London N postcode area
N
Postcode area	N
Postcode area name	London N
Post towns	1
Postcode districts	23
Postcode sectors	89
Postcodes (live)	17,827
Postcodes (total)	25,456
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The N (Northern) postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area^[2], is the part of the London postal district covering part of North London, England.

It includes areas in the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Enfield. The N postcode area does not cover all of North London however. For example, parts of the London Borough of Enfield and the London Borough of Barnet are covered by the EN postcode area, and parts of the London Borough of Barnet, the London Borough of Harrow, the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Camden are covered by the HA postcode area or the NW postcode area.

Contents 1 History 2 Coverage 3 Adjacent areas 4 See also 5 References

[edit] History

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district of London. In 1917 it was subdivided into 22 numbered districts.^[3] The Northern head district was designated as N1 and the rest of the numbering followed the alphabetical order of the other districts' main names. Most districts include local areas known by their own specific names (see table below). The official post town for all N postcodes is LONDON; district names do not form an essential part of postal addresses.^[2]

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Location in Greater London and London postal district (red)	Main name of district	Additional local area names	Local authority
N1	LONDON		Head district	Barnsbury (part), Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton	Hackney, Islington, Camden
N2			East Finchley	Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (part)	Barnet, Haringey
N3			Finchley	Church End, Finchley Central	Barnet
N4			Finsbury Park	Manor House, Harringay (part), Stroud Green (part)	Haringey, Islington, Hackney
N5			Highbury	Highbury Fields	Islington
N6			Highgate	Hampstead Heath (part)	Camden, Haringey, Islington
N7			Holloway	Barnsbury (part), Tufnell Park (part)	Islington, Camden
N8			Hornsey	Crouch End, Harringay (part)	Haringey, Islington
N9			Lower Edmonton	Edmonton (part)	Enfield
N10			Muswell Hill		Haringey, Barnet
N11			New Southgate	Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (part)	Enfield, Barnet, Haringey
N12			North Finchley	Woodside Park	Barnet
N13			Palmers Green		Enfield
N14			Southgate	Oakwood, Arnos Grove (part)	Enfield, Barnet
N15			South Tottenham	Harringay (part), West Green, Seven Sisters, Stamford Hill (part)	Hackney, Haringey
N16			Stoke Newington	Stamford Hill (part), Shacklewell, Dalston (part), Newington Green (part)	Hackney, Islington
N17			Tottenham	South Tottenham (part)	Haringey
N18			Upper Edmonton	Edmonton (part)	Enfield
N19			Upper Holloway	Archway, Tufnell Park (part), Hornsey (part)	Islington, Camden
N20			Whetstone	Totteridge, Oakleigh Park	Barnet
N21			Winchmore Hill	Bush Hill, Grange Park	Enfield
N22			Wood Green	Bounds Green (part), Bowes Park	Haringey, Enfield
N81			N/A	Non-geographic postcode - Electoral Reform Services, N8[4]	Haringey

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - E (London E) - EC (London EC) - WC (London WC) - NW (London NW) - EN (Enfield) .

Adjacent postcode areas EN NW N E WC EC

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 51°36′N 0°07′W / 51.60°N 0.12°W / 51.60; -0.12