CR postcode area
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| Postcode area | CR |
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| Postcode area name | Croydon |
| Post towns | 10 |
| Postcode districts | 10 |
| Postcode sectors | 58 |
| Postcodes (live) | 8,232 |
| Postcodes (total) | 13,119 |
Locations in Greater London
Locations in Surrey
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| Statistics as at October 2006 [1] | |
The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area,[2] is a group of nine postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. The majority of these postcode districts cover part of South London, although CR3 and CR6 cover both places in South London and places in Surrey.
The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Merton. Part of the Tandridge district of Surrey is covered by parts of the CR3 and CR6 postcode districts.
Croydon was the second town outside London to have experimental postcodes introduced in 1966 (Norwich having been the first). The system originally introduced in Croydon defined the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR. The postcode experiment was successful, but it was decided that the first part of a postcode should be two letters and a number, so NOR became NR1. However, to save people in Croydon having to change their postcodes, Royal Mail changed CRO to CR0 (digit '0'). As Croydon therefore had the CR0 postcode for its central area, the CR1 postcode was never subsequently introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 that does not also have a district 1. Another lasting consequence of the experiment is that the CR9 district has only ever been allocated to large users in Croydon – the only UK post town to have all its ordinary and high-volume addresses segregated non-geographically.
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[edit] Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area |
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| CR0 | CROYDON | Croydon, Addiscombe, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington | Croydon, Sutton |
| CR2 | SOUTH CROYDON | South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Part of Addington | Croydon |
| CR3 | CATERHAM | Caterham | Croydon, Tandridge |
| CR3 | WHYTELEAFE | Whyteleafe Chaldon Woldingham | Croydon, Tandridge |
| CR4 | MITCHAM | Mitcham, Beddington Corner | Merton, Lambeth, Sutton |
| CR5 | COULSDON | Coulsdon, Parts of Chipstead and Woodmansterne | Croydon, Sutton |
| CR6 | WARLINGHAM | Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh | Tandridge, Croydon |
| CR7 | THORNTON HEATH(part) | Thornton Heath | Croydon |
| CR8 | PURLEY | Purley, Kenley | Croydon, Sutton |
| CR9 | CROYDON | Non-geographic postcode district (located in CR0) | Croydon |
[edit] Adjacent areas
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| SW | SE | |
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| SM |  CR  |
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| KT | RH | TN |
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: BR (Bromley), TN (Tonbridge), RH (Redhill), KT (Kingston upon Thames), SM (Sutton), SW (London SW), SE (London SE).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
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