The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, within eleven

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s. These cover north-west Hertfordshire (including

Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a n ...

, Berkhamsted and Tring) and central

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-eas ...

(including Aylesbury,

High Wycombe High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, south-southeast of Aylesbur ...

Beaconsfield Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High W ...

, Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Chesham,

Great Missenden Great Missenden is an affluent village with approximately 2,000 residents in the Misbourne Valley in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England, situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover, with direct rail connections to London M ...

and Princes Risborough). Mail for this area is sorted at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! HP1 , HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , Bourne End, Boxmoor, Chaulden, Fields End,

Gadebridge Gadebridge is a district of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, UK, located north west of Hemel Hempstead old town. It was developed from land that once formed part of Gadebridge House in the 1960s and centres on the Rossgate shopping parade. Gadebr ...

, Great Gaddesden, Nettleden, Piccotts End, Water End, Warner's End ,

Dacorum The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001 ...

, - ! HP2 , HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , Gaddesden Row, Piccotts End, Grovehill, Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate , Dacorum , - ! HP3 , HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , Apsley, Bovingdon,

Felden Felden is a semi-rural neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, situated to the south west of the town, close to the railway station. At the 2011 Census the population of the neighbourhood was included in the Dacorum Ward of Bovingdon, F ...

, Flaunden, Hemel Hempstead, Leverstock Green , Dacorum , - ! HP4 , BERKHAMSTED , Berkhamsted, Dagnall, Dudswell, Little Gaddesden, Northchurch,

Potten End Potten may refer to: * Agnes Potten (died 1556), Ipswich martyr *Nettleden with Potten End, a village in Hertfordshire, England * Potten Creek, a tributary to the River Roach A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, ...

, Ringshall , Dacorum,

, - ! HP5 , CHESHAM , Chesham, Ashley Green, Bellingdon, Botley, Chartridge, Hawridge,

Latimer Latimer may refer to: Places England * Latimer, Buckinghamshire, a village ** Latimer and Ley Hill, a civil parish that until 2013 was just called "Latimer" * Latimer, Leicester, an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicest ...

, Lye Green, Newtown, Waterside, Whelpley Hill , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP6 , AMERSHAM , Amersham (north),

Chesham Bois Chesham Bois (traditionally , but now more commonly ) is a village in the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England, adjacent to both Amersham and Chesham. History Initially a hamlet in the parish of Chesham, the manor was assessed at 1½ hid ...

, Hyde Heath, Little Chalfont (north) , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP7 , AMERSHAM , Amersham (south), Coleshill, Little Chalfont (west and centre), Little Missenden, Penn Street, Winchmore Hill , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP8 , CHALFONT ST. GILES , Chalfont St Giles, Little Chalfont (south) , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP9 , BEACONSFIELD ,

, Forty Green,

Holtspur Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and Hig ...

, Jordans,

Knotty Green Knotty Green was once a rural hamlet in the Buckinghamshire Chiltern Hills. It is characterised by large houses set in their own extensive grounds and though it remains within the civil parish of Penn today it has become contiguous with the mar ...

, Seer Green , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP10 , HIGH WYCOMBE ,

, Flackwell Heath, Handy Cross,

Hedsor Hedsor is a small village and civil parish in Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England, in the very south of the county, near the River Thames and Bourne End. It is in the civil parish of Wooburn. The village toponym is derived from the Old ...

, Loudwater, Penn,

Tylers Green Tylers Green is a village in the civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is adjoined on one side by Hazlemere and on the other by Penn. "Penn and Tylers Green" are often referred to as one. Tylers Green centr ...

, Wooburn, Wooburn Green,

Wooburn Moor Wooburn, or Wooburn and Bourne End, is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. South-east of High Wycombe, it comprises the villages of Wooburn, Wooburn Green and Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Bourne End and the hamlet (place), hamlets of Berg ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP11 , HIGH WYCOMBE , Wycombe Marsh , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP12 , HIGH WYCOMBE , High Wycombe, Booker, Sands , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP13 , HIGH WYCOMBE , High Wycombe, Downley, Totteridge , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP14 , HIGH WYCOMBE ,

Beacon's Bottom Beacon's Bottom, also known as Bacon's Bottom, is a hamlet on the A40 between Piddington and Stokenchurch in England. Until 1895 it was administratively part of Oxfordshire, and was transferred to Buckinghamshire with its parent parish Stokench ...

, Bledlow Ridge,

Bolter End Bolter End is a hamlet to the west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. Bolter End lies on the B482 road that connects Stokenchurch and Marlow between Cadmore End and Lane End and where it is crossed by the Piddington to Fingest r ...

, Bradenham, Cadmore End, Hughenden Valley, Ibstone, Lane End, Naphill,

Northend North End or Northend may refer to: Places Canada * North End, Hamilton, Ontario * North End, Halifax, Nova Scotia * North End St. Catharines, Ontario * North End, Winnipeg, Manitoba * North End, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia South Africa * North End ...

Stokenchurch Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is a commuter village, served by junction 5 of ...

, The City,

Upper North Dean Princes Risborough () is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England, about south of Aylesbury and north west of High Wycombe. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns, the south end ...

West Wycombe West Wycombe is a small village famed for its manor houses and its hills. It is three miles west of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The historic village is largely a National Trust property and receives a large annual influx of touri ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP15 , HIGH WYCOMBE , Cryers Hill, Great Kingshill, Hazlemere, Holmer Green, Hughenden Valley , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP16 , GREAT MISSENDEN ,

, Ballinger, The Lee,

Little Hampden Great and Little Hampden is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about three miles south-east of Princes Risborough. It incorporates the villages of Great Hampden and Little Hampden, and the hamlets of Green Hailey and Hampden Row. Great ...

