How to address a letter to United Kingdom

Learn how to address and mail letters to United Kingdom - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to United Kingdom

Here’s what a typical address in United Kingdom looks like for postal mail.

1

Recipient name

2

House number Street name

3

City

4

Postal code

5

Country

Learn more about addresses in United Kingdom

Address example United Kingdom
Basic structure:

Mr. John Smith
12 Baker Street
London
NW1 6XE
UNITED KINGDOM

Address example United Kingdom
With additional Information:

Mr. John Smith
Flat 4B, 2nd Floor
12 Baker Street
Marylebone
London
NW1 6XE
UNITED KINGDOM

Address example United Kingdom
For Company:

Leda Engineering Ltd
Appleford
ABINGDON
OX14 4PG
UNITED KINGDOM

Postal information

Domestic postal service

Royal Mail

Country name

United Kingdom

Postal code format

1 or 2 letters, then 1 or 2 digits (optionally followed by a letter), a space, then a digit and 2 letters;
also allows the special code \"GIR 0AA\". (eg: SW1A 1AA)

Standard address field position

Bottom left

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(([A-Z]\d{2}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]\d{3}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d{2}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d{3}[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]\d[A-Z]\d[A-Z]{2})|([A-Z]{2}\d[A-Z]\d[A-Z]{2})|(GIR0AA))$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

GB

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

GBR

UN M49 numeric country code

826