Tunbridge Wells | |
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Coordinates: 51°05′06″N0°26′20″E / 51.085°N 0.439°E | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | TN |
Postcode area name | Tunbridge Wells |
Post towns | 24 |
Postcode districts | 40 |
Postcode sectors | 128 |
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.
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.
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 (south and east), 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 (north), 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 (town centre and south) | Tonbridge and Malling |
TN10 | TONBRIDGE | Tonbridge (north including Higham Wood) | Tonbridge and Malling |
TN11 | TONBRIDGE | Penshurst, Hildenborough, Hadlow, Tudeley | 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, Hazelwood | Bromley, Sevenoaks |
TN15 | SEVENOAKS | Kemsing, Ightham, Plaxtol, Wrotham, Sevenoaks Weald, Borough Green | Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling |
TN16 | WESTERHAM | Westerham, Biggin Hill, Berry's Green, Tatsfield | Bromley, Sevenoaks, 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 |
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]
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The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area, is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.
The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area, is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of south-eastern Greater London, as well as a small part of north-west Kent.
The TW postcode area, also known as the Twickenham postcode area, is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within thirteen post towns. These cover parts of south-west London and north-west Surrey, plus a very small part of Berkshire.
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