TN postcode area
The TN postcode area, also known as the Tunbridge Wells postcode area,[2] is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns. These cover south Kent (including Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Ashford, Sevenoaks, Cranbrook, Edenbridge, New Romney, Romney Marsh and Tenterden) and northern and eastern East Sussex (including Hastings, Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Crowborough, Etchingham, Hartfield, Heathfield, Mayfield, Robertsbridge, Rye, St Leonards-on-Sea, Uckfield, Wadhurst and Winchelsea), plus very small parts of Surrey and the London Borough of Bromley.
Tonbridge postcode area | |
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TN | |
Postcode area | TN |
Postcode area name | Tonbridge |
Post towns | 24 |
Postcode districts | 40 |
Postcode sectors | 128 |
Postcodes (live) | 22,620 |
Postcodes (total) | 32,534 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
Mail for this area is sorted at the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Rochester, which also sorts all mail from the adjoining ME postcode area.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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TN1 | TUNBRIDGE WELLS | Tunbridge Wells (town centre) | Tunbridge Wells[3] |
TN2 | TUNBRIDGE WELLS | Royal Tunbridge Wells, Pembury | Tunbridge Wells |
TN2 | WADHURST | non-geographic[4][5] | |
TN3 | TUNBRIDGE WELLS | Langton Green, Groombridge, Frant, Speldhurst, Lamberhurst | Tunbridge Wells, Wealden |
TN4 | TUNBRIDGE WELLS | Royal Tunbridge Wells, Rusthall, Southborough | Tunbridge Wells |
TN5 | WADHURST | Wadhurst, Ticehurst, Tidebrook, Stonegate | Rother, Wealden |
TN6 | CROWBOROUGH | Black Hill, Boars Head, Burnt Oak, Castle Hill, Friars Gate, Mark Cross, Rotherfield, St Johns, Stone Cross, Town Row | Wealden |
TN7 | HARTFIELD | Coleman's Hatch, Hartfield | Wealden |
TN8 | EDENBRIDGE | Crockham Hill, Edenbridge | Sevenoaks, Tandridge |
TN9 | TONBRIDGE | Tonbridge | Tonbridge and Malling |
TN10 | TONBRIDGE | Tonbridge | Tonbridge and Malling |
TN11 | TONBRIDGE | Penshurst, Hildenborough, Hadlow | Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells |
TN12 | TONBRIDGE | Paddock Wood, Staplehurst, Brenchley, Horsmonden, Marden, East Peckham | Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells |
TN13 | SEVENOAKS | Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Dunton Green | Sevenoaks |
TN14 | SEVENOAKS | Cudham, Knockholt, Shoreham, Otford | Bromley, Sevenoaks |
TN15 | SEVENOAKS | Kemsing, Ightham, Plaxtol, Wrotham, Sevenoaks Weald | Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling |
TN16 | WESTERHAM | Westerham, Biggin Hill, Tatsfield | Sevenoaks, Bromley, Tandridge |
TN17 | CRANBROOK | Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Sissinghurst, Benenden, Frittenden | Ashford, Tunbridge Wells |
TN18 | CRANBROOK | Hawkhurst, Sandhurst | Tunbridge Wells |
TN19 | ETCHINGHAM | Etchingham, Burwash | Rother |
TN20 | MAYFIELD | Five Ashes | Wealden |
TN21 | HEATHFIELD | Heathfield, Broad Oak, Horam, Cross in Hand | Rother, Wealden |
TN22 | UCKFIELD | Buxted, Isfield, Maresfield, Nutley, Uckfield | Wealden |
TN23 | ASHFORD | Ashford (town centre), Kingsnorth, Singleton | Ashford |
TN24 | ASHFORD | Willesborough, Kennington, Boughton Aluph, Goat Lees | Ashford |
TN25 | ASHFORD | Challock, Wye, Stowting, Brook | Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe |
TN26 | ASHFORD | Bethersden, Hamstreet, Shadoxhurst, Woodchurch | Ashford |
TN27 | ASHFORD | Headcorn, Biddenden | Ashford, Maidstone |
TN28 | NEW ROMNEY | New Romney, Greatstone-on-Sea, Littlestone-on-Sea | Folkestone and Hythe |
TN29 | ROMNEY MARSH | Lydd | Folkestone and Hythe |
TN30 | TENTERDEN | Tenterden, Wittersham | Ashford |
TN31 | RYE | Rye, Camber, Northiam | Rother |
TN32 | ROBERTSBRIDGE | Robertsbridge, Mountfield, Bodiam, Brightling | Rother |
TN33 | BATTLE | Battle | Rother, Wealden |
TN34 | HASTINGS | Hastings town centre | Hastings |
TN35 | HASTINGS | Hastings, Pett, Guestling, Westfield | Hastings, Rother |
TN36 | WINCHELSEA | Winchelsea, Icklesham | Rother |
TN37 | ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA | St Leonards-on-Sea | Hastings |
TN38 | ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA | St Leonards-on-Sea, Silverhill, Wishing Tree, North Hastings, Bulverhythe | Hastings |
TN39 | BEXHILL-ON-SEA | Bexhill-on-Sea, Cooden | Rother |
TN40 | BEXHILL-ON-SEA | Bexhill-on-Sea, Pebsham | Rother |
Delivery Offices
Main delivery offices are located at Ashford, Bexhill, Biggin Hill, Cranbrook, Crowborough, Edenbridge, Heathfield, New Romney, Rye, Sevenoaks, St Leonards, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield. Scale Payment Delivery Offices are located within Post Offices at Appledore, Bethersden, Brabourne Lees, Charing, Egerton, Etchingham, Headcorn, Marden, Robertsbridge, Smarden, Staplehurst and Woodchurch.[6]
Map
References
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- Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- Local authority data obtained from OS OpenData Code-Point Open. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 and contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2010, under licence. Local authorities only listed for postcode districts having at least 5% of their postcodes from that authority, to exclude erroneous, fringe and non-geographical cases.
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