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London SW
	London SW postcode area
	; SW
Postcode area	SW
Postcode area name	London SW
Post towns	1
Postcode districts	28
Postcode sectors	121
Postcodes (live)	22,318
Postcodes (total)	32,642
	Statistics as at October 2006

"SW1", "SW2", "SW3","SW4", "SW5" and "SW6" redirect here. For the Star Wars films, see Star Wars (film series).

The SW (South Western and Battersea) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area^[2], is a group of postcode districts covering part of south west London, England. The area originates from the South Western (SW1-10) and Battersea (SW11-20) districts^[3] of the London postal district.

[edit] History

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the abolished S district, with the rest going to SE. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917.^[4]

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

[edit] South Western

The South Western district^[3] consists of the postcode districts SW1-10.^[5] The SW1 postcode district is of very high density development and has been relatively recently divided into smaller postcode districts. Where districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, the SW1 subdivisions continue to be classed as one 'district'. SW99 is a non-geographic postcode used for large businesses in the SW9 district.^[2] The South Western district includes postcode districts on both sides of the Thames.

Postcode district	Post town	1917 name	Additional coverage	Local authority
SW1A	LONDON	n/a	Whitehall and Buckingham Palace	Westminster
SW1E	LONDON	n/a	between Buckingham Gate and Victoria Station	Westminster
SW1H	LONDON	n/a	east of Buckingham Gate	Westminster
SW1P	LONDON	n/a	triangular area between Victoria Station, the Houses of Parliament, and Vauxhall Bridge; eastern part of Pimlico	Westminster
SW1V	LONDON	n/a	triangular area between Vauxhall Bridge, Chelsea Bridge, and Victoria Station; Pimlico proper	Westminster
SW1W	LONDON	n/a	area between Sloane Square and Victoria Station, south of Kings Road	Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea
SW1X	LONDON	n/a	Belgravia, north of Kings Road	Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea
SW1Y	LONDON	n/a	St. James	Westminster
SW2	LONDON	Brixton	Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill	Lambeth
SW3	LONDON	Chelsea	Brompton	Kensington and Chelsea
SW4	LONDON	Clapham	Stockwell	Lambeth
SW5	LONDON	Earls Court	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea
SW6	LONDON	Fulham		Hammersmith and Fulham
SW7	LONDON	South Kensington		Kensington and Chelsea
SW8	LONDON	South Lambeth	Vauxhall, Battersea	Lambeth, Wandsworth
SW9	LONDON	Stockwell	Brixton (part)	Lambeth
SW10	LONDON	West Brompton	Chelsea (part)	Kensington and Chelsea
SW99	LONDON	non-geographic (located in SW9) Freemans & Mail Order Traders Association

[edit] Battersea

The Battersea district^[3] consists of the postcode districts SW11-20.^[5] It is entirely south of the Thames.

Postcode district	Post town	1917 name	Additional coverage	Local authority
SW11	LONDON	Head district (Battersea)	Clapham South	Wandsworth
SW12		Balham	Clapham South, Hyde Farm	Wandsworth, Lambeth
SW13		Barnes		Richmond upon Thames
SW14		Mortlake	East Sheen	Richmond upon Thames
SW15		Putney Roehampton University		Wandsworth
SW16		Streatham	Norbury, Streatham Park, Furzedown, Eastfields	Lambeth, Croydon, Wandsworth, Merton
SW17		Tooting	Mitcham	Wandsworth
SW18		Wandsworth	Southfields, Earlsfield	Wandsworth
SW19		Wimbledon ("SW19" is sometimes used as a synonym for the Wimbledon tennis tournament.)	Colliers Wood, Southfields	Merton, Wandsworth
SW20		West Wimbledon	Raynes Park	Merton

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - SE (London SE) - CR (Croydon) - SM (Sutton) - KT (Kingston upon Thames) - TW (Twickenham) - W (London W) .

[edit] Places of interest

SW1 contains several distinctive postcodes:

SW1A 0AA - House of Commons
SW1A 0PW - House of Lords, Palace of Westminster
SW1A 1AA - Buckingham Palace
SW1A 2AA - 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
SW1A 2AB - 11 Downing Street, Chancellor of the Exchequer
SW1A 2HQ - HM Treasury headquarters

SW6 contains two top flight Football grounds, Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge and Fulham FC's Craven Cottage.

[edit] See also

List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
^ ^a ^b ^c HMSO, The Inner London Letter Post, (1980)
^ British Postal Museum & Archive - Postcodes (PDF)
^ ^a ^b HMSO, Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal Area, (1930)

Coordinates: 51°28′N 0°10′W / 51.467°N 0.167°W / 51.467; -0.167

[0] "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.

[guide-1] Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[inner-2] HMSO, The Inner London Letter Post, (1980)

[3] British Postal Museum & Archive - Postcodes (PDF)

[streets-4] HMSO, Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal Area, (1930)

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