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

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, within eleven post towns. 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 new ...

Berkhamsted Berkhamsted ( ) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, north-west of London. The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new to ...

and Tring) and central Buckinghamshire (including Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Chesham, Great Missenden 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 Chaulden is a residential district in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England located west of the town centre and bordering on open countryside. It was an early development in the construction of Hemel Hempstead new town, commenced in 1953 and h ...

, 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 Great Gaddesden is a village and civil parish in Dacorum Hundred in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, north of Hemel Hempstead. The parish borders Flamstead, Hemel Hempstead, Nettleden and Little Gaddesden and al ...

, Nettleden,

Piccotts End Piccotts End is a village in Hertfordshire, England situated on the upper River Gade. While often mistaken for a hamlet, it became a village when its church – All Saints – was dedicated in 1907 and remained a place of worship until the 1970 ...

, Water End,

Warner's End Warners End is a neighbourhood or district of Hemel Hempstead, a new town in Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north ...

, Dacorum , - ! HP2 , HEMEL HEMPSTEAD ,

Gaddesden Row Gaddesden may refer to: People * John of Gaddesden, English physician Places ;England * Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire ** Gaddesden Place, country house in the above village * Little Gaddesden Little Gaddesden (pronounced ) is a village and ...

Grovehill Grovehill is an area of Hemel Hempstead; it comprises two distinct developments. 'Precinct A' laid out and developed by the New Town Commission in 1967–68 and from the beginning a mixture of private and rented housing specifically intended to a ...

Adeyfield Adeyfield was the first planned neighbourhood to be built in the postwar new town expansion of Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. The keys to the first houses to be occupied, in Homefield Road, were handed over to their te ...

Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate Hemel may refer to: Places *Hemel Hempstead Sport *Hemel Hempstead Town F.C., an association football club * Hemel Stags, a rugby league club Science *Trade name for altretamine Popular culture * ''Hemel'' (film), a 2012 Dutch film People *Arm ...

, Dacorum , - ! HP3 , HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , Apsley, Bovingdon, Felden, Flaunden, Hemel Hempstead, Leverstock Green , Dacorum , - ! HP4 , BERKHAMSTED ,

, Dagnall, Dudswell, Little Gaddesden,

Northchurch Northchurch is a village and civil parish in the Bulbourne valley in the county of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It lies between the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring. Situated on the Roman road Akeman Street, a major Roman villa datin ...

Potten End Potten may refer to: *Agnes Potten Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield (both d. Ipswich, Suffolk, 19 February 1556) were two English Ipswich women who were imprisoned and burned at the stake during the Marian persecutions: both are commemorated ...

, Ringshall , Dacorum, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP5 , CHESHAM , Chesham, Ashley Green,

Bellingdon Bellingdon is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge (where the 2011 Census was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. The name derives from the Anglo Saxon ''Bellingdenu'' or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as ''Belenden'' in the 15th cen ...

, Botley, Chartridge, Hawridge, Latimer,

Lye Green Lye Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chesham in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located north east of Chesham. Lycrome Road runs through the centre of the hamlet, from the A416 in the east to the B4505 in the west. The hamlet consists o ...

, Newtown, Waterside, Whelpley Hill , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP6 , AMERSHAM , Amersham (north), Chesham Bois,

Hyde Heath Hyde Heath is a village in the civil parish of Little Missenden, in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, around northeast of the village of Little Missenden and ...

, Little Chalfont (north) , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP7 , AMERSHAM , Amersham (south), Coleshill, Little Chalfont (west and centre),

Little Missenden Little Missenden is a village and civil parish on the River Misbourne in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills, about southeast of Great Missenden and west of Amersham. The village lies on the River Misbourne in the Misbourne v ...

Penn Street Penn is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of Beaconsfield and east of High Wycombe. The parish's cover Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green, Forty Green and Winchmore Hill. The pop ...

, Winchmore Hill , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP8 , CHALFONT ST. GILES , Chalfont St Giles, Little Chalfont (south) , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP9 , BEACONSFIELD , Beaconsfield, Forty Green, Holtspur, 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 ma ...

, Seer Green , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP10 , HIGH WYCOMBE , High Wycombe, Flackwell Heath,

Handy Cross Handy Cross is a hamlet in the parish of Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on Marlow Hill, on the old road between Marlow and High Wycombe. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of ...

, Hedsor, Loudwater, Penn, Tylers Green,

Wooburn Wooburn is a large village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located off the A4094 road between Wooburn Green and Bourne End in the very south of the county near the River Thames, about two miles south west of Beaconsfield and four miles east ...

Wooburn Green Wooburn Green is a village in the civil parish of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, England. Location Wooburn Green is a village situated four miles south east of the town of High Wycombe. It neighbours Beaconsfield, Loudwater, Flackwell Heath, Wooburn ...

, Wooburn Moor , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP11 , HIGH WYCOMBE , Wycombe Marsh , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP12 , HIGH WYCOMBE , High Wycombe, Booker, Sands , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP13 , HIGH WYCOMBE , High Wycombe,

Downley Downley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, which was included in Wycombe district before its abolition. It is high in the Chiltern Hills, overlooking the town of High Wycombe, although today it is almost indistinguishable ...

