N postcode area

{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=N}} The '''N (Northern) postcode area''', also known as the '''London N postcode area''',<ref name=guide>{{cite book | publisher=Royal Mail Group | title=Address Management Guide | year=2004 | edition=4 | author=Royal Mail | author-link=Royal Mail }}</ref> is the part of the London post town covering part of North London, England. It is a group of 25 postcode districts which covers around 17,429 live postcodes.

The area covers parts of the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Enfield.

==Postal administration== The postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district of London. In 1917 it was subdivided into 22 numbered districts.<ref name="Archive Information Sheet">{{cite web | url=http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_Postcodes_web.pdf | title=Postcodes | work=Archive Information Sheet | publisher=The British Postal Museum and Archive | access-date=24 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320052708/http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_Postcodes_web.pdf | archive-date=20 March 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=guide/>

In 2010, a new N1C district was formed out of the far western part of the original N1 district, to accommodate redevelopment in Kings Cross Central.<ref name="geor49">{{Cite web |url=http://www.geoplan.com/newspress/December2009/release_49 |title=R49 Product Update News |publisher=Geoplan Spatial Intelligence Limited |date=February 2010 |access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="kingscrosscentral">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingscrosscentral.com/ |title=King's Cross is ready for business |publisher=King's Cross Central Limited Partnership |access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> The N area also includes two non-geographic postcode districts: N1P for PO boxes in N1 or N1C; and N81 for ballot mailings to Electoral Reform Services in N8.<ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |format=PDF |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 }}</ref>

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===List of postcode districts=== The approximate coverage of the postcode districts,<ref name="Map">{{cite book |title=London Postcode and Administrative Boundaries |publisher=Geographers A-Z Map Co Ltd |date=2013}}</ref> with the historic postal district names<ref name="streets 1930">{{cite web | publisher=HMSO | title= Names of Streets and Places in the London Postal area |url=http://www.londonancestor.com/po/1map-w.htm | year=1930 }}</ref> shown in ''italics'':

{{postcode area table start}} <onlyinclude> <!-- Top of table --> |- ! N1 | London | ''Northern head district:'' Angel, Barnsbury (part), Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton. Shoreditch (part) | Hackney, Islington, Camden |- ! N1C | London | Kings Cross Central | Camden |- ! N1P | London | PO boxes in N1 and N1C | ''non-geographic'' |- ! N2 | London | ''East Finchley district:'' East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (part) | Barnet, Haringey |- ! N3 | London | ''Finchley district:'' Finchley, Church End, Finchley Central | Barnet |- ! N4 | London | ''Finsbury Park district:'' Finsbury Park, Manor House, Harringay (part), Stroud Green | Haringey, Islington, Hackney |- ! N5 | London | ''Highbury district:'' Highbury, Highbury Fields | Islington, Hackney |- ! N6 | London | ''Highgate district:'' Highgate, Hampstead Heath (part) | Camden, Haringey, Islington |- ! N7 | London | ''Holloway district:'' Holloway, Barnsbury (part), Finsbury Park (part), Islington (part), Tufnell Park (part) | Islington, Camden |- ! N8 | London | ''Hornsey district:'' Hornsey, Crouch End, Harringay (part) | Haringey, Islington |- ! N9 | London | ''Lower Edmonton district:'' Lower Edmonton, Edmonton (part) | Enfield |- ! N10 | London | ''Muswell Hill district:'' Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet (part) | Haringey, Barnet |- ! N11 | London | ''New Southgate district:'' New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (part) | Enfield, Barnet, Haringey |- ! N12 | London | ''North Finchley district:'' North Finchley, Woodside Park, Friern Barnet (part) | Barnet |- ! N13 | London | ''Palmers Green district:'' Palmers Green, Bowes Park (part) | Enfield |- ! N14 | London | ''Southgate district:'' Southgate, Oakwood, Arnos Grove (part) | Enfield, Barnet |- ! N15 | London | ''South Tottenham district:'' South Tottenham, Harringay (part), West Green, Seven Sisters | Haringey |- ! N16 | London | ''Stoke Newington district:'' Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill (part), Shacklewell, Dalston (part), Newington Green (part) | Islington, Hackney |- ! N17 | London | ''Tottenham district:'' Tottenham | Haringey |- ! N18 | London | ''Upper Edmonton district:'' Upper Edmonton, Edmonton (part) | Enfield |- ! N19 | London | ''Upper Holloway district:'' Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park (part) | Islington, Camden |- ! N20 | London | ''Whetstone district:'' Whetstone, Totteridge, Oakleigh Park | Barnet |- ! N21 | London | ''Winchmore Hill district:'' Winchmore Hill, Bush Hill (part), Grange Park, World's End (part) | Enfield |- ! N22 | London | ''Wood Green district:'' Wood Green, Turnpike Lane, Bowes Park (part) | Haringey, Enfield |- ! N81 | London | Electoral Reform Services | ''non-geographic'' </onlyinclude> <!-- Bottom of table --> |}

==Boundaries== Postcode district N1 is the nearest of N postcode districts to central London and the N2–N22 postcode districts to its north. The postcode area is roughly bounded by the River Lea to the east and the Inner Ring Road to the south. In the west, the boundary cuts through Hampstead Heath and follows the North Circular Road and Dollis Brook for short distances. The northern boundary cuts through several open spaces and follows the A110 road for a short distance. The postcode area maps to the London Borough of Haringey, most of the London Borough of Islington, the northwestern section of the London Borough of Hackney, many parts of the London Borough of Barnet, southern sections of the London Borough of Enfield, and small parts of the London Borough of Camden.

==Map== {{Attached KML|display=inline}} {{Postcode area imagemap|map=N postcode area|size=400x400px}}

==See also== *Postcode Address File *List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom *London postal district

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} {{refbegin}} *{{cite postcode project|N1|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925193628/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N1.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N2|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504132436/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N2.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N3|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925194257/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N3.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N4|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228185137/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N4.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N5|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303021830/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N5.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N6|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925194413/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N6.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N7|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014151/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N7.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N8|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014218/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N8.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N9|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926111618/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N9.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N10|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926111715/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N10.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N11|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128125956/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N11.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N12|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926111950/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N12.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N13|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112240/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N13.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N14|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112446/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N14.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N15|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112618/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N15.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N16|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205090215/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N16.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N17|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112915/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N17.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N18|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926113025/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N18.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N19|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229063310/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N19.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N20|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228143508/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N20.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N21|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926113300/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N21.html}} *{{cite postcode project|N22|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619005233/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/N22.html}} {{refend}} {{div col end}}

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}} {{London postcode areas}}

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