User:Richardguk/RG postcode area
Reading | |
|---|---|
  RG | |
| Coordinates: 51°24′11″N 1°02′06″W / 51.403°N 1.035°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | RG |
| Postcode area name | Reading |
| Post towns | 12 |
| Postcode districts | 35 |
| Postcode sectors | 184 |
| Postcodes (live) | 23,146 |
| Postcodes (total) | 45,599 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The RG postcode area, also known as the Reading postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts centered on Reading and Basingstoke in Southern England. As well as Reading and Basingstoke, it covers West Berkshire, including Newbury, Thatcham and Hungerford, Wokingham, Bracknell, much of North Hampshire, including Bramley, Hook and Tadley, a part of southern Oxfordshire, including Henley on Thames, and even a small portion of Buckinghamshire.
RG3 was recoded in January 1995 because of the rise in population in West Reading, and is now RG30 and RG31.[3]
In 2009 the Reading Mail Centre began a phased closure with all incoming mail for RG postcodes now being processed at the Thames Valley Mail Centre in Swindon. The Reading office currently still acts as a delivery office for part of the town but is due to close in 2010 with staff being moved to a new delivery office on an industrial estate nearby.
Coverage[edit]
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
| Postal district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG1 | READING | ||
| RG2 | READING | Whitley | |
| RG4 | READING | Caversham | |
| RG5 | READING | Woodley | |
| RG6 | READING | Earley | |
| RG7 | READING | Aldermaston, Bradfield, Burghfield Common, Silchester, Mortimer, Theale | |
| RG8 | READING | Goring, Streatley | South Oxfordshire, West Berkshire |
| RG9 | HENLEY-ON-THAMES | Hambleden, Rotherfield Peppard, Turville, Turville Heath, Skirmett, Rockwell End, Mill End, Fawley, Fingest, Frieth, Greenlands | South Oxfordshire |
| RG10 | READING | Charvil, Hurst, Ruscombe, Twyford, Wargrave | Wokingham |
| RG12 | BRACKNELL | Bracknell south of A329 plus Bullbrook, Western ind. area, Wick Hill | Bracknell Forest |
| RG14 | NEWBURY | ||
| RG17 | HUNGERFORD | ||
| RG18 | THATCHAM | ||
| RG19 | READING, THATCHAM | ||
| RG20 | NEWBURY | ||
| RG21 | BASINGSTOKE | ||
| RG22 | BASINGSTOKE | ||
| RG23 | BASINGSTOKE | ||
| RG24 | BASINGSTOKE | ||
| RG25 | BASINGSTOKE | ||
| RG26 | TADLEY | Baughurst, Bramley, Brimpton Common, Pamber End, Pamber Heath, Tadley | |
| RG27 | HOOK | Hook, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Stratfield Turgis, Turgis Green | |
| RG28 | BASINGSTOKE, WHITCHURCH | ||
| RG29 | HOOK | ||
| RG30 | READING | Tilehurst, Purley-on-Thames | |
| RG31 | READING | Calcot Row,Tilehurst | |
| RG40 | WOKINGHAM | Finchampstead | Wokingham |
| RG41 | WOKINGHAM | Wokingham | |
| RG42 | BRACKNELL | Binfield, Newell Green, Priestwood, Warfield, Winkfield Row | Bracknell Forest |
| RG45 | CROWTHORNE | Crowthorne | Bracknell Forest, Wokingham |
Adjacent areas[edit]
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: SL (Slough), GU (Guildford), SO (Southampton), SP (Salisbury), SN (Swindon), OX (Oxford), HP (Hemel Hempstead).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 18, (1995)
51°24′N 1°06′W / 51.4°N 1.1°W