LU postcode area

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Coordinates: 51°52′48″N 0°25′05″W / 51.880°N 0.418°W / 51.880; -0.418

Luton postcode area
LU is located in the United Kingdom
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LU
Postcode area LU
Postcode area name Luton
Post towns 3
Postcode districts 8
Postcode sectors 34
Postcodes (live) 6,262
Postcodes (total) 9,218
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The LU postcode area, also known as the Luton postcode area[2], is a group of postcode districts around Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard and Luton in England. The postcode area is mostly contained within Bedfordshire, but also extends into the fringes of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

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[edit] Coverage

The Luton post town forms a group of four postcode districts in the east, occupying approximately a third of the total area. The Dunstable post town forms a central strip of two postcode districts, extending from north to south. Leighton Buzzard forms the largest post town in the west, corresponding to a single postcode district. LU95 is non-geographic postcode district. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:[3]

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
LU1 LUTON Luton (South), Aley Green, Caddington, Lower Woodside, Pepperstock, Skimpot, Slip End, Woodside Luton, Central Bedfordshire
LU2 LUTON Luton (East), Chiltern Green, Cockernhoe, East Hyde, Lawrence End, Lilley, New Mill End, Peters Green, Tea Green, The Hyde, Wandon End, Wandon Green, Winch Hill Luton, Central Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire
LU3 LUTON Luton (North), Lower Sundon, Streatley, Sundon Luton, Central Bedfordshire
LU4 LUTON Luton (West), Chalton, Leagrave Luton, Central Bedfordshire
LU5 DUNSTABLE Dunstable (East including Woodside Estate), Bidwell, Chalgrave, Fancott, Harlington, Houghton Regis (including Townsend Industrial Estate), Thorn, Toddington Central Bedfordshire,
LU6 DUNSTABLE Dunstable (West), Eaton Bray, Edlesborough, Holywell, Kensworth, Northall, Sewell, Studham, Totternhoe, Whipsnade Central Bedfordshire, Aylesbury Vale
LU7 LEIGHTON BUZZARD Leighton Buzzard, Bragenham, Briggington, Burcott, Cheddington, Chelmscote, Clipstone, Crafton, Cublington, Eggington, Great Billington, Grove, Heath and Reach, Hockliffe, Horton, Hollingdon, Ivinghoe, Ivinghoe Aston, Ledburn, Leedon, Little Billington, Mentmore, Pitstone, Slapton, Soulbury, Stanbridge, Stewkley, Stockgrove, Tebworth, Tilsworth, Wing, Wingfield Central Bedfordshire, Aylesbury Vale
LU95 LEIGHTON BUZZARD Linton Healy Ltd [4]

Previously, Perry Green was used as the locality in the LU2 postal addresses of some properties in Peters Green. Old Linslade was used in the LU7 addresses of Old Linslade, but these now include the words Heath and Reach.[5]

[edit] Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
MK
North
West LU East SG
South
HP AL

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: SG (Stevenage), AL (St Albans), HP (Hemel Hempstead), MK (Milton Keynes).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ Placenames as listed in Royal Mail, Postal Address Book: Anglia 2, Edition H, 2003.
  4. ^ Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes, accessed 26 October 2008.
  5. ^ Royal Mail, 'Postcodes', The Thomson Directory: Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard Area, 1992.
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