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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=HP}}
The '''HP postcode area''', also known as the '''Hemel Hempstead postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in [[England]], within eleven [[post town]]s. These cover south-west [[Hertfordshire]] (including [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Berkhamsted]] and [[Tring]]) and central [[Buckinghamshire]] (including [[Aylesbury]], [[High Wycombe]], [[Beaconsfield]], [[Amersham]], [[Chalfont St Giles]], [[Chesham]], [[Great Missenden]] and [[Princes Risborough]]).

Mail for this area is sorted at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in [[Hemel Hempstead]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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|-
! HP1
| HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
| [[Bourne End, Hertfordshire|Bourne End]], [[Boxmoor]], [[Chaulden]], [[Fields End]], [[Gadebridge]], [[Great Gaddesden]], [[Nettleden]], [[Piccotts End]], [[Water End, Dacorum|Water End]], [[Warner's End]]
| [[Dacorum]]
|-
! HP2
| HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
| [[Gaddesden Row]],{{efn|includes HP2 6FB}} [[Piccotts End]], [[Grovehill]], [[Adeyfield]], [[Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate]]{{efn|includes HP2 4NW}}
| Dacorum
|-
! HP3
| HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
| [[Apsley, Hertfordshire|Apsley]], [[Bovingdon]], [[Felden]], [[Flaunden]], Hemel Hempstead, [[Leverstock Green]]
| Dacorum
|-
! HP4
| BERKHAMSTED
| [[Berkhamsted]], [[Dagnall]], [[Dudswell, Hertfordshire|Dudswell]], [[Little Gaddesden]], [[Northchurch]], [[Potten End]], [[Ringshall, Berkhamsted|Ringshall]]
| Dacorum, [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|-
! HP5
| CHESHAM
| [[Chesham]], [[Ashley Green]], [[Bellingdon]], [[Botley, Buckinghamshire|Botley]], [[Chartridge]], [[Hawridge]], [[Latimer, Buckinghamshire|Latimer]], [[Lye Green]], [[Newtown, Chesham|Newtown]], [[Waterside, Buckinghamshire|Waterside]], [[Whelpley Hill]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP6
| AMERSHAM
| [[Amersham]] (north), [[Chesham Bois]], [[Hyde Heath]], [[Little Chalfont]] (north)
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP7
| AMERSHAM
| Amersham (south), [[Coleshill, Buckinghamshire|Coleshill]], Little Chalfont (west and centre), [[Little Missenden]], [[Penn Street]], [[Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire|Winchmore Hill]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP8
| CHALFONT ST. GILES
| [[Chalfont St Giles]], Little Chalfont (south)
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP9
| BEACONSFIELD
| [[Beaconsfield]], [[Forty Green, Penn|Forty Green]], [[Holtspur]], [[Jordans, Buckinghamshire|Jordans]], [[Knotty Green]], [[Seer Green]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP10
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| [[High Wycombe]], [[Flackwell Heath]], [[Handy Cross]], [[Hedsor]], [[Loudwater, Buckinghamshire|Loudwater]], [[Penn, Buckinghamshire|Penn]], [[Tylers Green]], [[Wooburn]], [[Wooburn Green]], [[Wooburn Moor]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP11
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| [[Wycombe Marsh]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP12
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| High Wycombe, [[Booker, Buckinghamshire|Booker]], [[Sands, Buckinghamshire|Sands]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP13
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| High Wycombe, [[Downley]], [[Totteridge, Buckinghamshire|Totteridge]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP14
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| [[Beacon's Bottom]], [[Bledlow Ridge]], [[Bolter End]], [[Bradenham, Buckinghamshire|Bradenham]], [[Cadmore End]], [[Hughenden Valley]], [[Ibstone]], [[Lane End, Buckinghamshire|Lane End]], [[Naphill]], [[Northend, Buckinghamshire|Northend]], [[Stokenchurch]], [[The City, Buckinghamshire|The City]], [[Upper North Dean]], [[West Wycombe]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP15
