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{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
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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 - SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 - 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=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.
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=SW
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The '''SW (South Western and Battersea) postcode area''', also known as the '''London SW postcode area'''<ref name=guide>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref>, is a group of postcode districts covering part of south west [[London]], [[England]]. The area originates from the South Western (SW1-10) and Battersea (SW11-20) districts<ref name=inner>HMSO, ''The Inner London Letter Post'', (1980)</ref> of the [[London postal district]].
 
==Postal administration==
==History==
The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the abolishedvery 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 PostcodesMarch (PDF)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 }}</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===
==Coverage==
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}}
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
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===South Western===
The '''South Western district'''<ref name=inner/> consists of the postcode districts SW1-10.<ref name=streets>HMSO, ''Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal Area'', (1930)</ref> The SW1 postcode district is of very high density development and has been relatively recently divided into smaller postcode districts. Where districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, the SW1 subdivisions continue to be classed as one 'district'. SW99 is a non-geographic postcode used for large businesses in the SW9 district.<ref name=guide/> The South Western district includes postcode districts on both sides of the [[River Thames|Thames]].
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! scope="col" | Postcode district
! scope="col" | [[Post town]]
! scope="col" | 1917 name
! scope="col" | Additional coverage
! scope="col" | Local authority
|-
! scope="row" | SW1A
| LONDON
| [[Whitehall]], [[Buckingham Palace]], the [[Houses of Parliament]] and west of [[St James's]]
| n/a
| [[Whitehall]] and [[Buckingham Palace]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW1E
| LONDON
| Northern 'Victoria' around [[Buckingham Gate]] (a street) to include both sides of part of [[Victoria Street, London|Victoria Street]]
| n/a
| between [[Buckingham Gate]] and [[London Victoria station|Victoria Station]]
| Westminster
|-
! scope="row" | SW1H
| LONDON
| Surrounds of St James's Park tube station centred on Broadway, Queen Anne's Gate and Old Queen Street to include both sides of part of Victoria Street – derivation: [[Horse Guards Parade]]
| n/a
| east of Buckingham Gate
| Westminster
|-
! scope="row" | SW1P
| LONDON
| A projection around Parliament Square. Nearby Westminster School to Westminster Cathedral to CCAL, [[University of the Arts, London]] (omitting all backstreets nearest to [[Vauxhall Bridge Road]]) – derivation: Parliament Square
| n/a
| triangular area between Victoria Station, the [[Houses of Parliament]], and [[Vauxhall Bridge]]; eastern part of [[Pimlico]]
| Westminster
|-
! scope="row" | SW1V
| LONDON
| between [[Vauxhall Bridge]], [[Grosvenor Bridge|Grosvenor (or Victoria Railway) Bridge]] and Victoria Station, taking in both sides of Vauxhall Bridge Road; includes Pimlico
| n/a
| triangular area between Vauxhall Bridge, [[Chelsea Bridge]], and Victoria Station; Pimlico proper
| Westminster
|-
! scope="row" | SW1W
| LONDON
| South or lower [[Belgravia]] and [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (a corner), from [[Sloane Square]] to Victoria Station to Grosvenor Waterside basin
| n/a
| Westminster, [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
| area between [[Sloane Square]] and Victoria Station, south of [[Kings Road]]
| Westminster, [[London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW1X
| LONDON
| Rest of [[Belgravia]] (north of [[Eaton Square]]), [[Knightsbridge]] (eastern half) and [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (a corner)
| n/a
| Belgravia, north of Kings Road, [[Knightsbridge]](parts)
| Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea
|-
! scope="row" | SW1Y
| LONDON
| All but the west of [[St James's]]
| n/a
| [[St. James's Park|St. James's]]
| Westminster
|-
! scope="row" | SW2
| LONDON
| ''Brixton district:'' [[Brixton Hill]], [[Tulse Hill]] (part), [[Brixton]] (part), [[Streatham Hill]], [[Clapham Park]] (part), [[Lambeth]]
| ''[[Brixton]]''
| [[Brixton Hill]], [[Streatham Hill]], [[Tulse Hill]]
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW3
| LONDON
| ''Chelsea district:'' [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]'', [[Brompton, Kensington|Brompton]], [[Knightsbridge]] (part)
| [[Brompton, Kensington|Brompton]], , [[Knightsbridge]] (parts)
| Kensington and Chelsea
|-
! scope="row" | SW4
| LONDON
| ''Clapham district:'' [[Clapham]]'', [[Stockwell]] (part)
| Lambeth, [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]]
| [[Stockwell]]
| Lambeth
|-
! scope="row" | SW5
| LONDON
| ''Earls Court district:'' [[EarlsEarl's Court]]''
| [[South Kensington]]
| Kensington and Chelsea
|-
! scope="row" | SW6
| LONDON
| ''Fulham district:'' [[Fulham]]'', [[Parsons Green]]
|
| [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW7
| LONDON
| ''South Kensington district:'' [[South Kensington]]'', [[Knightsbridge]] (part)
| Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
|
| Kensington and Chelsea
|-
! scope="row" | SW8
| LONDON
| ''South Lambeth district:'' [[South Lambeth]], [[Vauxhall]], [[Nine Elms]] (east), [[Clapham]] (north), [[Stockwell]] (northwest), [[Oval, London|Oval]] (west)
| ''[[South Lambeth]]''
| Lambeth, Wandsworth
| [[Vauxhall]], [[Battersea]]
| Lambeth, [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW9
| LONDON
| ''Stockwell district:'' [[Brixton]], [[Stockwell]], [[Clapham]] (part), [[Oval, London|Oval]] (part)
| ''[[Stockwell]]''
| Brixton (part)
| Lambeth
|-
! scope="row" | SW10
| LONDON
| ''West Brompton district:'' [[West Brompton]]'', [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (part)
| Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and (part)Fulham
| Kensington and Chelsea
|-
! SW11
! scope="row" | SW99
| LONDON
| ''Battersea head district:'' [[Battersea]], [[Nine Elms]] (west)
| colspan="2" | ''non-geographic'' (located in SW9) [http://www.freemans.com/ Freemans] & [http://www.mota.org.uk/ Mail Order Traders Association]
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
|
|}
 
