Most of the names are obvious but there are some mismatches, for example Rochester in Kent has an area code of ME for Medway and Lerwick in Shetland has a code of ZE for Zetland (an archaic spelling of Shetland).

This includes postal services, distribution planning, or simply gaining a better understanding of the geographic distribution of the NR postcodes. However, the sheer number of postcodes means that when you move beyond individual journeys, for business or fleet logistics planning the calculations required quickly become unmanageable. We use cookies to improve security, personalize the user experience, enhance our marketing activities (including cooperating with our marketing partners) and for other business use.Use this postcode map to help you identify the areas you wish to target with our UK business lists or our UK consumer lists. Katherine Rednall faces Scotland's Julie Forrest as the Englishwoman eyes a record-stretching sixth World Indoor Bowls title in Thursday's final.

As postcodes nest into sectors, districts and areas, the postcode has become a handy label to define geographical locations. The problem was not trivial, in 1856 the London population of about 3 million received 100 million items of post. Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping covers England, Wales and Scotland - not Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands.Sorting machines needed the address to be machine-readable, so a code system was developed from the Norwich trials. If you live in NR1 or have first-hand knowledge of the neighbourhood, please consider sharing your views. The second part, the “inbound” code, is then used to pinpoint the exact neighbourhood and postal round it needs to go to; this always follows a space and has three alphanumeric characters.

A map showing each element making up the postcode YO30 5QW from general postcode area down to specific postcode unit.

You can find printable maps online or use a software program that allows you to create and edit maps. As these maps are digital image files and subject to various copyrights, you must license the image according to your intended use. This number changes regularly as around 2,750 postcodes are created and 2,500 are terminated each month. The map shows red Postcode Sector boundaries such as NR1 1 or NR3 1 over a full colour, official Ordnance Survey map.