, Totteridge , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP14 , HIGH WYCOMBE , Beacon's Bottom, Bledlow Ridge, Bolter End, Bradenham,

Cadmore End Cadmore, also known as Cadmore End, is a village in the civil parish of Lane End in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Historically Cadmore End was in two parishes and two counties. Part was a detached part of the parish of Lewknor in Oxfo ...

Hughenden Valley Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe. It is almost 8,000 acres (32 km2) in size, divided mainly between arable land ...

Ibstone Ibstone (previously Ipstone) is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills on the border with Oxfordshire, about south of Stokenchurch. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origi ...

, 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,

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 tour ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP15 , HIGH WYCOMBE , Cryers Hill,

Great Kingshill Great Kingshill is a small village in the parish of Hughenden in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about five miles west of Amersham and two and a half miles south of Great Missenden. The village name 'Kingshill' i ...

Hazlemere Hazlemere is a large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, northeast of High Wycombe on the A404 leading to Amersham, which intersects with the B474 at Hazlemere. To the north of the village is the hamlet of Holmer Green, whi ...

Holmer Green Holmer Green is a village in the civil parish of Little Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is next to Hazlemere, about south of Great Missenden. History Holmer Green is named after the manor of Holmer that covered a significant par ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP16 , GREAT MISSENDEN , Great Missenden, Ballinger, The Lee, Little Hampden, Little Kingshill, Prestwood, South Heath , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP17 , AYLESBURY , Aston Sandford, Bishopstone, Butler's Cross, Dinton,

Dorton Dorton (or Dourton) is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is in the western part of the county, about north of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame. Manor The village toponym is derived from t ...

, Ellesborough, Ford, Great and Little Kimble, Kingsey, Haddenham, Meadle,

Nash Lee Nash Lee is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the parish of Ellesborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the north of the village, about two miles west of Wendover. The hamlet name is Old English language, Anglo Saxon in origin, and mea ...

, Stone,

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 Cambridg ...

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

Berryfields Berryfields is a Major Development Area (MDA) to the north-west of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to ...

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 Bic ...

, Brill, Chearsley, Chilton, Cuddington,

, Easington, Edgcott,

Grendon Underwood Grendon Underwood is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, near the border with Oxfordshire. The village sits between Woodham and Edgcott, near the Roman road Akeman Street (now part of the A41), and around north-west o ...

, 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, Ludgershall, Oakley,

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 , Buckinghamshire , - ! HP19 , AYLESBURY , Aylesbury,

, Buckingham Park, Fairford Leys, Prebendal Farm,

Quarrendon Quarrendon or Quarrendon Leas is a medieval English village near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, which has been depopulated since the 16th century and is now a scheduled monument. Description Quarrendon's site is now a large area of fie ...

, 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, 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, and for some time the privately owne ...

, Buckinghamshire , - ! HP22 , AYLESBURY , Aston Abbotts, Aston Clinton,

Bierton Bierton is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about half a mile northeast of the town of Aylesbury. It is mainly a farming parish. Together with the hamlets of Broughton, Kingsbrook, Broughton Crossing and Burcott it hi ...

, Buckland,

Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Beecham') is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the east of the county bordering Hertfordshire, about six miles from Aylesbury and two miles from Tring. ...

Dunsmore Dunsmore is a name with a separate origin in Scotland and England. Scots place name and surname Dunsmore is a surname and place name of Scottish origin, predating its first written mention in the Chartulary of the abbey of Lindores in 1198 AD.' ...

, Halton, Hardwick, Hulcott,

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 ...

, Nup End,

Oving Oving may refer to: *Oving, Buckinghamshire Oving (historically , more recently ) is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesd ...

, Pitchcott, Quainton, Rowsham, Stoke Mandeville, Weedon, Wendover,

Weston Turville Weston Turville is a historic village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 3 miles (4.9 km) from the market town of Wendover and 3.5 miles (5.7 km) fr ...

, Whitchurch, Wingrave , Buckinghamshire , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", HP22 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", PRINCES RISBOROUGH , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' non-geographic'' , - ! HP23 , TRING ,

Aldbury Aldbury () is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Bulbourne valley close to Ashridge Park. The nearest town is Tring. Uphill from the narrow valley are the Bridge ...

Buckland Common Buckland Common is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, east of Wendover and the same distance south of Tring in Hertfordshire with which it shares a boundary. The northern end of the settlement is delineat ...

Cholesbury Cholesbury (recorded as Chelwardisbyry in the 13th century) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Hertfordshire. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about east of Wendover, north of Chesham and from Berkhamsted. Chole ...

, Hastoe, Long Marston,

Marsworth Marsworth is a village and a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about north of Tring, Hertfordshire and east of Aylesbury. Early history The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, ''Mæssanw ...

, 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 Outstand ...

, 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 toponym is derived from th ...

, Lacey Green, Longwick, Loosley Row,

Monks Risborough Monks Risborough is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Buckinghamshire, England, lying between Princes Risborough and Great Kimble. The village lies at the foot of the northern scarp of the Chiltern Hills. It is south of the county town ...

, Owlswick, Pitch Green, Princes Risborough,

Saunderton Saunderton is a village in the Saunderton Valley in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, in the civil parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton. The village consists of three main areas: a linear settlement along Bledlow Road about southwest of ...

, Speen , Buckinghamshire

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