sunnymeads, Hythe End Spelthorne, Windsor and Maidenhead, Hillingdon
TW20 EGHAM Egham, Englefield Green, Thorpe Runnymede

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 GU postcode areaKT postcode areaSL postcode areaSW postcode areaUB postcode areaW postcode area
TW postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby GU, KT, SL, SW, UB and W postcode areas.

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Notes and references edit

Notes
  1. ^ Mail was previously sorted at Rugby Road, Twickenham.
  2. ^ In accordance with WP:UKTOWNS and WP:UKVILLAGES naming settlements with individual articles, excluding sub-neighbourhoods of estates contained in those towns.
  3. ^ Twickenham Green and Heathfield, neighbourhoods of Twickenham, are in TW2.
  4. ^ Brentford Ait, which is uninhabited, is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
  5. ^ A small part of Ham, in TW10, is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
  6. ^ Large residential island Wheatley's Ait, in TW16, is mostly in Elmbridge.
  7. ^ A café in a layby on the A316 is in the London Borough of Hounslow.[3]
  8. ^ Ten riverside houses in TW16 are in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[4]
  9. ^ Part of residential island Shepperton Lock Island, in TW17, is in Elmbridge.
References
  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ "Food hygiene ratings - Hounslow - Browns Breakfast Bar TW16 5DA". Food Standards Agency. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ Spelthorne Planning Map
  5. ^ a b Formerly "STAINES". "New sectors and localities to 20 July 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

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