- BT postcode area
Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=BT
source=Statistics as at October 2006 [National Statistics, " [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf Postcode Directory Version Notes] ", (2006)] |
The BT postcode area, also known as the Belfast postcode area coversNorthern Ireland and was the last part of theUnited Kingdom to be coded, between 1970 and 1974.Belfast
Belfast had already been divided into numbered districts. Today, the Belfast
post town covers districts 1-17, 58 and part of 29. In common with all addresses in Northern Ireland, Belfast postcodes start with the letters "BT", amnemonic of the capital city's name. The commercial centre of the city is designated "BT1" and the surrounding districts form a roughly sequential clockwise ring around the city. The postcode of the Royal Mail offices at Tomb Street in Belfast is BT1 1AARest of Northern Ireland
The remainder of Northern Ireland is divided into 43 other post towns which are further divided into postal districts 18-57, 60-82 and 92-94. BT29 is a shared sector partially in the post towns of BELFAST (31 delivery points) and CRUMLIN (7,206 delivery points). [Royal Mail Address Management Guide (2004)]
References
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List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
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