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

Country information

Flag

🇬🇧

Common name (English)

United Kingdom

Official name (English)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Native name

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

Capital

London

Continent

Europe

Subregion

Northern Europe

Area

244,376 km2

Borders with

Currency

GBP (British pound, Symbol: £)

Time zone

UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+06:00

Total population

69,281,437

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