The GU postcode area, also known as the Guildford postcode area, is a group of 38 postcode districts in

South East England South East England is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It consists of the counties of Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Berkshi ...

, within 24

post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in the address increases ...

s. These cover west Surrey (including Guildford, Woking, Godalming,

Cranleigh Cranleigh is a village and civil parish, about southeast of Guildford in Surrey, England. It lies on a minor road east of the A281, which links Guildford with Horsham. It is in the north-west corner of the Weald, a large remnant forest, the m ...

, Farnham, Camberley,

Lightwater Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England, about southwest of central London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Deepcut, Windlesham, Camberley, and West End, Woking. It is bounded to ...

, Bagshot,

Windlesham Windlesham is a village in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, approximately south west of central London. Its name derives from the Windle Brook, which runs south of the village into Chobham, and the common suffix 'ham', the Old Engli ...

Virginia Water Virginia Water is a commuter village in the Borough of Runnymede in northern Surrey, England. It is home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club. The area has much woodland and occupies a large minority of the Runnymede district. Its n ...

Hindhead Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England. It is the highest village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 and 253 metres above sea level. It is best known as the location of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and site of special scienti ...

and Haslemere), north-east

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

(including

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alder ...

, Farnborough,

Fleet Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada * Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England * The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach ...

Yateley Yateley () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council area. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green to the east. It had a population of 21,011 at ...

Petersfield Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...

Alton Alton may refer to: People *Alton (given name) *Alton (surname) Places Australia *Alton National Park, Queensland * Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne Canada * Alton, Ontario *Alton, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Alton, New Zealand, ...

Bordon Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villag ...

Liphook Liphook is a large village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) west of Haslemere, bypassed by the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex/Surrey borders. It is in the civil parish of Bramsh ...

and

Liss Liss, Lyss or LISS may refer to *Liss (band), a Danish musical group *Liss (name), a given name and surname *Liss, Hampshire, a village in England **West Liss, the oldest part of Liss village **Liss Forest, a hamlet near Liss **Liss Athletic F.C. ...

), northwestern

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

(including Petworth and

Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...

) and a small part of south-east Berkshire (including Sandhurst). Mail for this area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in

Hounslow Hounslow () is a large suburban district of West London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 12 metropolitan centres in ...

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! GU1 , GUILDFORD , Guildford Town Centre, Slyfield,

Merrow Merrow (from Irish ', Middle Irish ' or ') is a mermaid or merman in Irish folklore. The term is of Hiberno-English origin. The merrows supposedly require a magical cap ( ga, cochaillín draíochta; Hiberno-English: cohuleen druith) in order ...

, Burpham , Guildford , - ! GU2 , GUILDFORD , Guildford Park, Onslow Village, Park Barn, University of Surrey , Guildford , - ! GU3 , GUILDFORD ,

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, Puttenham,

Worplesdon Worplesdon is a village NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large dispersed civil parish that includes the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry Hill), Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Rydeshill and Wood S ...

Christmas Pie A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in the United States, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English cuisine, English origin filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet. The pies are traditionally ...

, Flexford , Guildford , - ! GU4 , GUILDFORD , Burpham, Chilworth, Jacobs Well, Shalford , Guildford , - ! GU5 , GUILDFORD ,

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

, Bramley,

Shere Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England east south-east of Guildford and west of Dorking, centrally bypassed by the A25. It is a small still partly agricultural village chiefly set in the wooded ' Vale of Holmesdale' ...

, Guildford,

Waverley Waverley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott ** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel * Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Stree ...

, - ! GU6 , CRANLEIGH ,

, Ewhurst,

Alfold Alfold is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the West Sussex border. Alfold is a dispersed or polyfocal village in the Green Belt, which is buffered from all other settlements. The Greensand Way runs north of the village along t ...

, Waverley , - ! GU7 , GODALMING ,

Farncombe Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the ''Lammas L ...

, Godalming , Waverley , - ! GU8 , GODALMING ,

Chiddingfold Chiddingfold is a village and civil parish in the Weald in the Waverley district of Surrey, England. It lies on the A283 road between Milford and Petworth. The parish includes the hamlets of Ansteadbrook, High Street Green and Combe Common ...

Dunsfold Dunsfold is a village in the borough of Waverley, Surrey, England, 8.7 miles (14 kilometres) south of Guildford. It lies in the Weald and reaches in the north the southern escarpment of the Greensand Ridge. It includes the Wey and Arun Canal ...

Elstead Elstead is a civil parish in Surrey, England with shops, houses and cottages spanning the north and south sides of the River Wey; development is concentrated on two roads that meet at a central green. It includes Pot Common its southern neighbo ...

Hascombe Hascombe is a village in Surrey, England. It contains a large cluster of cottages and country estates, St Peter's church, the village green, a fountain, pond, a central public house and is surrounded by steep wooded hillsides. History Above the ...

Milford Milford may refer to: Place names Canada * Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia * Milford (Halifax), Nova Scotia * Milford, Ontario England * Milford, Derbyshire * Milford, Devon, a place in Devon * Milford on Sea, Hampshire * Milford, Shro ...

Thursley Thursley is a village and civil parish in southwest Surrey, west of the A3 between Milford and Hindhead. An associated hamlet is Bowlhead Green. To the east is Brook. In the south of the parish rises the Greensand Ridge, in this section reach ...

