Each street/road/lane/avenue in the UK has it's own individual postcode and if the street is long enough there can be more than one. To get a specific postcode you would need to know the rest of the address. A letter without the postcode would still get delivered but it could take longer to do so.
2006-10-29 20:04:15
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answer #1
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answered by sarch_uk 7
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United Kingdom
Main article: UK postcodes
UK postcodes are alphanumeric and between six and eight characters in length (including a single space character used to separate the outward and inward parts of the code). For example the post code for the House of Commons is SW1A 0AA. These codes were introduced by the Royal Mail over a fifteen year period from 1959 to 1974. They have been widely adopted not just for their original purpose of automating the sorting of mail but for many other purposes — see for example The UK Postcode Lottery.
However, as the format of the codes does not achieve its objective of primarily identifying the main sorting office and sub-office they have been supplemented by a newer system of five digit codes called Mailsort. Mail users who can deliver mail to the post office sorted by mailsort code receive discounts, whilst delivery by postcode does not provide any incentive.
2006-10-29 14:03:13
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answered by Anonymous
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the uk itself doesn;'t have a postal code. each individual city and town has its own postal code. For example, i live in Lincoln, so my post code starts LN. Someone who lived in Chelmsford Essex would have CM as a start. Depends where in the Uk they live. to post to the UK from anywhere outside of the UK, simply write the address then "Great Britain" or "England" or whatever at the end.
2006-10-29 14:00:21
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answered by Ollie 5
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Each Post code is made from
one or two letters,
followed by one or two numbers
followed by a number
then two letters.
my post code is SE3 7QA, I live in south east london- hence the post code starting with SE, the number 3 comes from the code number of my area to others in south east london, eg, in another area down the road the post code starts with SE10. The numbers and letters are the code for the street and the side of the street, one side of the street will have a different code to the other.
The postcode for my college in west london was W12 8EA, it was in west london. Similar rules apply.
Central london the post code is WC1 (West central 1)
South West London, is SW
outside London the codes change to relate to the name of the town in most cases.
A town called Bromley has the code BR1, OR BR3 or BRwhatever the number, followed by its code.
There are however always exeptions to the rule.
2006-10-29 14:23:57
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answered by Anonymous
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ER UK? The postal code of uk is actually UK!
2006-10-29 14:19:36
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answered by Anonymous
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Can u be more specific? What part of the UK?
2006-10-29 13:59:07
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answered by Mike D 2
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where about? the uk is big you know? lol
2006-10-29 13:59:46
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answered by aholmes12003 4
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EH21
2006-10-29 15:47:56
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answered by q6656303 6
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http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Postal_Information/
http://www.royalmail.com/
Try those and see if your able to find it
2006-10-29 14:01:13
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answered by christina.scott@sbcglobal.net 2
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GB1 1UK
2006-10-29 14:03:56
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answered by tsmith007 4
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