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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>E</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=E_postcode_area&params=51.545_N_0.014_W_type:city_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°32′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°00′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.545°N 0.014°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.545; -0.014</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom">Postcode area</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">E</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcode area name</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">London E</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post towns</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_districts_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom">Postcode districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data">22</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcode sectors</th><td class="infobox-data">108</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcodes (live)</th><td class="infobox-data">16,260</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcodes (total)</th><td class="infobox-data">28,280</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Statistics as at May 2020<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>E (Eastern) postcode area</b>, also known as the <b>London E postcode area</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-guide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the part of the <a href="/wiki/London_postal_district" title="London postal district">London post town</a> covering much of <a href="/wiki/East_London" title="East London">east London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. It borders the <a href="/wiki/N_postcode_area" title="N postcode area">N postcode area</a> to the west, both north of the <a href="/wiki/Tideway" title="Tideway">tidal</a> <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Thames</a>. Since closure of the East London <a href="/wiki/Mail_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail centre">mail centre</a>, its mail is sorted at Romford Mail Centre together with IG and RM postcode areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postal_administration">Postal administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E_postcode_area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Postal administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current E postcode area was originally formed in 1866 as a merger of the E and NE areas, which had been created in 1858. In 1917, the postal districts were numbered alphabetically by their most important parish, chapelry, topographical or built environment feature.<sup id="cite_ref-Archive_Information_Sheet_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archive_Information_Sheet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2004, the district names do not form part of the postal address.<sup id="cite_ref-guide_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> High demand caused sector 9 of the E1 postcode district to be split and recoded in 1999 to create an E1W postcode district around Wapping,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the rest of the district did not gain an additional character. When districts are used for purposes other than the sorting of mail, such as use as a geographic reference and on street signs, E1 and E1W continue to be commonly classed as one 'district'. The E postcode area contains two <a href="/wiki/Non-geographic_postcode" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-geographic postcode">non-geographic postcode districts</a> for high-volume business users, E77 and E98.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Eastern District Office is on <a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_Road" title="Whitechapel Road">Whitechapel Road</a> and was the eastern terminus for the former <a href="/wiki/London_Post_Office_Railway" title="London Post Office Railway">London Post Office Railway</a>, which has been mothballed since 2003. The railway ran 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) to the <a href="/wiki/Paddington" title="Paddington">Paddington</a> Head District Sorting Office. </p><p>The E20 postcode has been used fictionally in television <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap-opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> since 1985. It has been a real postcode since 2011 carved from and only bordered by the E15 postcode, its buildings marketed as and often self-identifying as <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Park, London">Olympic Park</a> and Queen Elizabeth Park. It includes landmark sports venues built for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_postcode_districts">List of postcode districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E_postcode_area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of postcode districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The approximate coverage of the postcode districts,<sup id="cite_ref-Map_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Map-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the historic postal district names<sup id="cite_ref-streets_1930_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-streets_1930-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bartholomew1963_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartholomew1963-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <i>italics</i>, is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr style="white-space:nowrap"> <th>Postcode district </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a> </th> <th>Coverage </th> <th>Local authority area(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th>E1 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Eastern head district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Aldgate" title="Aldgate">Aldgate</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Spitalfields" title="Spitalfields">Spitalfields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shadwell" title="Shadwell">Shadwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limehouse" title="Limehouse">Limehouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stepney" title="Stepney">Stepney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mile_End" title="Mile End">Mile End</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Portsoken" title="Portsoken">Portsoken</a> </td> <td>Tower Hamlets, Hackney, <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>E1W </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Wapping district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Wapping" title="Wapping">Wapping</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Katharine_Docks" title="St Katharine Docks">St Katharine Docks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shadwell" title="Shadwell">Shadwell</a> (part) </td> <td>Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E2 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Bethnal Green district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haggerston" title="Haggerston">Haggerston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoxton" title="Hoxton">Hoxton</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Heath" title="Cambridge Heath">Cambridge Heath</a> </td> <td>Tower Hamlets, Hackney </td></tr> <tr> <th>E3 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Bow district</i>: <a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bow_Common" title="Bow Common">Bow Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromley-by-Bow" title="Bromley-by-Bow">Bromley-by-Bow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Ford" title="Old