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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Postcodes and flat numbers in British English

0 I have seen it both on the same line as the city as well as below. Which one is correct?02br
00Also, is it common all over the UK to just separate house number and flat number by a slash as in the examples below?02br
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00Thanks!02br
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00New Poster02br
0099/3 Narrow Street02br
00Historictown XX12 3ZZ02br
00United Kingdom02br
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00New Poster02br
00 99/3 Narrow Street02br
00 Historictown 02br
00XX12 3ZZ02br
00United Kingdom0-
  

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02br 02br 00I would normally expect to write "Flat 3, 99 Narrow Street". 0-

— Feebs11

  • 02br 02br 00I would normally expect to write "Flat 3, 99 Narrow Street".
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0 New Poster02br
00 99/3 Narrow Street02br
00 Historictown 02br
01font00County02font00 *** 3ZZ02br
00U.K.02br
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00I would normally expect to write "Flat 3, 99 Narrow Street". I think the slashed numbers could cause confusion as it is not the usual way of writing this information.0-
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0The post office likes you to put the postcode on its own line as then it can be read by an automated scanner (and it gets confused if there is a word before it) and sorted more quickly.02br
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00Agreed with Feebs otherwise.0-
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0 Thank you, Feebs and nora!02br
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00Is it okay to leave the county out if it's a pretty big city though?02br
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00(By the way: no clue why the postcode in my post started with three asterisks. I had put XX11 - wonder if this will come out as asterisks again?)0-
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0 Oh, and one more thing: I don't want it to be huge in terms of lines needed. Is it okay to thus write "U.K." right after the postcode, separated by a comma? Or does it need to be in a separate line?02br
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00If I got it correctly, it would then mean I needed 6 lines just for the address, plus phone and fax nos., email address etc., right? I'd rather have it a little less
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0It's best to include the county unless it is a very large city, for example, London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham.02br
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00You can save space by putting the town and county on the same line, with a comma between.02br
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00You should include everything you have room for but in theory post will arrive at the right place with just the house number and p
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0Thanks again, nona! Perfect! 050010id1
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