User:Richardguk/WD postcode area
51°39′18″N 0°23′53″W / 51.655°N 0.398°W
Watford | |
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  WD | |
| Coordinates: 51°39′40″N 0°23′24″W / 51.661°N 0.390°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | WD |
| Postcode area name | Watford |
| Post towns | 7 |
| Postcode districts | 14 |
| Postcode sectors | 70 |
| Postcodes (live) | 7,344 |
| Postcodes (total) | 15,889 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The WD postcode area, also known as the Watford postcode area[2], is a group of 13 postal districts around the town of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The main sorting office is in Watford (Ascot Road WD18) and it is divided into seven post towns.
The WD3 district also covers the north western extremity of London - a small and mostly unpopulated protrusion of Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It also extends into the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire to include the village of Chenies.
Coverage[edit]
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
| Postal district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| WD3 | RICKMANSWORTH | Batchworth Heath, Chandlers Cross, Chenies, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Heronsgate, Loudwater, Maple Cross, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Sarratt, West Hyde | Three Rivers, London Borough of Hillingdon, Chiltern |
| WD4 | KINGS LANGLEY | Bucks Hill, Chipperfield, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley | Dacorum, Three Rivers |
| WD5 | ABBOTS LANGLEY | Bedmond, Abbots Langley | Three Rivers |
| WD6 | BOREHAMWOOD | Borehamwood, Elstree, Well End | Hertsmere |
| WD7 | RADLETT | Shenley, Radlett | Hertsmere |
| WD17 | WATFORD | Watford, Cassiobury, Nascot Wood | Watford |
| WD18 | WATFORD | West Watford | Watford, Three Rivers |
| WD19 | WATFORD | Oxhey, South Oxhey, Carpenders Park | Watford, Three Rivers |
| WD23 | BUSHEY | Bushey, Bushey Heath | Hertsmere, Watford |
| WD24 | WATFORD | North Watford | Watford |
| WD25 | WATFORD | Garston, Aldenham, Leavesden, Letchmore Heath | Watford, Hertsmere, Three Rivers |
Recoding[edit]
In September 2000 districts WD17-18 and WD23-25 were created from the recoding of the WD1 and WD2 districts. BUSHEY is a new post town; having previously been part of the WD2 district of WATFORD. This was due to postcode exhaustion of WD1 and WD2 [3]
Adjacent areas[edit]
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: EN (Enfield), HA (Harrow), UB (Southall), SL (Slough), HP (Hemel Hempstead), AL (St. Albans).
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 31 (September 2000)