Harpenden postal code
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Harpenden information
Postcode district: AL5
Post town: St. Albans
Dialling code: 01582
Population: 30778
Elevation: 108m (354ft)
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Postcode area of Harpenden is AL5.
Post town of postcode area 'AL' is St. Albans. Dialling code of Harpenden is 01582. Harpenden has 108m (354ft) altitude.
The coordinates of Harpenden are: 51.8184600 lat, -0.3589530 lng.
Harpenden belongs to Hertfordshire County. Harpenden belongs to England. England is constituent country of United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Scotland and Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland.
UK postcodes consist of two alphanumeric groups, separated by a space; for example “SO15 2GB”.
The first group is called the outward code: it describes a small town, a district of a large town, or a rural area, such that the outward code is sufficient (with a few exceptions) to determine the sorting office that will deliver the mail.
The second group is called the inward code: it represents a small group of addresses - from 70 houses down to a single business - that would always form part of the same delivery round.
Typically the inward code covers one side of a short street, or a natural section of a longer one.