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The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London post town in England.
- United Kingdom
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- London SW
The list of postcode areas in the United Kingdom is a tabulation of the postcode areas used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the United Kingdom. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode.
The area code SW stands for the letters s and w in S outh W est London. SW has a population of 874,844 and covers an area of 102,329 hectares. Fun fact: 1.35% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area. The postcode area falls within the following counties: Greater London (100.00%).
It was integrated by the Post Office into the national postcode system of the United Kingdom during the early 1970s and corresponds to the E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W and WC postcode areas. The postal district has also been known as the London postal area.
The area originates from the South Western (SW1–SW10) and Battersea (SW11–SW20) districts [3] 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. [4]
The United Kingdom is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the first characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode.
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), and is the only area within the London post town to lie on both sides of the River Thames.
