WD postcode area

Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=WD
source=Statistics as at October 2006 [National Statistics, " [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf Postcode Directory Version Notes] ", (2006)] The PAGENAME, also known as the Watford postcode area [Royal Mail, "Address Management Guide", (2004)] , is a group of 13 postal districts around the town of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The main sorting office is in Watford (Ascot Road WD18) and it is divided into seven post towns.

The WD3 district also covers the north western extremity of Greater London; a small and mostly unpopulated protrusion of Harefield and the London Borough of Hillingdon into Hertfordshire. It also extends into the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire to include the village of Chenies.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Recoding

In September 2000 districts WD17-18 and WD23-25 were created from the recoding of the WD1 and WD2 districts. BUSHEY is a new post town; having previously been part of the WD2 district of WATFORD. [Royal Mail - "Postcode Update 31" (September 2000)]

Adjacent areas

References

ee also

*List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom