CR postcode area

Croydon
Croydon
Postcode area
	CR
	Coordinates: 51°21′22″N 0°05′56″W / 51.356°N 0.099°W
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode area	CR
Postcode area name	Croydon
Post towns	10
Postcode districts	11
Postcode sectors	66
Postcodes (live)	7,906
Postcodes (total)	14,632
	Statistics as at May 2020

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The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area,^[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.

The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the London Borough of Croydon, the southeastern part of the London Borough of Merton and small parts of the London Boroughs of Sutton and Bromley. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the Tandridge district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Croydon was the second town, after Norwich, to have experimental postcodes, introduced in 1966. This trialled the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR for its equivalent. It was decided that the outward (first) part of a postcode should be alphanumerical, so CRO became CR0 (with a zero) and NOR became NR1. The CR1 postcode has not been introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 but not a district 1.

The CR0 postcode district covers the largest population in the UK.^[3]

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area(s)
CR0	CROYDON	Croydon, Addiscombe, Woodside (part), Selhurst, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington, Thornton Heath (part), Valley Retail and Leisure Park, Mitcham Common (part)	Croydon, Sutton
CR2	SOUTH CROYDON	South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Forestdale, part of Addington	Croydon
CR3	CATERHAM	Caterham, Chaldon, Woldingham	Croydon, Tandridge
CR3	WHYTELEAFE	Whyteleafe	Croydon, Tandridge
CR4	MITCHAM	Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill (part), Eastfields (part)	Croydon, Merton, Sutton
CR5	COULSDON	Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill, part of Woodmansterne, Clockhouse, part of Little Woodcote	Croydon, Reigate and Banstead, Sutton
CR6	WARLINGHAM	Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh, Hamsey Green	Bromley, Croydon, Tandridge
CR7	THORNTON HEATH	Thornton Heath, Broad Green (part), Pollards Hill (part)	Croydon, Merton
CR8	PURLEY	Purley, Russell Hill, Reedham, London	Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge
CR8	KENLEY	Kenley	Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge
CR9	CROYDON		non-geographic
CR44	CROYDON	Jobcentre Plus	non-geographic
CR90	CROYDON		non-geographic

Delivery offices

Delivery offices are located at Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Mitcham, Coulsdon, Thornton Heath and Purley.^[4]

Map

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References

^ "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.
^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
^ "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "List of UK Delivery Offices - a Freedom of Information request to Royal Mail Group Limited" (PDF). 10 February 2009.