E postcode area
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| London E postcode area | |
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| Postcode area | E |
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| Postcode area name | London E |
| Post towns | 1 |
| Postcode districts | 21 |
| Postcode sectors | 91 |
| Postcodes (live) | 16,076 |
| Postcodes (total) | 23,828 |
| Statistics as at October 2006 [1] | |
The E (Eastern) postcode area, also known as the London E postcode area[2], is the part of the London postal district covering much of east London, England.
The postcode area covers the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Newham and parts of the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Redbridge. The postcode area does not cover all of East London; the remainder is covered by the RM and IG postcode areas. Some parts of Hackney are in the N postcode area. The E4 postal district uniquely extends beyond the Greater London boundary and covers part of the Epping Forest district of Essex around Sewardstone. [3]
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[edit] History
The current E postcode area was originally formed in 1866 as a merger of the E and NE areas created in 1858. In 1917 the postal districts were numbered alphabetically by their location; [4] the districts usually cover a wider area than their names might suggest. As of 2004, the district names do not form part of the postal address.[2]
Due to high demand, the E1 postcode district was split to create an E1W postal district around Wapping; the rest of the district did not gain an additional character. Where districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, E1 and E1W continue to be classed as one 'district'. The E postcode area contains two non-geographic districts for high-volume business users.
[edit] Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | 1917 name | Additional coverage | Local authority |
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| E1 | LONDON | Head district | Aldgate (part), Whitechapel, Shoreditch (part), Spitalfields, Shadwell, Stepney, Mile End (part) | Tower Hamlets, Hackney |
| E1W | n/a | Wapping | Tower Hamlets | |
| E2 | Bethnal Green | Haggerston, Shoreditch (part), Cambridge Heath | Tower Hamlets, Hackney | |
| E3 | Bow | Bromley-by-Bow, Old Ford, Mile End, Three Mills, London Gas Museum | Tower Hamlets, Newham | |
| E4 | Chingford | Sewardstone | Waltham Forest, Epping Forest | |
| E5 | Clapton | Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton | Hackney | |
| E6 | East Ham | Beckton, Upton Park (part) | Newham | |
| E7 | Forest Gate | Newham | ||
| E8 | Hackney | Dalston | Hackney | |
| E9 | Homerton | Hackney Wick, South Hackney | Hackney | |
| E10 | Leyton | Waltham Forest | ||
| E11 | Leytonstone[5] | Wanstead, Snaresbrook, Cann Hall | Waltham Forest, Redbridge | |
| E12 | Manor Park | Little Ilford, Aldersbrook | Newham, Redbridge | |
| E13 | Plaistow | West Ham (part), Upton Park (part) | Newham | |
| E14 | Poplar | Isle of Dogs, Limehouse, Canary Wharf, Blackwall, Cubitt Town | Tower Hamlets | |
| E15 | Stratford | West Ham (part), Maryland, Leyton (part) | Newham, Waltham Forest | |
| E16 | Victoria Dock | Silvertown, North Woolwich, Canning Town, Custom House, London City Airport | Newham | |
| E17 | Walthamstow | Upper Walthamstow | Waltham Forest | |
| E18 | Woodford | South Woodford | Redbridge | |
| E77 | n/a | NatWest (geographically located in E1) | Tower Hamlets | |
| E98 | n/a | News International (geographically located in E1W) | Tower Hamlets |
[edit] Adjacent areas
| The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - IG (Ilford) - SE (London SE) - EC (London EC) - N (London N) - EN (Enfield) . |
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[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
- ^ a b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ Museum of London - Map of E4 postal district
- ^ British Postal Museum & Archive Information Sheet - Postcodes (PDF)
- ^ HMSO, Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal area, (1930), cited in London Ancestor
