SW postcode area

London SW postcode area
SW
Postcode area	SW
Postcode area name	London SW
Post towns	1
Postcode districts	29
Postcode sectors	139
Postcodes (live)	21,046
Postcodes (total)	34,726
Statistics as at February 2012

The SW (South Western and Battersea) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of postcode districts covering part of southwest London, England. The area originates from the South Western (SW1–SW10) and Battersea (SW11–SW20) districts of the London post town.

Postal administration

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the abolished S district, with the rest going to SE. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917. The South Western district consists of the postcode districts SW1–SW10 and the Battersea district consists of the postcode districts SW11–SW20.

List of postcode districts

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names shown in italics:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
SW1A	LONDON	Whitehall and Buckingham Palace	Westminster
SW1E	LONDON	between Buckingham Gate and Victoria Station	Westminster
SW1H	LONDON	east of Buckingham Gate	Westminster
SW1P	LONDON	triangular area between Victoria Station, the Houses of Parliament, and Vauxhall Bridge	Westminster
SW1V	LONDON	triangular area between Vauxhall Bridge, Chelsea Bridge, and Victoria Station; Pimlico proper	Westminster
SW1W	LONDON	Belgravia, area between Sloane Square and Victoria Station, south of Kings Road	Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
SW1X	LONDON	Belgravia, north of Eaton Square, Knightsbridge (part)	Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
SW1Y	LONDON	St James's	Westminster
SW2	LONDON	Brixton district: Brixton, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill, Clapham Park, Eastern parts of Balham	Lambeth
SW3	LONDON	Chelsea district: Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge (part)	Kensington and Chelsea
SW4	LONDON	Clapham district: Clapham, Stockwell(part)	Lambeth, Wandsworth
SW5	LONDON	Earls Court district: Earls Court	Kensington and Chelsea
SW6	LONDON	Fulham district: Fulham, Parsons Green	Hammersmith and Fulham
SW7	LONDON	South Kensington district: South Kensington, Knightsbridge (part)	Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
SW8	LONDON	South Lambeth district: South Lambeth, Vauxhall, Battersea (part), Wandsworth Road, Clapham (part), NW area of Stockwell	Lambeth, Wandsworth
SW9	LONDON	Stockwell district: Stockwell, Brixton (part), Clapham (part), Oval (part)	Lambeth
SW10	LONDON	West Brompton district: West Brompton, Chelsea (part)	Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea
SW11	LONDON	Battersea and Clapham district: Battersea, Clapham South	Lambeth, Wandsworth
SW12	LONDON	Balham district: Balham, Clapham South, Hyde Farm	Lambeth, Wandsworth
SW13	LONDON	Barnes district: Barnes	Richmond upon Thames
SW14	LONDON	Mortlake district: Mortlake, East Sheen	Richmond upon Thames
SW15	LONDON	Putney district: Kingston Vale, Putney, Putney Heath, Putney Vale, Richmond Park, Roehampton, Roehampton Vale	Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, Wandsworth
SW16	LONDON	Streatham district: Streatham, Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Streatham Park, Furzedown, Streatham Vale, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill, Eastfields	Croydon, Lambeth, Merton, Wandsworth
SW17	LONDON	Tooting district: Tooting, Mitcham (part)	Merton, Wandsworth
SW18	LONDON	Wandsworth district: Wandsworth, Southfields, Earlsfield	Wandsworth
SW19	LONDON	Wimbledon district: Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Merton Park, Merton Abbey, Southfields, Morden (part)	Merton, Wandsworth
SW20	LONDON	West Wimbledon district: Raynes Park, Lower Morden, Merton Park, Wimbledon Chase	Merton
SW95	LONDON	Nine Elms	Lambeth, Wandsworth

SW1

SW1 was originally the South Western head district. As it is now of very high density development it has been 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'. Within the SW1 postcode district there are several distinctive postcode units:

• SW1A 0AA – House of Commons
• SW1A 0PW – House of Lords, Palace of Westminster
• SW1A 1AA – Buckingham Palace
• SW1A 2AA – 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
• SW1A 2AB – 11 Downing Street, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• SW1A 2HQ – HM Treasury headquarters

Boundaries

The South Western postcode area has nine boroughs includes all of the London Borough of Wandsworth, the western portion of the London Borough of Lambeth, a very small part of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, the southern sections of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the southeastern portion of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the northeastern area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the northern sections of the London Borough of Merton and London Borough of Croydon.

Map

SW postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CR, EC, KT, SE, SM, TW, W and WC postcode areas.

See also

• Postcode Address File
• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
• London postal district

External links

• Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
• A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)