Harwich postal code
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Harwich information
Postcode district: CO12
Post town: Colchester
Dialling code: 01255
Population: 20436
Elevation: 23m (75ft)
County: Essex
Country: England
Postcode area of Harwich is CO12.
Post town of postcode area 'CO' is Colchester. Dialling code of Harwich is 01255. Harwich has 23m (75ft) altitude.
The coordinates of Harwich are: 51.9347310 lat, 1.2602970 lng.
Harwich belongs to Essex County. Harwich 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.