Ford">Old Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mile_End" title="Mile End">Mile End</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fish_Island,_London" title="Fish Island, London">Fish Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mill_Meads" title="Mill Meads">Mill Meads</a> (part) </td> <td>Tower Hamlets, Newham </td></tr> <tr> <th>E4 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Chingford district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Abbey" title="Waltham Abbey">Waltham Abbey</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Highams_Park" title="Highams Park">Highams Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodford_Green" title="Woodford Green">Woodford Green</a> (part) </td> <td>Waltham Forest, Epping Forest </td></tr> <tr> <th>E5 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Clapton district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a> (Part), <a href="/wiki/Upper_Clapton" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Clapton">Upper Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Clapton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Clapton">Lower Clapton</a> </td> <td>Hackney, Waltham Forest </td></tr> <tr> <th>E6 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>East Ham district:</i> <a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upton_Park,_London" title="Upton Park, London">Upton Park</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a> (part) </td> <td>Newham, Barking and Dagenham </td></tr> <tr> <th>E7 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Forest Gate district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Forest_Gate" title="Forest Gate">Forest Gate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leytonstone" title="Leytonstone">Leytonstone</a> (Part), <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a> (part) </td> <td>Newham, Waltham Forest </td></tr> <tr> <th>E8 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Hackney district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central" title="Hackney Central">Hackney Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalston" title="Dalston">Dalston</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Fields" title="London Fields">London Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haggerston" title="Haggerston">Haggerston</a> (part) </td> <td>Hackney </td></tr> <tr> <th>E9 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Homerton district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Homerton" title="Homerton">Homerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Wick" title="Hackney Wick">Hackney Wick</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Hackney" title="South Hackney">South Hackney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Marshes" title="Hackney Marshes">Hackney Marshes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_London" title="Victoria Park, London">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>Hackney, Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E10 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Leyton district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mills" title="Temple Mills">Temple Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Marshes" title="Hackney Marshes">Hackney Marshes</a> (part) <a href="/wiki/Upper_Clapton" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Clapton">Upper Clapton</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_Marshes" title="Walthamstow Marshes">Walthamstow Marshes</a> </td> <td>Waltham Forest, Hackney </td></tr> <tr> <th>E11 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Leytonstone district</i>: <a href="/wiki/Leytonstone" title="Leytonstone">Leytonstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanstead" title="Wanstead">Wanstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldersbrook" title="Aldersbrook">Aldersbrook</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Snaresbrook" title="Snaresbrook">Snaresbrook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cann_Hall" title="Cann Hall">Cann Hall</a> </td> <td>Waltham Forest, Redbridge </td></tr> <tr> <th>E12 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Manor Park district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Manor_Park,_London" title="Manor Park, London">Manor Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Ilford" title="Little Ilford">Little Ilford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldersbrook" title="Aldersbrook">Aldersbrook</a> (part) </td> <td>Newham, Redbridge </td></tr> <tr> <th>E13 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Plaistow district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_Newham" title="Plaistow, Newham">Plaistow</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Upton_Park,_London" title="Upton Park, London">Upton Park</a> (part) </td> <td>Newham </td></tr> <tr> <th>E14 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Poplar district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Poplar,_London" title="Poplar, London">Poplar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs" title="Isle of Dogs">Isle of Dogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limehouse" title="Limehouse">Limehouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millwall" title="Millwall">Millwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_London" title="Blackwall, London">Blackwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cubitt_Town" title="Cubitt Town">Cubitt Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Bromley" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bromley">South Bromley</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Greenwich,_Isle_of_Dogs" title="North Greenwich, Isle of Dogs">North Greenwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leamouth" title="Leamouth">Leamouth</a> </td> <td>Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E15 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Stratford district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Maryland,_London" title="Maryland, London">Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Leytonstone" title="Leytonstone">Leytonstone</a> (part) <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mills" title="Temple Mills">Temple Mills</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Wick" title="Hackney Wick">Hackney Wick</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a> (part) </td> <td>Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E16 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Victoria Docks and North Woolwich district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silvertown" title="Silvertown">Silvertown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Docks" title="Royal Docks">Royal Docks</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Woolwich" title="North Woolwich">North Woolwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beckton" title="Beckton">Beckton</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Custom_House,_Newham" title="Custom House, Newham">Custom House</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City Airport</a> </td> <td>Newham </td></tr> <tr> <th>E17 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Walthamstow district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Walthamstow" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Walthamstow">Upper Walthamstow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a> (part) </td> <td>Waltham Forest </td></tr> <tr> <th>E18 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Woodford and South Woodford district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Woodford,_London" title="Woodford, London">Woodford</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Woodford" title="South Woodford">South