Witley Witley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England centred south west of the town of Godalming and southwest of Guildford. The land is a mixture of rural (ranging from woodland protected by the Surrey Hills AO ...

, Waverley , - ! GU9 , FARNHAM , Farnham,

Badshot Lea Badshot Lea is a small village in Surrey, England, and close to Aldershot. Badshot Lea has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. The village is part o ...

Hale Hale may refer to: Places Australia *Hale, Northern Territory, a locality *Hale River, in southeastern Northern Territory Canada *Hale, Ontario, in Algoma District United Kingdom * Hale, Cumbria, a hamlet near Beetham, Cumbria *Hale, Greater Man ...

, Heath End , Waverley , - ! GU10 , FARNHAM , Bentley,

Frensham Frensham is a village in Surrey, England, next to the A287 road, WSW of Guildford, the county town. Frensham lies on the right bank of the River Wey (south branch), only navigable to canoes, shortly before its convergence with the north bran ...

, Churt, Crondall, Tongham, Ewshot, Seale, Surrey, Seale, Tilford, Wrecclesham , Waverley, East Hampshire, Guildford, Hart District, Hart , - ! GU11 , ALDERSHOT ,

, Rushmoor , - ! GU12 , ALDERSHOT ,

, Ash, Surrey, Ash, Ash Green, Surrey, Ash Green, Ash Vale , Rushmoor, Guildford , - ! GU14 , FARNBOROUGH , Farnborough, Cove, Hampshire, Cove, North Camp, Southwood, Hampshire, Southwood , Rushmoor , - ! GU15 , CAMBERLEY , Camberley, Old Dean, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, RMAS , Surrey Heath, Bracknell Forest , - ! GU16 , CAMBERLEY , Frimley, Frimley Green, Deepcut, Mytchett , Surrey Heath , - ! GU17 , CAMBERLEY , Blackwater, Hampshire, Blackwater, Hawley, Hampshire, Hawley, Minley, Darby Green, Frogmore, Hampshire, Frogmore, Blackbushe Airport, Blackbushe , Hart , - ! GU18 , LIGHTWATER ,

, Surrey Heath , - ! GU19 , BAGSHOT , Bagshot , Surrey Heath , - ! GU20 , WINDLESHAM ,

, Surrey Heath , - ! GU21 , WOKING , Woking (north), Knaphill, St. John's, Surrey, St. John's, Horsell, Goldsworth Park , Borough of Woking, Woking , - ! GU22 , WOKING , Woking (south), Pyrford, Hook Heath, Mayford, Old Woking , Woking , - ! GU23 , WOKING , Send, Surrey, Send, Ripley, Surrey, Ripley, Ockham, Surrey, Ockham, Wisley , Guildford , - ! GU24 , WOKING , Bisley, Surrey, Bisley, Pirbright, Chobham, Surrey, Chobham, Knaphill, Brookwood, Surrey, Brookwood, West End, Surrey, West End , Woking, Surrey Heath, Guildford , - ! GU25 , VIRGINIA WATER ,

, Wentworth, Surrey, Wentworth , Borough of Runnymede, Runnymede , - ! GU26 , HINDHEAD ,

, Bramshott Chase, Grayshott , Waverley, East Hampshire , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", GU27 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", HINDHEAD , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''Non-geographic postcodes, non-geographic'' , - ! GU27 , HASLEMERE , Haslemere, Fernhurst, Shottermill, Grayswood , Waverley, Chichester District, Chichester , - ! GU28 , PETWORTH , Petworth, Graffham, Northchapel, Byworth, Lodsworth , Chichester , - ! GU29 , MIDHURST ,

, Cocking, West Sussex, Cocking, Easebourne , Chichester , - ! GU30 , LIPHOOK ,

, Bramshott, Conford, Linch, Milland, Passfield , East Hampshire, Chichester , - ! GU31 , PETERSFIELD ,

(east), Buriton, East Harting, South Harting, Elsted, Rogate , East Hampshire, Chichester , - ! GU32 , PETERSFIELD , Petersfield (west and town centre), East Meon, West Meon, Sheet, Hampshire, Sheet, Steep, Hampshire, Steep , East Hampshire, City of Winchester, Winchester , - ! GU33 , LISS ,

, Greatham, Hampshire, Greatham, Selborne, Rake, West Sussex, Rake , East Hampshire, Chichester , - ! GU34 , ALTON ,

, Beech, Hampshire, Beech, Bentworth, Hampshire, Bentworth, Medstead, Hampshire, Medstead, Four Marks, Golden Pot, Lasham , East Hampshire , - ! GU35 , BORDON ,

, Headley, East Hampshire, Headley, Headley Down, Lindford, Hampshire, Lindford, Oakhanger, Hampshire, Oakhanger, Kingsley, Hampshire, Kingsley, Arford, Whitehill, Hampshire, Whitehill , East Hampshire , - ! GU46 , YATELEY ,

, Hart , - ! GU47 , SANDHURST , Sandhurst, College Town, Berkshire, College Town, Owlsmoor, Little Sandhurst , Bracknell Forest , - ! GU51 , FLEET ,

, Elvetham Heath , Hart , - ! GU52 , FLEET , Church Crookham, Crookham Village , Hart , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", GU95 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CAMBERLEY , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''Centrica plc, British Gas'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' The original GU13 district for Fleet was recoded to GU51 and GU52 in 2001.

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Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)

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