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{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=SW}}
The '''SW (South Western
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
===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}}
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! SW1A
| LONDON
| [[Whitehall]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
|-
! SW1E
| LONDON
|
| Westminster
|-
! 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]]
| Westminster
|-
! 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
| Westminster
|-
! SW1V
| LONDON
|
| Westminster
|-
! SW1W
| LONDON
| South or lower [[Belgravia]] and [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (a corner), from [[Sloane Square]] to Victoria Station to Grosvenor Waterside basin
| Westminster, [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
|-
! SW1X
| LONDON
| Rest of [[Belgravia
| Westminster,
|-
! SW1Y
| LONDON
|
| Westminster
|-
! SW2
| LONDON
| ''Brixton district:'' [[Brixton Hill]], [[
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
|-
! SW3
| LONDON
| ''Chelsea district:'' [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[Brompton, Kensington|Brompton]]
|
|-
! SW4
| LONDON
| ''Clapham district:'' [[Clapham]], [[Stockwell]] (part)
| Lambeth, [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]]
|-
! SW5
| LONDON
| ''Earls Court district:'' [[
|
|-
! SW6
| LONDON
| ''Fulham district:'' [[Fulham]], [[Parsons Green]]
| [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]]
|-
Line 82 ⟶ 84:
| LONDON
| ''South Kensington district:'' [[South Kensington]], [[Knightsbridge]] (part)
|
|-
! SW8
| LONDON
| ''South Lambeth district:'' [[South Lambeth]], [[Vauxhall]], [[
| Lambeth,
|-
! SW9
| LONDON
| ''Stockwell district:'' [[Brixton]], [[Stockwell]],
| Lambeth
|-
! SW10
| LONDON
| ''West Brompton district:'' [[West Brompton]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (part)
| Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham
|-
! SW11
| LONDON
| ''Battersea head district:'' [[Battersea]], [[
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
|-
! SW12
| LONDON
| ''Balham district:'' [[Balham]], [[Clapham
| Wandsworth, Lambeth
|-
! SW13
| LONDON
| ''Barnes district:'' [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]
| [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]]
|-
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! SW15
| LONDON
| ''Putney district:'' [[Putney]], [[Roehampton]],
| Wandsworth, [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]], Richmond upon Thames
|-
! SW16
| LONDON
| ''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]]
|-
! SW17
| LONDON
| ''Tooting district:'' [[Tooting]], [[Balham]] (part), [[Mitcham]] (part), [[Furzedown]]
| Wandsworth, Merton
|-
! SW18
| LONDON
| ''Wandsworth district:'' [[Wandsworth Town]], [[Southfields]], [[Earlsfield]]
| Wandsworth
|-
! SW19
| LONDON
| ''Wimbledon district:'' [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], [[Colliers Wood]], [[Merton Park]], [[Merton Abbey, London|Merton Abbey]], [[Southfields]], [[Morden]] (part)
| Merton, Wandsworth
|-
! SW20
| LONDON
| ''West Wimbledon district:'' [[
| Merton, Kingston upon Thames
|-
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===SW1===
SW1
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* SW1A 0AA
* SW1A 0PW
* SW1A 1AA
* SW1A
* SW1A
* SW1A
* SW1A 2AH – [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], King Charles Street
* SW1A 2HQ – [[HM Treasury]] headquarters
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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=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==
The
==Map==
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}
{{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==
{{
==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
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*[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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*{{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}}
{{Refend}}
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}
{{London postcode areas}}
[[Category:Postcode areas covering London]]
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