CR postcode area

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Croydon
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CR
Coordinates: 51°21′22″N0°05′56″W / 51.356°N 0.099°W / 51.356; -0.099
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CR
Postcode area name
Croydon
Post towns 10
Postcode districts 11
Postcode sectors66
Postcodes (live)7,906
Postcodes (total)14,632
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.

Contents

The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the London Borough of Croydon, the southeastern part of the London Borough of Merton and small parts of the London Boroughs of Sutton and Bromley. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the Tandridge district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Croydon was the second town, after Norwich, to have experimental postcodes, introduced in 1966. This trialled the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR for its equivalent. It was decided that the outward (first) part of a postcode should be alphanumerical, so CRO became CR0 (with a zero) and NOR became NR1. The CR1 postcode has not been introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 but not a district 1.

The CR0 postcode district covers the largest population in the UK. [3]

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
CR0CROYDON Croydon, Addiscombe, Woodside (part), Selhurst, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington, Thornton Heath (part), Valley Retail and Leisure Park, Mitcham Common (part) Croydon, Sutton
CR2SOUTH CROYDON South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, part of Addington Croydon
CR3CATERHAM Caterham, Chaldon, Woldingham Croydon, Tandridge
WHYTELEAFE Whyteleafe
CR4MITCHAM Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill (part), Eastfields (part)Croydon, Merton, Sutton
CR5COULSDON Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill, part of Woodmansterne, Clockhouse, part of Little Woodcote Croydon, Reigate and Banstead, Sutton
CR6WARLINGHAM Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh, Hamsey Green Bromley, Croydon, Tandridge
CR7THORNTON HEATH Thornton Heath, Broad Green (part), Pollards Hill (part)Croydon, Merton
CR8PURLEY Purley, Russell Hill, Reedham, London Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge
KENLEY Kenley
CR9CROYDONnon-geographic
CR44CROYDON Jobcentre Plus non-geographic
CR90CROYDONnon-geographic

Delivery offices

Delivery offices are located at Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Mitcham, Coulsdon, Thornton Heath and Purley. [4]

Map

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CR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BR, KT, RH, SE, SM, SW and TN postcode areas. CR postcode area map.svg
CR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BR, KT, RH, SE, SM, SW and TN postcode areas.

See also

Related Research Articles

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The KT postcode area, also known as the Kingston upon Thames postcode area, is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within 19 post towns. These cover boroughs in south-west Greater London and several boroughs in north-east Surrey.

The SM postcode area, also known as the Sutton postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover part of south-west London, as well as a small part of north Surrey.

The EN postcode area, also known as the Enfield postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover parts of northern Greater London, southern Hertfordshire and western Essex.

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.

The DA postcode area, also known as the Dartford postcode area, is a group of eighteen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover parts of south-east London and north-west Kent.

The UB postcode area, also known as the Southall postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover parts of western and north-western Greater London, plus a very small part of Buckinghamshire. The letters in the postcodes are the phonemic abbreviation of Uxbridge.

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The WD postcode area, also known as the Watford postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in Greater London and Hertfordshire, within seven post towns. These cover south-west Hertfordshire, plus very small parts of Buckinghamshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The BL postcode area, also known as the Bolton postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts in North West England. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton and the northern and central parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, plus small parts of the boroughs of Chorley, Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire.

The RH postcode area, also known as the Redhill postcode area, is a group of twenty postcode districts in South East England, within seventeen post towns. These cover east Surrey and northeastern West Sussex plus small parts of northwestern East Sussex.

The TN postcode area, also known as the Tunbridge Wells postcode area, is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns. These cover south and west Kent and northern and eastern East Sussex, plus very small parts of Surrey and the London Borough of Bromley.

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References

  1. "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.
  2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "List of UK Delivery Offices - a Freedom of Information request to Royal Mail Group Limited" (PDF). 10 February 2009.