User:Richardguk/N postcode area

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London N
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Coordinates: 51°35′10″N 0°06′47″W / 51.586°N 0.113°W / 51.586; -0.113
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
N
Postcode area name
London N
Post towns1
Postcode districts25
Postcode sectors112
Postcodes (live)17,429
Postcodes (total)29,296
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The N (Northern) postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area[2], is the part of the London postal district covering part of North London, England.

It includes areas in the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Enfield. The N postcode area does not cover all of North London however. For example, parts of the London Borough of Enfield and the London Borough of Barnet are covered by the EN postcode area, and parts of the London Borough of Barnet, the London Borough of Harrow, the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Camden are covered by the HA postcode area or the NW postcode area.

History edit

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district of London. In 1917 it was subdivided into 22 numbered districts.[3] The Northern head district was designated as N1 and the rest of the numbering followed the alphabetical order of the other districts' main names. Most districts include local areas known by their own specific names (see table below). The official post town for all N postcodes is LONDON; district names do not form an essential part of postal addresses.[2]

Coverage edit

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district Post town Location in Greater London
and London postal district (red)
Main name of district Additional local area names Local authority
N1 LONDON
 
 
Head district Barnsbury (part), Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton Hackney, Islington, Camden
N2
 
 
East Finchley Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (part) Barnet, Haringey
N3
 
 
Finchley Church End, Finchley Central Barnet
N4
 
 
Finsbury Park Manor House, Harringay (part), Stroud Green (part) Haringey, Islington, Hackney
N5
 
 
Highbury Highbury Fields Islington
N6
 
 
Highgate Hampstead Heath (part) Camden, Haringey, Islington
N7
 
 
Holloway Barnsbury (part), Tufnell Park (part) Islington, Camden
N8
 
 
Hornsey Crouch End, Harringay (part) Haringey, Islington
N9
 
 
Lower Edmonton Edmonton (part) Enfield
N10
 
 
Muswell Hill Haringey, Barnet
N11
 
 
New Southgate Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, Barnet, Haringey
N12
 
 
North Finchley Woodside Park Barnet
N13
 
 
Palmers Green Enfield
N14
 
 
Southgate Oakwood, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, Barnet
N15
 
 
South Tottenham Harringay (part), West Green, Seven Sisters, Stamford Hill (part) Hackney, Haringey
N16
 
 
Stoke Newington Stamford Hill (part), Shacklewell, Dalston (part), Newington Green (part) Hackney, Islington
N17
 
 
Tottenham South Tottenham (part) Haringey
N18
 
 
Upper Edmonton Edmonton (part) Enfield
N19
 
 
Upper Holloway Archway, Tufnell Park (part), Hornsey (part) Islington, Camden
N20
 
 
Whetstone Totteridge, Oakleigh Park Barnet
N21
 
 
Winchmore Hill Bush Hill, Grange Park Enfield
N22
 
 
Wood Green Bounds Green (part), Bowes Park Haringey, Enfield
N81
 
 
N/A Non-geographic postcode - Electoral Reform Services, N8[4] Haringey

Adjacent areas edit

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: E (London E), EC (London EC), WC (London WC), NW (London NW), EN (Enfield).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ British Postal Museum & Archive - Postcodes (PDF)
  4. ^ "Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes" (PDF). Royal Mail. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

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