Postcodes and Postal Districts

The Council is not responsible for issuing new postcodes or allocating the postal district for a property. This is the responsibility of the Royal Mail. However they will not issue postal information for a property until they have received number and street details from the Council.

Queries about postcodes can be answered by the Royal Mail. Contact them on their postcode enquiry line 08456 045060 or on 0846 011110 (choose option 3 and then option 1), or by visiting their website:

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm

If you have delivery problems telephone the Royal Mail's Customer Service Centre - 0845 7740 740

Postcodes for commercial premises are allocated in the same manner as for residential premises. A large company can apply to the Royal Mail for its own code. This is known as a large user code. Application for a large user code is the responsibility of that company as they will know what volume of mail they generate.