Usage
The Royal Mail states that the post town must be included on all items and should be printed in capitals.
- 1 Vallance Road
- LONDON
- E2 1AA
The system means that some addresses will have post towns that correspond to a place nearby, or cover a very large area. The use of postcodes means that it is no longer necessary to include the former postal county in a postal address. Some post towns, known as special post towns, never required the inclusion of a postal county, either because the town was large or because it gave its name to the county.
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