The Royal Mail has shared two letters that can never appear next to each other in a UK postcode. The mail service created the postcode system to maintain a database of deliverable addresses. The ...

The UK's country-wide postcode system, introduced to speed up mail deliveries but now used for a range of applications, is half a century old. The whole of the UK was divided into postal districts for ...

The Royal Mail is to launch a campaign to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the postcode. It will stress the importance of using the letters and numbers that make up postcodes on mailed items. Almost ...

Postcodes matter. Whether it’s the company insuring your car or the home buyer you hope to impress, this simple jumble of letters and numbers is shorthand for where – and how – you live. And Britain ...

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