The N (Northern) postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area, is the part of the London post town covering part of North London, England. It is a group of 25 postcode districts which covers around 17,429 live postcodes.

The area covers parts of the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Enfield.

Postal administration

The postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district of London. In 1917 it was subdivided into 22 numbered districts. The Northern head district was designated as N1 and the rest of the numbering followed the alphabetical order of the other districts' main names. Most districts include local areas known by their own specific names (see table below). The official post town for all N postcodes is LONDON; district names do not form an essential part of postal addresses.

In 2010, a new N1C district was formed out of the far western part of the original N1 district, to accommodate redevelopment in Kings Cross Central. The N area also includes two non-geographic postcode districts: N1P for PO boxes in N1 or N1C; and N81 for ballot mailings to Electoral Reform Services in N8.

List of postcode districts

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names shown in italics:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s) N1 London Northern head district: Angel, Barnsbury (part), Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton. Shoreditch (part)Hackney, Islington, CamdenN1CLondonKings Cross CentralCamdenN1PLondonPO boxes in N1 and N1 Cnon-geographic N2 London East Finchley district: East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (part)Barnet, Haringey N3 London Finchley district: Finchley, Church End, Finchley Central Barnet N4 London Finsbury Park district: Finsbury Park, Manor House, Harringay (part), Stroud GreenHaringey, Islington, Hackney N5 London Highbury district: Highbury, Highbury Fields Islington, Hackney N6 London Highgate district: Highgate, Hampstead Heath (part) Camden, Haringey, Islington N7 London Holloway district: Holloway, Barnsbury (part), Finsbury Park (part), Islington (part), Tufnell Park (part) Islington, Camden N8 London Hornsey district: Hornsey, Crouch End, Harringay (part) Haringey, Islington N9 London Lower Edmonton district: Lower Edmonton, Edmonton (part) Enfield N10 London Muswell Hill district: Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet (part) Haringey, Barnet N11 London New Southgate district: New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, Barnet, Haringey N12 London North Finchley district: North Finchley, Woodside Park, Friern Barnet (part) Barnet N13 London Palmers Green district: Palmers Green, Bowes Park (part) EnfieldN14 LondonSouthgate district: Southgate, Oakwood, Arnos Grove (part) Enfield, BarnetN15 London South Tottenham district: South Tottenham, Harringay (part), West Green, Seven Sisters Haringey N16 London Stoke Newington district: Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill (part), Shacklewell, Dalston (part), Newington Green (part)Islington, HackneyN 17 London Tottenham district: Tottenham Haringey N18 London Upper Edmonton district: Upper Edmonton, Edmonton (part) Enfield N19 London Upper Holloway district: Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park (part) Islington, Camden N20 London Whetstone district: Whetstone, Totteridge, Oakleigh ParkBarnet N21 London Winchmore Hill district: Winchmore Hill, Bush Hill (part), Grange Park, World's End (part) Enfield N22 London Wood Green district: Wood Green, Turnpike Lane, Bowes Park (part) Haringey, Enfield N81 London Electoral Reform Services non-geographic