HP postcode area
The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area,[2] is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover north-west Hertfordshire (including Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring) and much of central Buckinghamshire (including High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Chesham, Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Great Missenden and Princes Risborough).
Hemel Hempstead postcode area | |
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Postcode area | HP |
Postcode area name | Hemel Hempstead |
Post towns | 11 |
Postcode districts | 24 |
Postcode sectors | 77 |
Postcodes (live) | 13,915 |
Postcodes (total) | 21,705 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
Mail for this area is sorted at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in Hemel Hempstead. The area served includes most of the borough of Dacorum in Hertfordshire and most of the Chiltern, Wycombe and Aylesbury Vale districts of Buckinghamshire, plus a small part of the South Bucks district.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Map
References
- "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.