I do not know of the UK system. You asked how they could divide the entire UK in just 6 digits. Here in the USA we had only 5 digits for the whole country until a few years ago, now we have 9. That's for the entire nation. It is possible to get all the divisions done within the UK in just 6 digits.
About the same time "MA Bell" had to add several new area codes to accommodate the growth of population, in other words, both systems ran out of numbers. They just added more. Here in Tennessee, there were four new area codes added, and every community now has a 4 digit identifier following the original zip code.
2007-08-31 20:21:41
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answered by Edward B 5
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You can't really identify the postal code by yourself without heaps of knowledge and help from a postcode map - since each part of the postcode provides a piece of information about where the item of mail is heading eg the sorting office, the delivery office etc.
If you start reading from left to right - the first one or two letters is the postcode area - you need to know the main Royal Mail sorting office which will process the mail - eg G means the mail is going to Glasgow so a postcode for a street in Broomhill, Glasgow could read G11 7EY
The second part is again one or two numbers OR [in the case of London] this can be a number and a letter. This second part (11) identifies the district and indicates the delivery office the mail has to be sent to - G11
This third part - usually just one number (7) - indicates the local area or neighbourhood the mail should go to - G11 7
The final part is always two letters (eg EY) and identifies a group of up to 80 addresses - these two letters also tell which postal route will take the item for delivery - G11 7EY
You can buy maps in the UK giving all the information on post codes areas ... but why bother - just learn the postcode same as everyone else does in every country - though some countries (like Australia and NZ) only have very general postcodes indicating a state and suburb eg 2913 for Palmerston ACT which makes it easier to remember but less easy for the postman to sort and deliver..
2007-08-31 21:29:04
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answered by Izzie 3
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The only way to find the post code from the address is to use the post code finder on the website. At street level, the codes are usually assigned randomly.
You ask about how they can divide all of the uk using just a six digit code. You need to realise it includes letters as well as numbers giving more than just 999999 possible codes.
2007-08-31 09:56:32
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answered by Anonymous
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OK - all post codes relate to their area - for iinstance Birmingham areas all have one that starts with B, Coventry ones all start with C, although sometimes the first letter is the letter of the county town. With me so far??!! Then the first two numbers, i.e. B98 relate to a town within the county, in this case Redditch (which actually is in Worcestershire not Birmingham - confused yet??) but which really falls under the area control of birmingham! The next number usually relates to the actual road and all the houses in that road have the same post code - the only difference is the house number.
Sorry - its all a bit confusing really!
2007-08-31 09:56:31
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answered by Sal*UK 7
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Yeah there are post codes in the UK. They aren't called zip codes in the UK. For example SW19 is the post code for an area in south west London.
2016-03-17 21:23:13
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answered by ? 4
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The post code is only for the street name not the adress.
The first letter shows the town, for example Manchester is coded as 'M'. The next one or two numbers show the area of the town or city so for example '60' is the city centre so that would be M60.. The last three lettres point to a specific street in that area. Simple lol.
2007-08-31 10:00:25
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answered by Anonymous
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Have a look at the Royal mail site. The postcode often identifies individual properties if they are big enough but more often blocks of flats/aps and sometimes even entire streets & squares have the same code if they are small.
2007-08-31 09:56:49
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answered by Anonymous
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A really good explanation is here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_postcodes
2007-08-31 10:23:15
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answered by sarch_uk 7
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