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Line 1: {{Short description\|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}} {{EngvarB\|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~June~~April ~~2013~~2023}} {{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 ~~through~~- SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 ~~through~~- SW20),<ref name="ILLP">{{cite book \|author=[[Competition Commission\|Monopolies and Mergers Commission]] \|year=1980 \|chapter=The London Postal Region \|title=The Inner London Letter Post \|chapter-url=~~https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120119212832/~~http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1980/fulltext/122c03.pdf \|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information\|HMSO]] \|access-date=17 May 2021 \|archive-date=19 January 2012 \|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120119212832/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1980/fulltext/122c03.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and is the only area within the London post town to lie on both sides of the [[River Thames]]. 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. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the very short-lived S district, with the rest going to [[SE postcode area\|SE]]. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917.<ref name="Archive Information Sheet">{{ cite web\|url=http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_Postcodes_web.pdf \|title=Postcodes \|work=Archive Information Sheet \|publisher=The British Postal Museum and Archive \|date=January 2005 \|access-date=24 March 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320052708/http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_Postcodes_web.pdf \|archive-date=20 March 2009 ~~\|df=dmy-all~~ }}</ref> The South Western district consists of the postcode districts SW1–SW10 and the once Battersea-headquartered component consists of the postcode districts SW11–SW20.<ref name="ILLP"/><ref name="streets 1930"/> {{Clear}} The South Western head district was designated as SW1 and the rest of the numbering followed, alphabetically, by their most important parish, chapelry, topological or built environment feature names, up to 10. Similarly as to the Battersea SW11 once "head 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> {{postcode area table start}} Line 58: ! SW2 \| LONDON \| ''Brixton district:'' [[Brixton Hill]], [[Tulse Hill]] (part), [[Brixton]] (part), [[Streatham Hill]], [[Clapham Park]] (part)~~, [[Balham\|Eastern parts of Balham]]~~, [[Lambeth]] \| [[London Borough of Lambeth\|Lambeth]] \|- Line 73: ! SW5 \| LONDON \| ''Earls Court district:'' [[~~Earls~~Earl's Court]] \| Kensington and Chelsea \|- Line 88: ! SW8 \| LONDON \| ''South Lambeth district:'' [[South Lambeth]], [[Vauxhall]], [[Nine Elms]] (east), [[Clapham]] (north), [[Stockwell]] (northwest), [[Oval, ~~(ward)~~London\|Oval]] (west) \| Lambeth, Wandsworth \|- ! SW9 \| LONDON \| ''Stockwell district:'' [[Brixton]], [[Stockwell]], [[Clapham]] (part), [[Oval, ~~(ward)~~London\|Oval]] (part) \| Lambeth \|- Line 103: ! SW11 \| LONDON \| ''Battersea head district:'' [[Battersea~~]], [[Clapham South~~]], [[Nine Elms]] (west) \| Wandsworth, Lambeth \|- ! SW12 \| LONDON \| ''Balham district:'' [[Balham]], [[Clapham ~~South~~Park]] (part), [[Wandsworth Common]] (part) \| Wandsworth, Lambeth \|- Line 133: ! SW17 \| LONDON \| ''Tooting district:'' [[Tooting]], [[Balham]] (part), [[Mitcham]] (part), [[Furzedown]] \| Wandsworth, Merton \|- Line 157: 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: {{div col}} * SW1A 0AA – [[~~British~~ House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]] * SW1A 0PW – [[House of Lords]], [[Palace of Westminster]] * SW1A 1AA – [[Buckingham Palace]] * SW1A 1BA – [[Clarence House]], Residence ~~and Office~~ of ~~Prince~~King ofCharles ~~Wales~~III ~~and~~during ~~Duchess~~restoration of ~~Cornwall~~Buckingham Palace▼ * 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 Line 168: ===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=~~Why~~Where is Wimbledon and why is it called SW19? Reason explained \|website=Express.co.uk \|first1=Andy \|last1=Wilson \| date=12 July 2019 \| accessdate=13 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://sports.yahoo.com/wimbledon-2022-seven-talking-points-from-sw-19-215038890.html \| title=Wimbledon 2022: Seven talking points from SW19 \|website= Yahoo Sports \|date=Jul 10, 2022 \|first1=Oli \|last1=Dickson Jefford \| accessdate=13 July 2022}}</ref> ==Boundaries== Line 187: ==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 }} {{div col}} {{Refbegin}}