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{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=SW}}
The '''SW (South Western) postcode area''', also known as the '''London SW postcode area''',<ref name=guide>{{cite book |title=Address Management Guide |edition=4 |publisher=[[Royal Mail|Royal Mail Group]] |year=2004}}</ref> is a group of 20 postcode districts within the [[London postal district|London post town]] in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2
Mail for the area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in [[Hounslow]], along with mail for the [[TW postcode area|TW]], [[KT postcode area|KT]] and [[GU postcode area|GU]] postcode areas.
==Postal administration==
The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district.
===List of postcode districts===
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names shown in ''italics'':<ref name="streets 1930">{{cite web | publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|HMSO]] | title= Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal area |url=http://www.londonancestor.com/po/1map-w.htm |via=London Ancestor | year=1930 }}</ref>
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! SW2
| LONDON
| ''Brixton district:'' [[Brixton Hill]], [[Tulse Hill]] (part), [[Brixton]] (part), [[Streatham Hill]], [[Clapham Park]] (part)
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
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! SW5
| LONDON
| ''Earls Court district:'' [[
| Kensington and Chelsea
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! SW8
| LONDON
| ''South Lambeth district:'' [[South Lambeth]], [[Vauxhall]], [[Nine Elms]] (east), [[Clapham]] (north), [[Stockwell]] (northwest), [[Oval,
| Lambeth, Wandsworth
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! SW9
| LONDON
| ''Stockwell district:'' [[Brixton]], [[Stockwell]], [[Clapham]] (part), [[Oval,
| Lambeth
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! SW11
| LONDON
| ''Battersea head district:'' [[Battersea
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
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! SW12
| LONDON
| ''Balham district:'' [[Balham]], [[Clapham
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
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! SW17
| LONDON
| ''Tooting district:'' [[Tooting]], [[Balham]] (part), [[Mitcham]] (part), [[Furzedown]]
| Wandsworth, Merton
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SW1 is the South Western head district. Since about the 1890s it has had a surplus of addresses and buildings for practical division into one set of inwards codes so is divided into smaller postcode districts since 1917 used for mail purposes. SW1 is used in geographic reference, street signs and colloquial use across most communities. Its eight subdivisions continue to be classed as one 'district'. Within SW1A are keynote inward codes including:
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* SW1A 0AA – [[
* SW1A 0PW – [[House of Lords]], [[Palace of Westminster]]
* SW1A 1AA – [[Buckingham Palace]]
* SW1A 1BA – [[Clarence House]], Residence
* SW1A 2AA – [[10 Downing Street]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and [[First Lord of the Treasury]]
▲* SW1A 1BA – [[Clarence House]], Residence and Office of Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall
* SW1A 2AB – [[11 Downing Street]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
* SW1A 2AH – [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], King Charles Street
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===SW19===
SW19 is the postcode that covers [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] and is used as a synonym for the [[Wimbledon Championships]] tennis tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1147243/Where-is-Wimbledon-why-is-it-called-SW19-reason-explained | title=
==Boundaries==
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==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ |date=26 September 2018 }}
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