TN postcode area

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Tunbridge Wells
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TN
Coordinates: 51°05′06″N0°26′20″E / 51.085°N 0.439°E / 51.085; 0.439
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
TN
Postcode area name
Tunbridge Wells
Post towns 24
Postcode districts 40
Postcode sectors128
Postcodes (live)22,620
Postcodes (total)32,534
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

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 and west Kent (including Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Ashford, Sevenoaks, Westerham, 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.

Contents

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 CoverageLocal authority area(s)
TN1TUNBRIDGE WELLS Tunbridge Wells (town centre) Tunbridge Wells [3]
TN2TUNBRIDGE WELLS Royal Tunbridge Wells (south and east), Pembury Tunbridge Wells
TN2WADHURST non-geographic [4] [5]
TN3TUNBRIDGE WELLS Langton Green, Groombridge, Frant, Speldhurst, Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells, Wealden
TN4TUNBRIDGE WELLS Royal Tunbridge Wells (north), Rusthall, Southborough Tunbridge Wells
TN5WADHURST Wadhurst, Ticehurst, Tidebrook, Stonegate Rother, Wealden
TN6CROWBOROUGHBlack Hill, Boars Head, Burnt Oak, Castle Hill, Friars Gate, Mark Cross, Rotherfield, St Johns, Stone Cross, Town RowWealden
TN7HARTFIELDColeman's Hatch, Hartfield Wealden
TN8EDENBRIDGE Crockham Hill, Edenbridge Sevenoaks, Tandridge
TN9TONBRIDGE Tonbridge (town centre and south) Tonbridge and Malling
TN10TONBRIDGE Tonbridge (north including Higham Wood)Tonbridge and Malling
TN11TONBRIDGE Penshurst, Hildenborough, Hadlow, Tudeley Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells
TN12TONBRIDGE Paddock Wood, Staplehurst, Brenchley, Horsmonden, Marden, East Peckham Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells
TN13SEVENOAKS Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Dunton Green Sevenoaks
TN14SEVENOAKS Cudham, Knockholt, Shoreham, Otford, Hazelwood Bromley, Sevenoaks
TN15SEVENOAKS Kemsing, Ightham, Plaxtol, Wrotham, Sevenoaks Weald, Borough Green Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling
TN16WESTERHAM Westerham, Biggin Hill, Berry's Green, Tatsfield Bromley, Sevenoaks, Tandridge
TN17CRANBROOK Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Sissinghurst, Benenden, Frittenden Ashford, Tunbridge Wells
TN18CRANBROOK Hawkhurst, Sandhurst Tunbridge Wells
TN19ETCHINGHAM Etchingham, Burwash Rother
TN20MAYFIELD Five Ashes Wealden
TN21HEATHFIELD Heathfield, Broad Oak, Horam, Cross in Hand Rother, Wealden
TN22UCKFIELD Buxted, Isfield, Maresfield, Nutley, Uckfield Wealden
TN23ASHFORD Ashford (town centre), Kingsnorth, Singleton Ashford
TN24ASHFORD Willesborough, Kennington, Boughton Aluph, Goat LeesAshford
TN25ASHFORD Challock, Wye, Stowting, Brook Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe
TN26ASHFORD Bethersden, Hamstreet, Shadoxhurst, Woodchurch Ashford
TN27ASHFORD Headcorn, Biddenden Ashford, Maidstone
TN28NEW ROMNEY New Romney, Greatstone-on-Sea, Littlestone-on-Sea Folkestone and Hythe
TN29ROMNEY MARSH Lydd Folkestone and Hythe
TN30TENTERDEN Tenterden, Wittersham Ashford
TN31RYE Rye, Camber, Northiam Rother
TN32ROBERTSBRIDGE Robertsbridge, Mountfield, Bodiam, Brightling Rother
TN33BATTLE Battle Rother, Wealden
TN34HASTINGS Hastings town centre Hastings
TN35HASTINGSHastings, Pett, Guestling, Westfield Hastings, Rother
TN36WINCHELSEA Winchelsea, Icklesham Rother
TN37ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA St Leonards-on-Sea Hastings
TN38ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEASt Leonards-on-Sea, Silverhill, Wishing Tree, North Hastings, Bulverhythe Hastings
TN39BEXHILL-ON-SEA Bexhill-on-Sea, Cooden Rother
TN40BEXHILL-ON-SEABexhill-on-Sea, PebshamRother

Delivery offices

Main delivery offices are in 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 in Post Offices of Appledore, Bethersden, Brabourne Lees, Charing, Egerton, Etchingham, Headcorn, Marden, Robertsbridge, Smarden, Staplehurst and Woodchurch. [6]

Map

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TN postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BN, BR, CR, CT, DA, ME, RH and SE postcode areas. TN postcode area map.svg
TN postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BN, BR, CR, CT, DA, ME, RH and SE postcode areas.

See also

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References

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