The SG postcode area, also known as the Stevenage postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in
England
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, within fifteen
post town
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s. These cover north
Hertfordshire (including
Stevenage
Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Ste ...
,
Baldock,
Buntingford,
Hertford
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.
The town grew around a ford on the River Lea ...
,
Hitchin
Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842.
History
Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people, a tribe holding 300 ...
,
Knebworth,
Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.
Letchwort ...
,
Much Hadham,
Royston
Royston may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Royston, Queensland, a rural locality
Canada
*Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet
England
*Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire
*Royston, South Yorkshi ...
and
Ware) and east
Bedfordshire
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(including
Arlesey,
Biggleswade
Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United ...
,
Henlow,
Sandy
Sandy may refer to:
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*Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Sandy (surname), a list of people
*Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983)
* (Sandy) ...
and
Shefford), plus a small part of south-west
Cambridgeshire
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and a very small part of
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
[Royal Mail, ''Postal Address Book: Anglia 2'', Edition H, 2003]
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! SG1
, STEVENAGE
, North Stevenage including Old Town and Town Centre,
Great Ashby
,
Stevenage
Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Ste ...
,
North Hertfordshire
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! SG2
, STEVENAGE
, South Stevenage,
Bragbury End,
Walkern,
Ardeley
, Stevenage,
East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire. The largest town in the district is Bishop's Stortford, and the other main towns are Ware, Bu ...
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! SG3
, KNEBWORTH
,
Knebworth,
Datchworth,
Woolmer Green
, North Hertfordshire, East Hertfordshire,
Welwyn Hatfield
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! SG4
, HITCHIN
,
Hitchin
Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842.
History
Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people, a tribe holding 300 ...
(east),
Codicote,
Kimpton,
Weston,
St Ippolyts,
Little Wymondley,
Whitwell,
Graveley,
Great Wymondley
Great Wymondley is a village and former civil parish situated near Hitchin, now in the parish of Wymondley,[Breachwood Green
King's Walden is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. The name includes an apostrophe, but this is often omitted.
The main settlement is now Breachwood Green, and there are also the hamlets of King's Walden, Ley Green, Darleyha ...](_blank)
,
Gosmore,
Preston
Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to:
Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
,
St Paul's Walden,
Langley,
Bendish,
Ley Green,
King's Walden, Hall's Green
, North Hertfordshire
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! SG5
, HITCHIN
,
Hitchin
Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842.
History
Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people, a tribe holding 300 ...
(west),
Stotfold,
Ickleford,
Shillington,
Offley,
Fairfield,
Pirton,
Holwell,
Apsley End
Shillington is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. In the south of the parish the hamlet of Pegsdon includes the Pegsdon hills nature reserve and is a salient of the county into Hertfordshire. Since 1985 its administration h ...
,
Hexton,
Charlton
Charlton may refer to:
People
* Charlton (surname)
* Charlton (given name)
Places Australia
* Charlton, Queensland
* Charlton, Victoria
* Division of Charlton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wale ...
,
Astwick,
Pegsdon
Pegsdon is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is part of the Shillington civil parish, and is almost encircled by the county border with Hertfordshire.
Pegsdon Hills are located south and east of ...
,
Higham Gobion
, North Hertfordshire,
Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created in 2009.
Formation
Central Bedfordshire was created on 1 April 2009 as part of a structural reform of local government in Bedford ...
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! SG6
, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
,
Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.
Letchwort ...
,
Norton,
Willian
, North Hertfordshire
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! SG7
, BALDOCK
,
Baldock,
Ashwell Ashwell may refer to:
Places
*Ashwell, Devon
*Ashwell, Hertfordshire
*Ashwell, Rutland
*Ashwell, Somerset
*Ashwell, Queensland, a suburb of Ipswich, in Australia
People
*Gilbert Ashwell (1916–2014)
*Lena Ashwell (1872–1957)
*Richard Ashwel ...