===Battersea===
The '''Battersea district'''<ref name=inner/> consists of the postcode districts SW11-20.<ref name="streets"/> It is entirely south of the Thames.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! scope="col" | Postcode district
! scope="col" | [[Post town]]
! scope="col" | 1917 name
! scope="col" | Additional coverage
! scope="col" | Local authority
|-
! SW12
! scope="row" | SW11
| rowspan="10" | LONDON
| ''HeadBalham district:'' [[Balham]], [[Clapham Park]] (part), [[BatterseaWandsworth Common]] (part)
| [[Clapham South]]
| Wandsworth
|-
! scope="row" | SW12
| ''[[Balham]]''
| [[Clapham South]], [[Hyde farm estate|Hyde Farm]]
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
|-
! scope="row" | SW13
| LONDON
| ''[[Barnes, London|Barnes]]''
| ''Barnes district:'' [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]
|
| [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW14
| LONDON
| ''[[Mortlake]]''
| ''Mortlake district:'' [[Mortlake]], [[East Sheen]]
| Richmond upon Thames
|-
! scope="row" | SW15
| LONDON
| ''[[Putney]]'' Roehampton University
| ''Putney district:'' [[Putney]], [[Roehampton]], [[Kingston Vale]], [[Wimbledon Common|Putney Heath]], [[Putney Vale]], [[Richmond Park]], [[Roehampton|Roehampton Vale]]
|
| Wandsworth, [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]], Richmond upon Thames
| Wandsworth
|-
! scope="row" | SW16
| LONDON
| ''[[Streatham]]''
| ''Streatham district:'' [[Streatham]], [[Streatham Common]], [[Norbury]], [[Streatham Park]], [[Furzedown]], [[Streatham|Streatham Vale]], [[Mitcham Common]], [[Pollards Hill]], [[Eastfields]], [[West Norwood]] (part)
| Lambeth, [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]], Wandsworth, [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
|-
! scope="row" | SW17
| LONDON
| ''[[Tooting]]''
| ''Tooting district:'' [[Tooting]], [[Balham]] (part), [[Mitcham]] (part), [[Furzedown]]
| [[Mitcham]]
| Wandsworth, Merton
|-
! scope="row" | SW18
| LONDON
| ''[[Wandsworth]]''
| ''Wandsworth district:'' [[Wandsworth Town]], [[Southfields]], [[Earlsfield]]
| Wandsworth
|-
! scope="row" | SW19
| LONDON
| ''[[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]''<br>''("SW19" is sometimes used as a synonym for the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon tennis tournament]].)''
| ''Wimbledon district:'' [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], [[Colliers Wood]], [[Merton Park]], [[Merton Abbey, London|Merton Abbey]], [[Southfields]], [[Morden]] (part)
| Merton, Wandsworth
|-
! scope="row" | SW20
| LONDON
| ''[[Wimbledon, London|Raynes Park]]''
| ''West Wimbledon district:'' [[Raynes Park]], [[Lower Morden]], [[Merton Park]], [[Wimbledon Chase]], very small part of the east of [[New Malden]]
| [[Raynes Park]]
| Merton, Kingston upon Thames
|-
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|}
 
