LONDON POSTCODES

For those that are new to London, it is essential that you get to grips with the postcode system. Ads for lettings and jobs often use just the postcode to indicate the location.
Here is a guide of what postcodes correspond to a particular area in London to help you with understanding the jargon in ads.
Bear in mind, that a postcode starting with N means north, S means south, E means east and W means west. So NW means northwest etc. All postcodes in London follow this pattern with the exception of EC and WC which mean East Central (covering the City) and West Central (covering the Strand, Holborn and Bloomsbury).

N postcodes:

N1 Angel, Islington
N2 East Finchley
N3 Finchley Central
N4 Finsbury Park, Manor House
N5 Highbury
N6 Highgate
N7 Holloway
N8 Hornsey, Crouch End
N9 Lower Edmonton
N10 Muswell Hill
N11 New Southgate
N12 North Finchley
N13 Palmers Green
N14 Southgate
N15 South Tottenham, Seven Sisters
N16 Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill
N17 Tottenham
N18 Upper Edmonton
N19 Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park
N20 Whetstone, Totteridge
N21 Winchmore Hill
N22 Wood Green

NW postcodes:

NW1 Camden, Regent's Park, North Marylebone
NW2 Cricklewood, Dollis Hill, Neasden
NW3 Hampstead, Belsize Park, Swiss Cottage
NW4 Hendon, Brent Cross
NW5 Kentish Town
NW6 Kilburn, Queens Park, West Hampstead
NW7 Mill Hill
NW8 St John's Wood
NW9 The Hyde, Kingsbury, Colindale
NW10 Willesden, Harlesden
NW11 Golders Green

W postcodes:

W1 Mayfair, Soho, Marylebone, Fitzrovia
W2 Bayswater, Paddington
W3 Acton
W4 Chiswick
W5 Ealing
W6 Hammersmith
W7 Hanwell
W8 Kensington
W9 Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue
W10 North Kensington, Ladbroke Grove
W11 Notting Hill, Holland Park
W12 Shepherd's Bush
W13 West Ealing
W14 West Kensington

WC postcodes:

WC1 Bloomsbury, St.Pancras
WC2 Holborn, Covent Garden

EC postcodes:

EC1 Aldersgate, Finsbury, Holborn
EC2 City, Barbican
EC3 Aldgate
EC4 St Paul's

SW postcodes:

SW1 Westminster, Victoria, Pimlico
SW2 Brixton
SW3 Chelsea, Brompton
SW4 Clapham
SW5 Earl's Court
SW6 Fulham, Parson's Green
SW7 South Kensington
SW8 South Lambeth, Vauxhall
SW9 Stockwell, North Brixton
SW10 West Brompton
SW11 Battersea, Clapham Junction
SW12 Balham
SW13 Barnes, Castelau
SW14 Mortlake
SW15 Putney, Roehampton
SW16 Streatham, Norbury
SW17 Tooting
SW18 Wandsworth, Earlsfield
SW19 Wimbledon, Merton, Colliers Wood
SW20 Wimbledon West, Wimbledon South

SE postcodes:

SE1 Waterloo, Southwark, Bermondsey
SE2 Abbey Wood
SE3 Blackheath, Westcombe Park
SE4 Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak
SE5 Camberwell
SE6 Catford, Hither Green
SE7 Charlton
SE8 Deptford
SE9 Eltham, Mottingham
SE10 Greenwich
SE11 Lambeth, Kennington
SE12 Lee, Grove Park
SE13 Lewisham, Hither Green
SE14 New Cross
SE15 Peckham, Nunhead
SE16 South Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Surrey Docks
SE17 Walworth
SE18 Woolwich, Plumstead
SE19 Crystal Palace, Norwood
SE20 Anerley, Penge
SE21 Dulwich
SE22 East Dulwich
SE23 Forest Hill
SE24 Herne Hill
SE25 South Norwood
SE26 Sydenham
SE27 West Norwood, Tulse Hill
SE28 Thamesmead

E postcodes:

E1 Whitechapel, Stepney,Mile End
E2 Bethnal Green, Shoreditch
E3 Bow, Bromley-By-Bow
E4 Chingford, Highams Park
E5 Clapton
E6 East Ham, Beckton
E7 Forest Gate, Upton Park
E8 Hackney, Dalston
E9 Homerton
E10 Leyton
E11 Leytonstone, Wanstead
E12 Manor Park
E13 Plaistow
E14 Poplar (Isle of Dogs)
E15 Stratford, West Ham
E16 Victoria Docks, N Woolwich
E17 Walthamstow
E18 Woodford