Coordinates: 51°35′13″N 0°04′19″E / 51.587°N 0.072°E
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| Postcode area | IG |
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| Postcode area name | Ilford |
| Post towns | 6 |
| Postcode districts | 11 |
| Postcode sectors | 35 |
| Postcodes (live) | 6,039 |
| Postcodes (total) | 9,460 |
Locations in Greater London
Locations in Essex
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The IG postcode area, also known as the Ilford postcode area,[2] is a group of 11 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of six post towns. These postcode districts cover South West Essex.
The main sorting office is in Ilford and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. A small part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest is covered by the IG8 postcode district. A major part of the Epping Forest district of Essex is covered by the IG7, IG9 and IG10 postcode districts.
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Coverage [link]
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area |
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| IG1 | ILFORD | Ilford | Redbridge |
| IG2 | ILFORD | Gants Hill, Newbury Park | Redbridge |
| IG3 | ILFORD | Seven Kings, Goodmayes | Redbridge |
| IG4 | ILFORD | Redbridge | Redbridge |
| IG5 | ILFORD | Clayhall | Redbridge |
| IG6 | ILFORD | Barkingside, Hainault | Redbridge |
| IG7 | CHIGWELL | Chigwell, | Epping Forest, Redbridge |
| IG8 | WOODFORD GREEN | Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge | Redbridge, Waltham Forest |
| IG9 | BUCKHURST HILL | Buckhurst Hill | Epping Forest |
| IG10 | LOUGHTON | Loughton, High Beach (part) | Epping Forest |
| IG11 | BARKING | Barking | Barking and Dagenham |
London E19 [link]
In April 2005, a local businessman started a campaign to have IG1 postcodes changed to London E19, on the pretext that IG1 is not always recognised as a 'London postcode'. He argued that so doing would help local businesses. A Royal Mail spokesman, however, said campaigners in Ilford had "virtually no hope" of changing their postcode.[3] This had previously been raised by the then Greater London Council politician Serge Lourie in the 1970s and similarly rejected. Ilford had been removed from the London postal district in 1866.[4] This move has the opposite motives to a group in London SE2 who wish to have their postcode changed to adjacent DA7 citing higher insurance for their houses, belongings and cars as reason to change. Royal Mail said they have never changed the first part of a postcode for these reasons.[5]
Adjacent areas [link]
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| EN | CM | |
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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: RM (Romford), SE (London SE), E (London E), EN (Enfield), CM (Chelmsford). The southern boundary is the River Thames. Part of the western boundary is the North Circular Road and the River Roding.
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. February 2012. Table 2. https://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/postcode-directories/-nspp-/onspd-user-guide-and-version-notes.zip. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ "The power of the postcode". BBC Online. 2005-04-05. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4409163.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ Little Ilford, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 163-174. Date accessed: 14 December 2007.
- ^ "Cracking the code’s not easy". This is Local London. 2002-03-02. https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.334327.0.cracking_the_codes_not_easy.php. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
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