, Little Kingshill, Prestwood, South Heath , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP17 , AYLESBURY , Aston Sandford, Bishopstone,

Butler's Cross Butlers Cross is a hamlet within the parish of Ellesborough (where the 2011 Census population was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the parish, at the crossroads between the road from Ellesborough to Little Kimble, ...

, Dinton, Dorton, Ellesborough, Ford, Great and Little Kimble,

Kingsey Kingsey is a small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about two miles east of Thame and a mile south of Haddenham. The village toponym is of 12th-century o ...

, Haddenham,

Meadle Meadle is a hamlet in the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the north of the village of Monks Risborough and near Little Kimble. The current population of Meadle is about 75. Most of the buildin ...

, Nash Lee,

Stone In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

Upton Upton may refer to: Places United Kingdom England * Upton, Slough, Berkshire (in Buckinghamshire until 1974) * Upton, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet near Aylesbury * Upton, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough * Upton, Huntingdonshire, a location in Cambridge ...

, Westlington , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP18 , AYLESBURY , Ashendon,

Berryfields Berryfields is a Major Development Area (MDA) to the north-west of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It is one of two new major housing projects in Aylesbury, the other being Weedon Hill, adjacent and to the east. It is intended that thes ...

Boarstall Boarstall is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, about west of Aylesbury. The parish is on the county boundary with Oxfordshire and the village is about southeast of the Oxfordshire market town of Bice ...

, Brill, Chearsley, Chilton, Cuddington, Dorton, Easington,

Edgcott Edgcott is a village and a civil parish in Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles east of Bicester. The village name is derived from the Old English for "oa ...

, Grendon Underwood, Ickford, Kingswood,

Long Crendon Long Crendon is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Haddenham and north-west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The village has been called Long Crendon only since the English Civil War.Birch, 1975, ...

Lower Winchendon Nether Winchendon or Lower Winchendon is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the county boundary with Oxfordshire, about west of Aylesbury and north of Haddenham. The toponym "Win ...

, Ludgershall,

Oakley Oakley may refer to: Places Antarctica *Oakley Glacier United Kingdom * Oakley, Bedfordshire, England *Oakley, Buckinghamshire, England *Oakley, Dorset, England *Oakley, Fife, Scotland * Oakley, Gloucestershire, England * Oakley, Hampshire, En ...

Shabbington Shabbington is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire, and southwest of Aylesbury. The village is close to the River Thame, which forms much of the southern boundary of the ...

, Upper Winchendon, Waddesdon, Westcott, Worminghall,

Wotton Underwood Wotton Underwood is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, north of Thame, Oxfordshire. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "farm near a wood". It is recorded in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' of AD 848 as ''Wudo ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP19 , AYLESBURY , Aylesbury,

, Buckingham Park, Fairford Leys,

Prebendal Farm Prebendal Farm is a housing estate in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the south of the town, bordered by the Oxford Road, the railway and the Bearbrook (a minor stream that rises in Bedgrove and is a tributary of the Rive ...

, Quarrendon, Watermead , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP20 , AYLESBURY , Aylesbury, Aylesbury Town Centre, Broughton, Elmhurst , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP21 , AYLESBURY , Aylesbury,

Bedgrove Bedgrove is one of the housing estates of the modern town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, though it takes its name from a farm and hamlet that stood in the area until the area was cleared for building in the late 1950s. At the time it was built ...

, Elm Farm, Queens Park,

Southcourt Southcourt is a housing estate in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Building commenced in the early 1920s through to the mid-1930s and only stopped because of the Second World War. It was turned into a post war housing estate during the yea ...

, Walton,

Walton Court Walton Court is a housing estate in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. The Walton Court estate was built during the 1970s as part of a major council housing expansion. The land had formerly been Farmland (farming), farmland, and for some time ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP22 , AYLESBURY , Aston Abbotts, Aston Clinton, Bierton, Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp, Dunsmore, Halton, Hardwick,

Hulcott Hulcott is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is north of Aylesbury, off the road that runs between Bierton and Rowsham. It is in the civil parish of Bierton with Broughton The village topony ...

North Lee North Lee is a hamlet in the parish of Ellesborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the very north of the parish, near the main road that links Aylesbury with Wendover. The hamlet name is a compound of English and Anglo Saxon lan ...

, Nup End, Oving, Pitchcott, Quainton, Rowsham, Stoke Mandeville, Weedon, Wendover, Weston Turville, Whitchurch, Wingrave , Buckinghamshire , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", HP22 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", PRINCES RISBOROUGH , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' non-geographic'' , - ! HP23 , TRING , Aldbury, Buckland Common, Cholesbury, Hastoe, Long Marston, Marsworth, New Mill, Puttenham, St Leonards, Tring, Wigginton, Wilstone , Dacorum, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP27 , PRINCES RISBOROUGH ,

Askett Askett is a picturesque hamlet in the civil parish of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated where the steep escarpment of the Chiltern Hills meets the flat expanse of the Vale of Aylesbury. It lies within an Area of Outstan ...

, Bledlow,

Ilmer Ilmer is a village in Buckinghamshire at the foot of the Chiltern Hills about northwest of Princes Risborough, near the boundary with Oxfordshire. It is in the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer. Toponym The village Toponymy, toponym is derived ...

, Lacey Green, Longwick, Loosley Row, Monks Risborough,

Owlswick Owlswick is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles E of Thame and 4 miles SSE of Aylesbury. It is part of the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer and is in the ecclesiastical parish of Monks Risborough. The name appears in a docum ...

Pitch Green Bledlow-cum-Saunderton is a civil parish in the Wycombe district of Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the sou ...

, Princes Risborough, Saunderton, Speen , Buckinghamshire

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