,
Hinxworth,
Wallington,
Newnham,
Bygrave,
Radwell,
Clothall,
Odsey,
Caldecote
, North Hertfordshire,
South Cambridgeshire
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! SG8
, ROYSTON
,
Royston
Royston may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Royston, Queensland, a rural locality
Canada
*Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet
England
*Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire
*Royston, South Yorkshi ...
,
Abington Pigotts,
Arrington,
Barkway,
Barley
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,
Bassingbourn,
Chrishall
Chrishall (pronounced ''Chris hall'') is a small village in the English county of Essex. It is located south of Cambridge and lies equidistant [] between the two medieval market towns of Saffron Walden and Royston, Hertfordshire, Royston. Altho ...
, Croydon, Cambridgeshire, Croydon, Fowlmere, Great Chishill, Guilden Morden,
Heydon, Cambridgeshire, Heydon,
Kelshall,
Kneesworth,
Litlington,
Little Chishill
Little Chishill is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Chishill, South Cambridgeshire, England. It is south of the village of Great Chishill.
Little Chishill is about east of the county boundary with Hertfordshire and about sou ...
,
Melbourn
Melbourn () is a large, clustered village in the far south-west of Cambridgeshire, England. Its traditional high street is bypassed by the A10, intersecting the settlement's other main axis exactly northwest of the traditional focal point of R ...
,
Meldreth,
New Wimpole
Wimpole is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, about southwest of Cambridge. Until 1999, the main settlement on the A603 was officially known and signed as ''New Wimpole and Orwell, Cambridge Road''. On 1 April 19 ...
,
Nuthampstead,
Orwell
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,
Reed,
Shepreth,
Shingay,
Steeple Morden
Steeple Morden is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about south west of Cambridge and west of Royston, Hertfordshire, Royston. It is part of the South Cambridgeshire local government non-metropoli ...
,
Tadlow,
Therfield,
Thriplow,
Wendy
Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries.
In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...
,
Whaddon Whaddon may refer to several places in England:
*Whaddon, Buckinghamshire
*Whaddon, Cambridgeshire
*Whaddon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
* Whaddon, Stroud, in Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon, Gloucestershire
*Whaddon, Wiltshire, hamlet near Trowbridge
* Wh ...
, North Hertfordshire, South Cambridgeshire,
Uttlesford
Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the market town of Saffron Walden. At the 2011 Census, the population of the district was 79,443. Other notable settlements include Great Dunmow, Elmdon, Stebbi ...
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! SG9
, BUNTINGFORD
,
Buntingford,
Cottered,
Great Hormead,
Furneux Pelham,
Brent Pelham,
Stocking Pelham
Stocking Pelham is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located on the border with Essex, around 6 miles (10 km) east of Buntingford.The village is one of the three Pelhams, along w ...
, Hare Street,
Anstey,
Westmill,
Wyddial,
Buckland,
Aspenden
Aspenden is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is just to the south of Buntingford. The Prime Meridian passes just to the east of it. Its name, which means 'valley of aspen trees', was f ...
,
Chipping,
Sandon,
Rushden,
Throcking,
Meesden,
Little Hormead
, East Hertfordshire, North Hertfordshire
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! SG10
, MUCH HADHAM
,
Much Hadham,
Perry Green
, East Hertfordshire
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! SG11
, WARE
,
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 ...
,
Braughing,
Bury Green,
Colliers End,
Haultwick,
High Cross
A high cross or standing cross ( ga, cros ard / ardchros, gd, crois àrd / àrd-chrois, cy, croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval traditi ...
,
Little Hadham,
Nasty
Nasty may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Music
* ''Nasty'' (album), a 1996 album by Cameo
* ''Nasty'' (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by Rico Nasty
* ''Nasty'', a 1981 album by Ronald Shannon Jackson
* "Nasty" (Bandit Gang Marco song), ...
,
Patmore Heath
Patmore Heath is a 7.6 hectare (18.8 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Hertfordshire, England, 2 kilometres north-east of Albury. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Patmore Heath ...
,
Puckeridge,
Standon,
Standon Green End
Standon Green End is a hamlet situated just off the A10 road between Ware and Puckeridge in Hertfordshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Standon.
