TN postcode area explained

Area Code:TN

The TN postcode area, also known as the Tunbridge Wells postcode area,[1] is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns. These cover south and west Kent (including Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Ashford, Sevenoaks, Westerham, Cranbrook, Edenbridge, New Romney, Romney Marsh and Tenterden) and northern and eastern East Sussex (including Hastings, Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Crowborough, Etchingham, Hartfield, Heathfield, Mayfield, Robertsbridge, Rye, St Leonards-on-Sea, Uckfield, Wadhurst and Winchelsea), plus very small parts of Surrey and the London Borough of Bromley.

Mail for this area is sorted at the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Rochester, which also sorts all mail from the adjoining ME postcode area.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

|-! TN1| TUNBRIDGE WELLS| Tunbridge Wells (town centre)| Tunbridge Wells[2] |-! TN2| TUNBRIDGE WELLS| Royal Tunbridge Wells (south and east), Pembury| Tunbridge Wells|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|TN2| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WADHURST| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic[3] [4] |-! TN3| TUNBRIDGE WELLS| Langton Green, Groombridge, Frant, Speldhurst, Lamberhurst| Tunbridge Wells, Wealden|-! TN4| TUNBRIDGE WELLS| Royal Tunbridge Wells (north), Rusthall, Southborough| Tunbridge Wells|-! TN5| WADHURST| Wadhurst, Ticehurst, Tidebrook, Stonegate| Rother, Wealden|-! TN6| CROWBOROUGH| Black Hill, Boars Head, Burnt Oak, Castle Hill, Friars Gate, Mark Cross, Rotherfield, St Johns, Stone Cross, Town Row| Wealden|-! TN7| HARTFIELD| Coleman's Hatch, Hartfield| Wealden|-! TN8| EDENBRIDGE| Crockham Hill, Edenbridge| Sevenoaks, Tandridge|-! TN9| TONBRIDGE | Tonbridge (town centre and south)| Tonbridge and Malling|-! TN10| TONBRIDGE | Tonbridge (north including Higham Wood)| Tonbridge and Malling|-! TN11| TONBRIDGE| Penshurst, Hildenborough, Hadlow, Tudeley| Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells|-! TN12| TONBRIDGE| Paddock Wood, Staplehurst, Brenchley, Horsmonden, Marden, East Peckham| Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells|-! TN13| SEVENOAKS| Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Dunton Green| Sevenoaks|-! TN14| SEVENOAKS| Cudham, Knockholt, Shoreham, Otford, Hazelwood| Bromley, Sevenoaks|-! TN15| SEVENOAKS| Kemsing, Ightham, Plaxtol, Wrotham, Sevenoaks Weald, Borough Green| Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling|-! TN16| WESTERHAM| Westerham, Biggin Hill, Berry's Green, Tatsfield| Bromley, Sevenoaks, Tandridge|-! TN17| CRANBROOK| Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Sissinghurst, Benenden, Frittenden| Ashford, Tunbridge Wells|-! TN18| CRANBROOK| Hawkhurst, Sandhurst | Tunbridge Wells|-! TN19| ETCHINGHAM| Etchingham, Burwash| Rother|-! TN20| MAYFIELD| Five Ashes| Wealden|-! TN21| HEATHFIELD| Heathfield, Broad Oak, Horam, Cross in Hand| Rother, Wealden|-! TN22| UCKFIELD| Buxted, Isfield, Maresfield, Nutley, Uckfield| Wealden|-! TN23| ASHFORD| Ashford (town centre), Kingsnorth, Singleton| Ashford|-! TN24| ASHFORD| Willesborough, Kennington, Boughton Aluph, Goat Lees| Ashford|-! TN25| ASHFORD| Challock, Wye, Stowting, Brook| Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe|-! TN26| ASHFORD| Bethersden, Hamstreet, Shadoxhurst, Woodchurch| Ashford|-! TN27| ASHFORD| Headcorn, Biddenden| Ashford, Maidstone|-! TN28| NEW ROMNEY| New Romney, Greatstone-on-Sea, Littlestone-on-Sea| Folkestone and Hythe|-! TN29| ROMNEY MARSH| Lydd| Folkestone and Hythe|-! TN30| TENTERDEN| Tenterden, Wittersham| Ashford|-! TN31| RYE| Rye, Camber, Northiam| Rother|-! TN32| ROBERTSBRIDGE| Robertsbridge, Mountfield, Bodiam, Brightling| Rother|-! TN33| BATTLE| Battle| Rother, Wealden|-! TN34| HASTINGS| Hastings town centre| Hastings|-! TN35| HASTINGS| Hastings, Pett, Guestling, Westfield| Hastings, Rother|-! TN36| WINCHELSEA| Winchelsea, Icklesham| Rother|-! TN37| ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA| St Leonards-on-Sea| Hastings|-! TN38| ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA| St Leonards-on-Sea, Silverhill, Wishing Tree, North Hastings, Bulverhythe| Hastings|-! TN39| BEXHILL-ON-SEA| Bexhill-on-Sea, Cooden| Rother|-! TN40| BEXHILL-ON-SEA| Bexhill-on-Sea, Pebsham| Rother|}

Delivery offices

Main delivery offices are in Ashford, Bexhill, Biggin Hill, Cranbrook, Crowborough, Edenbridge, Heathfield, New Romney, Rye, Sevenoaks, St Leonards, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield. Scale Payment Delivery Offices are in Post Offices of Appledore, Bethersden, Brabourne Lees, Charing, Egerton, Etchingham, Headcorn, Marden, Robertsbridge, Smarden, Staplehurst and Woodchurch.[5]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  2. Local authority data obtained from OS OpenData Code-Point Open. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 and contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2010, under licence. Local authorities only listed for postcode districts having at least 5% of their postcodes from that authority, to exclude erroneous, fringe and non-geographical cases.
  3. Web site: Non Geographic Codes . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . July 2012 . 25 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf . 16 September 2012 .
  4. Web site: New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012 . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . 19 October 2012 . 25 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513003735/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/102012_new_localities.pdf . 13 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: List of UK Delivery Offices (based on a Freedom of Information request . Royal Mail Group Limited . 10 February 2009 . WhatDoTheyKnow.