File:British postcode areas map.svg

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Camera location55° 00′ 00″ N, 4° 24′ 00″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Description
English: Labelled map of Royal Mail postcode areas of the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies with insets for Manchester and London conurbations.

Equirectangular projection with latitude stretching 170%, WGS84 datum.

Geographic limits:

  • Main 1:5,000,000 map:
    • West: 11.00W
    • East: 2.20E
    • North: 61.00N
    • South: 49.00N
  • Manchester 1:3,000,000 inset map:
    • West: 3.30W
    • East: 1.10W
    • North: 54.10N
    • South: 53.10N
  • London 1:1,000,000 inset map:
    • West: 0.50W
    • East: 0.30E
    • North: 51.70N
    • South: 51.30N
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Derived from Ordnance Survey OS OpenData.

  • Postcode area boundaries within Great Britain derived from Voronoi polygons of OS Code-Point Open unit postcode median coordinates (with coastline clipping and minor adjustments to avoid spurious detached polygons).
  • National borders and coastline data derived:
Author Richardguk
Other versions
  • 2 digit postcode uk.png
    2 digit postcode uk.png
  • Map of the administrative geography of the British Isles with postcode areas.jpg
    Map of the administrative geography of the British Isles with postcode areas.jpg
  • Map of the British postcode areas.png
    Map of the British postcode areas.png
  • Postcodes-Overview.png
    Postcodes-Overview.png

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This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:
 United Kingdom location map.svg (by NordNordWest).

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current05:45, 28 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 05:45, 28 January 2012886 × 1,369 (846 KB)Richardguk (talk | contribs)Clipped postcode area strokes to GB mainland (requires non-rectangular clip-path renderer); added dashed strokes to clarify nearby offshore postcode area boundaries (France–GY, France–JE, GY–JE, HS–IV, IV–PH, KA–PA, PA–PH); font-family="'Lib
22:00, 1 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:00, 1 December 2011886 × 1,369 (844 KB)Richardguk (talk | contribs)Main map limits and coastline taken from File:United Kingdom location map.svg. Label sizes refined. Colour-scheme amended for greater similarity with UK location maps. SVG out
16:19, 25 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:19, 25 November 2011498 × 986 (368 KB)Richardguk (talk | contribs)

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