TW_postcode_area

TW postcode area

TW postcode area

Postcode area within the United Kingdom

"TW2" and "TW4" redirect here. For the Role-playing video game called The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, see The Witcher 2. For the music group once known as TW4, see Styx (band).

The TW postcode area, also known as the Twickenham postcode area,[2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within thirteen post towns. These cover parts of south-west London and north-west Surrey, plus a very small part of Berkshire.

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Mail for this area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre, Hounslow,[n 1] and the area served includes most of the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow, the southernmost part of the London Borough of Hillingdon (including Heathrow Airport) and very small parts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. In Surrey it covers virtually all of the borough of Spelthorne, the northern part of the borough of Runnymede and very small parts of the borough of Elmbridge, and in Berkshire it covers the village of Wraysbury in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Coverage

The coverage of the postcode districts, naming all localities[n 2] :

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Map

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TW postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby GU, KT, SL, SW, UB and W postcode areas.

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. [n 1]
    Mail was previously sorted at Rugby Road, Twickenham.
  2. [n 2]
    In accordance with WP:UKTOWNS and WP:UKVILLAGES naming settlements with individual articles, excluding sub-neighbourhoods of estates contained in those towns.
  3. [n 3]
    Twickenham Green and Heathfield, neighbourhoods of Twickenham, are in TW2.
  4. [n 4]
    Brentford Ait, which is uninhabited, is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
  5. [n 5]
    A small part of Ham, in TW10, is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
  6. [n 6]
    Large residential island Wheatley's Ait, in TW16, is mostly in Elmbridge.
  7. [n 7]
    A café in a layby on the A316 is in the London Borough of Hounslow.[3]
  8. [n 8]
    Ten riverside houses in TW16 are in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[4]
  9. [n 9]
    Part of residential island Shepperton Lock Island, in TW17, is in Elmbridge.
References
  1. [1]
    "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. [2]
    Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. [3]
    "Food hygiene ratings - Hounslow - Browns Breakfast Bar TW16 5DA". Food Standards Agency. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    Spelthorne Planning Map
  5. [5]
    Formerly "STAINES". "New sectors and localities to 20 July 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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