London Postcodes

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Central London areas are divided into what are known as LONDON POSTCODES. Each small section of London is allocated a 1-3 letter prefix that corresponds to its compass location and then a following number to distinguish it from adjoining houses/streets. For instance N3 is Finchley while the adjacent area is N2 which is East Finchley and they are both located in North London. The Centre of London is given the letter 'C' for CENTRAL, and is split into WC1 (where WC stands for West Central), WC2, EC1 (East Central), EC2, EC3, EC4. For anyone who doesn't know London that system is a little misleading. The EC1-4 postcodes are actually referred to now as the 'City of London'. The W1 postcode is often thought of as central London because it is the Tourist and clubbing centre, it's also known as the West End, but it is actually slightly West of centre. Officially London centres on Charing Cross Station in WC1. click here for more about postcodes, constituencies and boroughs Click area name for hotels in that area
E1	Whitechapel, Stepney, Mile End	SE1	Waterloo, Bermondsey, Southwark, Borough
E1W	Wapping	SE2	Abbey Wood
E2	Bethnal Green, Shoreditch	SE3	Blackheath, Westcombe Park
E3	Bow, Bromley-by-Bow	SE4	Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak Park
E4	Chingford, Highams Park	SE5	Camberwell
E5	Clapton	SE6	Catford, Hither Green, Bellingham
E6	East Ham	SE7	Charlton
E7	Forest Gate, Upton Park	SE8	Deptford
E8	Hackney, Dalston	SE9	Eltham, Mottingham
E9	Hackney, Homerton	SE10	Greenwich
E10	Leyton	SE11	Lambeth
E11	Leytonstone	SE12	Lee, Grove Park
E12	Manor Park	SE13	Lewisham, Hither Green
E13	Plaistow	SE14	New Cross, New Cross Gate
E14	Poplar, Millwall, Isle of Dogs, Docklands	SE15	Peckham, Nunhead
E15	Stratford, West Ham	SE16	Rotherhithe, South Bermonsey, Surrey Docks
E16	Canning Town, North Woolwich, Docklands	SE17	Walworth, Elephant & Castle
E17	Walthamstow	SE18	Woolwich, Plumstead
E18	South Woodford	SE19	Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace
E20	Olympic Park	SE20	Penge, Anerley
		SE21	Dulwich
WC1	Bloomsbury, Gray’s Inn	SE22	East Dulwich
WC2	Covent Garden, Holborn, Strand	SE23	Forest Hill
		SE24	Herne Hill
EC1	Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Barbican	SE25	South Norwood
EC2	Moorgate, Liverpool Street	SE26	Sydenham
EC3	Monument, Tower Hill, Aldgate	SE27	West Norwood, Tulse Hill
EC4	Fleet Street, St. Paul’s	SE28	Thamesmead
N1	Islington, Barnsbury, Canonbury	SW1	Westminster, Belgravia, Pimlico
N2	East Finchley	SW2	Brixton, Streatham Hill
N3	Finchley Central	SW3	Chelsea, Brompton
N4	Finsbury Park, Manor House	SW4	Clapham
N5	Highbury	SW5	Earl’s Court
N6	Highgate	SW6	Fulham, Parson’s Green
N7	Holloway	SW7	South Kensington
N8	Hornsey, Crouch End	SW8	South Lambeth, Nine Elms
N9	Lower Edmonton	SW9	Stockwell, Brixton
N10	Muswell Hill	SW10	West Brompton, World’s End
N11	Friern Barnet, New Southgate	SW11	Battersea, Clapham Junction
N12	North Finchley, Woodside Park	SW12	Balham
N13	Palmers Green	SW13	Barnes, Castelnau
N14	Southgate	SW14	Mortlake, East Sheen
N15	Seven Sisters	SW15	Putney, Roehampton
N16	Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill	SW16	Streatham, Norbury
N17	Tottenham	SW17	Tooting
N18	Upper Edmonton	SW18	Wandsworth, Earlsfield
N19	Archway, Tufnell Park	SW19	Wimbledon, Merton
N20	Whetstone, Totteridge	SW20	South Wimbledon, Raynes Park
N21	Winchmore Hill
N22	Wood Green, Alexandra Palace	W1	Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho
		W2	Bayswater, Paddington
NW1	Regent’s Park, Camden Town	W3	Acton
NW2	Cricklewood, Neasden	W4	Chiswick
NW3	Hampstead, Swiss Cottage	W5	Ealing
NW4	Hendon, Brent Cross	W6	Hammersmith
NW5	Kentish Town	W7	Hanwell
NW6	West Hampstead, Kilburn, Queens Park	W8	Kensington
NW7	Mill Hill	W9	Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue
NW8	St John’s Wood	W10	Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington
NW9	Kinsbury, Colindale	W11	Notting Hill, Holland Park
NW10	Willesden, Harlesden, Kensal Green	W12	Shepherd’s Bush
NW11	Golders Green, Hampstead Gdn Suburb	W13	West Ealing
		W14	West Kensington