The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area, is a group of eight 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 ten

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 parts of southern

Greater London Greater may refer to: * Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality * ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film * Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record * "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014 * Greater Bank, an Austra ...

and north-east Surrey. The main

sorting office A sorting office or processing and distribution center (P&DC; name used by the United States Postal Service (USPS)) is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, which ...

is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the

London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; w ...

, the southeastern part of the

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...

and small parts of the London Boroughs of Sutton and

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...

. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the

Tandridge Tandridge is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District, in the county of Surrey, England. Its nucleus is on a rise of the Greensand Ridge between Oxted and Godstone. It includes, towards its middle one named sub-locality ( ha ...

district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of

Reigate and Banstead Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Reigate, Redhill, Horley and Banstead. The borough borders the Borough of Crawley (in West Sussex) to the south, the ...

. Croydon was the second town, after

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of ...

, to have experimental postcodes, introduced in 1966. This trialled the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR for its equivalent. It was decided that the outward (first) part of a postcode should be alphanumerical, so CRO became CR0 (with a zero) and NOR became NR1. The CR1 postcode has not been introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 but not a district 1. The CR0 postcode district covers the largest population in the UK. __TOC__

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! CR0 , CROYDON ,

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...

Addiscombe Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley. Et ...

, Woodside (part),

Selhurst Selhurst is an area in the London Borough of Croydon south-south-east of Charing Cross. Historically it lay in Surrey. The area is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woo ...

, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington,

New Addington New Addington is a town in South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 5 miles south east of Croydon, south of Addington Village and north of Biggin Hill. History Until the 1930s, the area now known as New Addingt ...

, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon,

Beddington Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became ...

Thornton Heath Thornton Heath is a district of Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around north of the town of Croydon, and south of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Thornton Heath was in the C ...

(part), Valley Retail and Leisure Park, Mitcham Common (part) ,

, Sutton , - ! CR2 , SOUTH CROYDON ,

South Croydon South Croydon in south London is the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon and running as far south as the former Red Deer public house on the Brighton Road. It is bounded by Waddon to the West and Selsdon and Sanderstead to the E ...

Sanderstead Sanderstead is a village and medieval-founded church parish at the southern end of Croydon in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, and formerly in the historic county of Surrey, until 1965. It takes in Purley Downs and ...

Selsdon Selsdon is an area in South-East London, England, located in the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Surrey. It is located south of Coombe and Addiscombe, west ...

, part of Addington , Croydon , - !rowspan=2, CR3 , CATERHAM ,

Caterham Caterham () is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valley but rises to equa ...

Chaldon Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The village is situated high on the North Downs, immediately west of Caterham and south of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London. History Etymology an ...

, Woldingham , rowspan=2,

, - , WHYTELEAFE ,

Whyteleafe Whyteleafe is a village in the district of Tandridge, Surrey, England, with a few streets falling inside the London Borough of Croydon. The village, in a dry valley of the North Downs, has three railway stations (on two parallel lines). Neighbou ...

, - ! CR4 , MITCHAM ,

Mitcham Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. I ...

, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill (part),

Eastfields Eastfields is an area of South London situated between Mitcham and Streatham. The area is home to St Mark's Academy (formerly known as Eastfields and then Mitcham Vale) secondary school and to Mitcham Eastfields railway station, which opened on ...

(part) , Merton, Croydon , - ! CR5 , COULSDON ,

Coulsdon Coulsdon (, traditionally pronounced ) is a town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London since 1965. Prior to this it was part of the historic county of Surrey. History The l ...

, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill, part of Woodmansterne, Clockhouse, part of Little Woodcote , Croydon,

, Sutton , - ! CR6 , WARLINGHAM ,

Warlingham Warlingham is a villages in England, village in the Tandridge (district), Tandridge district of Surrey, England, south of the centre of London and east of the county town, Guildford. Warlingham is the centre of a civil parishes in England, ...

, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh,

Hamsey Green Hamsey Green is a place on the plateau of the English North Downs between the villages of Sanderstead to the north and Warlingham to the south. It is split almost across the centre into north and south so is in part in the Tandridge district of ...

, Tandridge, Croydon,

, - ! CR7 , THORNTON HEATH ,

, Broad Green (part), Pollards Hill (part) , Croydon, Merton , - !rowspan=2, CR8 , PURLEY , Purley, Russell Hill, Reedham, London , rowspan=2, Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge , - , KENLEY , Kenley , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CR9 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CROYDON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CR44 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CROYDON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' Jobcentre Plus'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CR90 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CROYDON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

Delivery Offices

Delivery offices are located at Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Mitcham, Coulsdon,

and Purley.

Map

References

External links

Royal Mail's Postcode Address File

A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{London postcode areas Postcode areas covering London Postcode areas covering South East England Media and communications in the London Borough of Croydon Media and communications in the London Borough of Merton

Coverage

Delivery Offices

Map

See also

References

External links