BR postcode area

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The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area,^[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of south-eastern Greater London, as well as a small part of north-west Kent.

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Bromley
Postcode area
BR
Coordinates: 51.394°N 0.047°E / 51.394; 0.047
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode area	BR
Postcode area name	Bromley
Post towns	7
Postcode districts	9
Postcode sectors	39
Postcodes (live)	6,803
Postcodes (total)	10,558
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The area covers much of the London Borough of Bromley, as well as small parts of the London Borough of Lewisham, the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Croydon. Most of BR8 and a small part of BR6 cover the northwestern part of the Sevenoaks District of Kent, while BR8 also covers the hamlet of Clement Street in the borough of Dartford.

Mail for the area was sorted in Bromley until 1988 when the site was converted to a delivery office only.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area(s)
BR1	BROMLEY	Bromley, Bickley, Downham, Sundridge	Bromley, Lewisham
BR2	BROMLEY	Hayes, Shortlands, Bickley, Bromley Common	Bromley
	KESTON	Keston, Keston Mark, Leaves Green, Nash
BR3	BECKENHAM	Beckenham, Elmers End, Shortlands, Eden Park, Park Langley, Clock House	Bromley, Lewisham, Croydon
BR4	WEST WICKHAM	West Wickham	Bromley
BR5	ORPINGTON	Petts Wood, St Mary Cray, St Paul's Cray, Ruxley	Bromley
BR6	ORPINGTON	Orpington, Locksbottom, Farnborough, Crofton, Green Street Green, Chelsfield, Downe, Pratt's Bottom, Well Hill	Bromley, Sevenoaks
BR7	CHISLEHURST	Chislehurst, Elmstead	Bromley, Greenwich
BR8	SWANLEY	Swanley, Hextable, Crockenhill, Swanley Village, Hockenden	Sevenoaks, Bromley, Dartford

Map

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BR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CR, DA, SE and TN postcode areas.

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
• Postcode Address File

References

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. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

External links

• Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
• A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)