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EN postcode area

Postcode area within the United Kingdom

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The EN postcode area, also known as the Enfield postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover parts of northern Greater London (including Enfield and Barnet), southern Hertfordshire (including Potters Bar, Waltham Cross, Broxbourne and Hoddesdon) and western Essex (including Waltham Abbey).

01Postal administration

Mail for this area is sorted at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in Hemel Hempstead, and is delivered from offices in Enfield (Southbury Road EN1), Barnet (Longmore Avenue EN5), Potters Bar (Darkes Lane EN6), Waltham Cross (Eleanor Cross Road EN8) and Hoddesdon (Conduit Lane EN11). The area served includes the northern parts of the London Boroughs of Enfield and Barnet, the eastern part of the Hertsmere district of Hertfordshire, the southern part of the Welwyn Hatfield district and virtually all of the borough of Broxbourne, while EN9 and small parts of EN10 and EN11 cover the western part of the Epping Forest district of Essex.

List of postcode districts

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s)
EN1 ENFIELD Bush Hill Park; eastern parts of Bulls Cross, Enfield Town, Forty Hill, outskirts of Lower Edmonton, Enfield Highway, Southbury Enfield
EN2 ENFIELD Botany Bay, Clay Hill, Crews Hill; western parts of Bulls Cross, Enfield Chase, Enfield Town, Forty Hill, Gordon Hill Enfield
EN3 ENFIELD Enfield Highway, Enfield Island Village, Enfield Lock, Enfield Wash, Ponders End, outskirts of Southbury Enfield
EN4 BARNET Hadley Wood, Cockfosters, East Barnet, New Barnet Barnet, Enfield
EN5 BARNET High Barnet, Arkley Barnet, Hertsmere
EN6 POTTERS BAR Potters Bar, South Mimms, Cuffley, Northaw Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield
EN7 WALTHAM CROSS Cheshunt, Goffs Oak, Capel Manor College Broxbourne, Enfield
EN8 WALTHAM CROSS Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Bullsmoor Broxbourne, Enfield
EN9 WALTHAM ABBEY Waltham Abbey, Nazeing, Upshire Epping Forest
EN10 BROXBOURNE Broxbourne, Wormley, Turnford Broxbourne, Epping Forest
EN11 HODDESDON Hoddesdon, Dobbs Weir Broxbourne, Epping Forest
EN postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby AL, CM, E, IG, N, NW, SG and WD postcode areas.
EN postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby AL, CM, E, IG, N, NW, SG and WD postcode areas.

02Map

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