==Adjacent areas=SW1===
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:
{{Adjacent postcode areas|area=SW|E=SE|SE=CR|S=SM|SW=KT|W=TW|N=W}}
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* SW1A 0AA – [[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 of King Charles III during restoration of Buckingham Palace
* SW1A 2AA – [[10 Downing Street]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and [[First Lord of the Treasury]]
* SW1A 2AB – [[11 Downing Street]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
* SW1A 2AH – [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], King Charles Street
* SW1A 2HQ – [[HM Treasury]] headquarters
{{div col end}}
 
===SW19===
==Places of interest==
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=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>
SW1 contains several distinctive postcodes:
 
==Boundaries==
* SW1A 0AA - [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]
The SW postcode area covers parts of nine London Boroughs. North of the River Thames, it covers the southern parts of the [[City of Westminster]], the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]] and the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]. South of the river, it covers all of the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]], the western part of the [[London Borough of Lambeth]], the northern parts of the [[London Borough of Merton|London Boroughs of Merton]] and [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] and the northeastern parts of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames]] and [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]].<ref>[[:File:Londonpostal iln 1857.jpg]]</ref><ref>[[Postcodes in the United Kingdom#History]]</ref>
* SW1A 0PW - [[House of Lords]], [[Palace of Westminster]]
* SW1A 1AA - [[Buckingham Palace]]
* SW1A 2AA - [[10 Downing Street]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and [[First Lord of the Treasury]]
* SW1A 2AB - [[11 Downing Street]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
* SW1A 2HQ - [[HM Treasury]] headquarters
* SW19 - [[Wimbledon Tennis Championships]]
 
==Map==
SW6 contains two top flight [[Association Football|Football]] grounds, Chelsea FC's [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] and Fulham FC's [[Craven Cottage]].
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=SW postcode area|size=550x550px}}
 
==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[London postal district]]
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist}}
 
==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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{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW1|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228183947/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW1.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW2|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227221505/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW2.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW3|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109045250/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW3.html?}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW4|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070248/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW4.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW5|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070326/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW5.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW6|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070426/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW6.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW7|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070517/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW7.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW8|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920134634/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW8.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW9|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127142859/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW9.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW10|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109045023/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW10.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW11|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228181537/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW11.html?}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW12|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070752/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW12.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW13|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070940/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW13.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW14|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820083529/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW14.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW15|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127151142/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW15.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW16|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012303/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW16.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW17|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420233909/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW17.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW18|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012450/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW18.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW19|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012825/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW19.html}}
*{{cite postcode project|SW20|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012851/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/SW20.html}}
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