Woodford</a> </td> <td>Redbridge </td></tr> <tr> <th>E20 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><i>Olympic Park district:</i> <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Park, London">Olympic Park</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homerton" title="Homerton">Homerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a> </td> <td>Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E77 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-geographic_postcode" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-geographic postcode">Non-geographic postcode district</a> (<a href="/wiki/NatWest" title="NatWest">NatWest</a>, delivers to E1) </td> <td>Tower Hamlets </td></tr> <tr> <th>E98 </th> <td>LONDON </td> <td>Non-geographic postcode district (<a href="/wiki/News_International" class="mw-redirect" title="News International">News International</a>, delivers to E1W) </td> <td>Tower Hamlets </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The E17 postcode district is one of four to have a population above 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E_postcode_area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The E postcode district is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to the south. Postcode districts E6, E14 and E16 also have river frontages in the south. The <a href="/wiki/River_Roding" title="River Roding">River Roding</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A406_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A406 road">North Circular Road</a> form part of the boundary in the east. The postcode area is roughly the combined area of the London Boroughs of <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets" title="London Borough of Tower Hamlets">Tower Hamlets</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">Newham</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Waltham_Forest" title="London Borough of Waltham Forest">Waltham Forest</a>. Also, the eastern part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney" title="London Borough of Hackney">London Borough of Hackney</a>, the western sections of the London Boroughs of <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Redbridge" title="London Borough of Redbridge">Redbridge</a> (E11, E12, E18) and <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Barking and Dagenham</a> (E6) and a small part of the <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epping Forest (district)">Epping Forest District</a> (E4), are within the postcode area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E_postcode_area&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 1990s pop band <a href="/wiki/East_17" title="East 17">East 17</a>, formed in Walthamstow, whose postcode district is E17.</li> <li>BBC soap <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> uses E20 (which did not actually exist until 2011) as the postcode district for the borough of Walford.</li> <li>The track "Bow E3" by <a href="/wiki/Grime_(music_genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grime (music genre)">grime</a> musician <a href="/wiki/Wiley_(musician)" title="Wiley (musician)">Wiley</a> refers to the E3 postcode, which is centred on the area of <a href="/wiki/Bow,_London" title="Bow, London">Bow</a> where Wiley grew up.</li> <li>The album <a href="/wiki/E3_AF" title="E3 AF">E3 AF</a> by <a href="/wiki/Dizzee_Rascal" title="Dizzee Rascal">Dizzee Rascal</a> also refers to the E3 postcode and the Bow area, where he grew up.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Map">Map</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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resource="/wiki/File:E_postcode_area_map.svg" /></a><map name="ImageMap_1e5f09930969e9df"><area href="/wiki/CM_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="330,67,328,68,278,20,245,30,239,25,260,0,330,0" alt="CM postcode area" title="CM postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/EC_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="0,413,18,416,20,418,17,418,17,433,19,448,25,451,31,469,21,476,14,472,5,471,4,471,0,470" alt="EC postcode area" title="EC postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/EN_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="58,98,41,120,13,116,12,94,0,94,0,0,260,0,239,25,176,41,143,18,118,101,110,124" alt="EN postcode area" title="EN postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/IG_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="267,372,267,372,235,309,221,289,221,254,220,248,207,215,167,222,151,216,177,168,189,143,196,114,205,82,176,41,239,25,245,30,278,20,328,68,323,81,330,87,330,456,315,463" alt="IG postcode area" title="IG postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/N_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="0,94,12,94,13,116,41,120,58,98,110,124,93,168,93,203,83,204,59,275,60,281,60,281,37,294,38,340,21,363,21,391,18,416,0,413" alt="N postcode area" title="N postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/RM_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="330,87,323,81,328,68,330,67" alt="RM postcode area" title="RM postcode area" /><area href="/wiki/SE_postcode_area" shape="poly" coords="5,471,14,472,21,476,34,482,80,469,101,509,124,535,167,479,192,499,216,500,282,497,298,468,315,463,330,456,330,550,0,550,0,470,4,471" alt="SE postcode area" title="SE postcode area" /></map><figcaption>E postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby <a href="/wiki/EC_postcode_area" title="EC postcode area">EC</a>, <a href="/wiki/EN_postcode_area" title="EN postcode area">EN</a>, <a href="/wiki/IG_postcode_area" title="IG postcode area">IG</a>, <a href="/wiki/N_postcode_area" title="N postcode area">N</a> and <a href="/wiki/SE_postcode_area" title="SE postcode area">SE</a> postcode areas.</figcaption></figure> <p>The postcode area excludes parts of <a href="/wiki/East_London" title="East London">East London</a> like the following: </p> <ul><li>Central areas covered by central London EC postcodes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoxton" title="Hoxton">Hoxton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a> is part of the N postcode area but is usually seen as being part of the <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a>.</li> <li>The eastern suburbs built after the introduction of the E postcode area are now mainly in the IG and RM postal areas.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E_postcode_area&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="TS postcode area">TS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TW_postcode_area" title="TW postcode area">TW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UB_postcode_area" title="UB postcode area">UB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_postcode_area" title="W postcode area">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WA_postcode_area" title="WA postcode area">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WC_postcode_area" title="WC postcode area">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WD_postcode_area" title="WD postcode area">WD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WF_postcode_area" title="WF postcode area">WF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WN_postcode_area" title="WN postcode area">WN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_postcode_area" title="WR postcode area">WR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS_postcode_area" title="WS postcode area">WS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WV_postcode_area" title="WV postcode area">WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YO_postcode_area" title="YO postcode area">YO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZE_postcode_area" title="ZE postcode area">ZE</a></li></ul> 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