Standon Green End is most notable for being at ...
, East Hertfordshire
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! SG12
, WARE
,
Ware,
Great Amwell
Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is southeast of Ware and about north of London.
History
On a hill above the church there are some traces of an Iron A ...
,
Stanstead Abbotts,
Stanstead St Margarets
Stanstead St Margarets, often abbreviated to just St Margarets, is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. It is located halfway between the towns of Hoddesdon and Ware. The village is separated ...
,
Widford,
Hunsdon,
Thundridge
Thundridge is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
It is about two miles away from the town of Ware and about seven miles away from the large town of Hertford, the county tow ...
,
Wadesmill,
Dane End,
Tonwell,
Chapmore End,
Wareside,
Babbs Green
Babbs Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wareside, in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, located around 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Ware
Ware may refer to:
People
* Ware (surname)
* William of Ware (), En ...
,
Sacombe
, East Hertfordshire
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! SG13
, HERTFORD
,
Hertford
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.
The town grew around a ford on the River Lea ...
,
Newgate Street Village,
Bayford,
Brickendon
Brickendon is a village in the civil parish of Brickendon Liberty in the district of East Hertfordshire about south of the county town Hertford, and is served by Bayford railway station.
Centred on a traditional village green and a village pub, ...
, East Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield
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! SG14
, HERTFORD
,
Watton-at-Stone,
Bramfield,
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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Hertford
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.
The town grew around a ford on the River Lea ...
(part)
, East Hertfordshire
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! SG15
, ARLESEY
,
Arlesey
, Central Bedfordshire
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! SG16
, HENLOW
,
Henlow,
Henlow Camp,
Lower Stondon
Lower Stondon is a small village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located close to the border with Hertfordshire, around 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Henlow. It is part of the larger Stondon civil parish ...
,
Upper Stondon
Upper Stondon is a village in Bedfordshire, England, part of the wider Stondon civil parish.
Upper Stondon is a very small settlement with few amenities. However, the village of Lower Stondon and nearby Henlow Camp
Henlow Camp is a village in ...
, Central Bedfordshire
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! SG17
, SHEFFORD
,
Shefford,
Clifton,
Meppershall,
Campton,
Chicksands,
Beadlow, Deadman's Cross
, Central Bedfordshire
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! SG18
, BIGGLESWADE
,
Biggleswade
Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United ...
,
Langford,
Lower Caldecote,
Northill,
Upper Caldecote
, Central Bedfordshire
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! SG19
, SANDY
,
Sandy
Sandy may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Sandy (surname), a list of people
*Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983)
* (Sandy) ...
,
Potton,
Gamlingay,
Great Gransden,
Wrestlingworth
Wrestlingworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley, in the Central Bedfordshire district of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England about east of the county town of Bedford. Wre ...
,
Tempsford
Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about east north-east of the county town of Bedford.
The village is split by the A1 Great North Road and is located just befo ...
,
Everton,
Waresley,
Little Gransden
Little Gransden is a civil parish and village in South Cambridgeshire, England. In 2001 the population was 262 people, including Waresley and increasing to 296 at the 2011 Census. It is 11 miles (18 km) from Cambridge, on the border wit ...
,
Sutton,
Beeston,
Hatley,
Eyeworth,
Cockayne Hatley
Cockayne Hatley is a small, rural village in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England east of the county town of Bedford. The population in 2007 was approximately 75 with 33 houses. It is in the civil paris ...
,
Hatch,
Thorncote Green,
Budna
, Central Bedfordshire, South Cambridgeshire,
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The p ...
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See also
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Postcode Address File
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a database that contains all known "delivery points" and postcodes in the United Kingdom. The PAF is a collection of over 29 million Royal Mail postal addresses and 1.8 million postcodes. It is available in ...
*
List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
The list of postcode areas in the United Kingdom is a tabulation of the postcode areas used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the United Kingdom. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initia ...
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Stevenage mail centre
References
External links
Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom
Stevenage
Hitchin
Postcode areas covering the East of England
Welwyn Hatfield
Biggleswade