Coordinates: 51°06′32″N 0°12′36″W / 51.109°N 0.210°W
| Redhill postcode area | |
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| Postcode area | RH |
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| Postcode area name | Redhill |
| Post towns | 17 |
| Postcode districts | 21 |
| Postcode sectors | 89 |
| Postcodes (live) | 15,856 |
| Postcodes (total) | 22,668 |
| Statistics as at February 2012[1] | |
The RH postcode area, also known as the Redhill postcode area[2], is a group of twenty postcode districts in Surrey and Sussex, which are subdivisions of eight post towns.
The main sorting office is in Crawley (although called Gatwick Mail Centre), and the area served includes parts of the Surrey districts of Reigate and Banstead, Mole Valley and Tandridge as well as most of the West Sussex districts of Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex, and small areas of the East Sussex districts of Lewes and Wealden.
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Coverage [link]
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Adjacent areas [link]
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| KT | SM | CR |
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| GU |  RH  |
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| PO | BN | |
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: TN (Tonbridge), BN (Brighton), PO (Portsmouth), GU (Guildford), KT (Kingston upon Thames), SM (Sutton), CR (Croydon).
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)
External links [link]
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List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further 3 often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.
Subdivision
Each postcode area is further divided into post towns and postcode districts. There are on average 20 postcode districts to a postcode area. The London post town is instead divided into several postcode areas.
Scope
The single or pair of letters chosen for postcode areas are generally intended as a mnemonic for the places served. Postcode areas, post towns and postcode districts do not follow political boundaries and usually serve much larger areas than the place names with which they are associated. For example, within the PA postcode area the PA1 and PA78 postcode districts are 140 miles apart; and the eight postcode areas of the London post town cover only 40% of Greater London. The remainder of its area is covered by sections of twelve adjoining postcode areas: EN, IG, RM, DA, BR, TN, CR, SM, KT, TW, HA and UB.
