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. |
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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, Grays 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. Pauls | 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 | Earls Court |
N6 | Highgate | SW6 | Fulham, Parsons 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, Worlds 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 | Regents 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 Johns Wood | W10 | Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington |
NW9 | Kinsbury, Colindale | W11 | Notting Hill, Holland Park |
NW10 | Willesden, Harlesden, Kensal Green | W12 | Shepherds Bush |
NW11 | Golders Green, Hampstead Gdn Suburb | W13 | West Ealing |
W14 | West Kensington |