| HIGH WYCOMBE
| [[Cryers Hill]], [[Great Kingshill]], [[Hazlemere]], [[Holmer Green]], [[Hughenden Valley]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP16
| GREAT MISSENDEN
| [[Great Missenden]], [[Ballinger, Buckinghamshire|Ballinger]], [[The Lee]], [[Little Hampden]], [[Little Kingshill]], [[Prestwood]], [[South Heath]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP17
| AYLESBURY
| [[Aston Sandford]], [[Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire|Bishopstone]], [[Butler's Cross]], [[Dinton, Buckinghamshire|Dinton]], [[Dorton]], [[Ellesborough]], [[Ford, Buckinghamshire|Ford]], [[Great and Little Kimble]], [[Kingsey]], [[Haddenham, Buckinghamshire|Haddenham]], [[Meadle]], [[Nash Lee]], [[Stone, Buckinghamshire|Stone]], [[Upton, Buckinghamshire|Upton]], [[Westlington]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP18
| AYLESBURY
| [[Ashendon]], [[Berryfields]], [[Boarstall]], [[Brill, Buckinghamshire|Brill]], [[Chearsley]], [[Chilton, Buckinghamshire|Chilton]], [[Cuddington, Buckinghamshire|Cuddington]], [[Dorton, Buckinghamshire|Dorton]], [[Easington, Buckinghamshire|Easington]], [[Edgcott]], [[Grendon Underwood]], [[Ickford]], [[Kingswood, Buckinghamshire|Kingswood]], [[Long Crendon]], [[Lower Winchendon]], [[Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire|Ludgershall]], [[Oakley, Buckinghamshire|Oakley]], [[Shabbington]], [[Upper Winchendon]], [[Waddesdon]], [[Westcott, Buckinghamshire|Westcott]], [[Worminghall]], [[Wotton Underwood]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP19
| AYLESBURY
| [[Aylesbury]], [[Berryfields]], [[Buckingham_Park, Buckinghamshire|Buckingham Park]], [[Fairford Leys]], [[Prebendal Farm]], [[Quarrendon (estate)|Quarrendon]], [[Watermead, Buckinghamshire|Watermead]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP20
| AYLESBURY
| Aylesbury, Aylesbury Town Centre, [[Broughton, Aylesbury|Broughton]], [[Elmhurst, Aylesbury|Elmhurst]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP21
| AYLESBURY
| Aylesbury, [[Bedgrove]], [[Elm Farm, Buckinghamshire|Elm Farm]], [[Queens Park, Aylesbury|Queens Park]], [[Southcourt]], [[Walton, Aylesbury|Walton]], [[Walton Court, Aylesbury|Walton Court]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP22
| AYLESBURY
| [[Aston Abbotts]], [[Aston Clinton]], [[Bierton]], [[Buckland, Buckinghamshire|Buckland]], [[Drayton Beauchamp]], [[Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire|Dunsmore]], [[Halton, Buckinghamshire|Halton]], [[Hardwick, Buckinghamshire|Hardwick]], [[Hulcott]], [[North Lee]], [[Nup End, Buckinghamshire|Nup End]], [[Oving, Buckinghamshire|Oving]], [[Pitchcott]], [[Quainton]], [[Rowsham]], [[Stoke Mandeville]], [[Weedon, Buckinghamshire|Weedon]], [[Wendover]], [[Weston Turville]], [[Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire|Whitchurch]], [[Wingrave]]
| Buckinghamshire
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|HP22
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|PRINCES RISBOROUGH
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Non-geographic postcodes|non-geographic]]''<ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web |url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |format=PDF |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 }}</ref><ref name="amu1212">{{Cite web |url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |format=PDF |title=New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202184830/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2015 }}</ref>
|-
! HP23
| TRING
| [[Aldbury]], [[Buckland Common]], [[Cholesbury]], [[Hastoe]], [[Long Marston, Hertfordshire|Long Marston]], [[Marsworth]], [[New Mill, Tring|New Mill]], [[Puttenham, Hertfordshire|Puttenham]], [[St Leonards, Buckinghamshire|St Leonards]], [[Tring]], [[Wigginton, Hertfordshire|Wigginton]], [[Wilstone]]
| Dacorum, Buckinghamshire
|-
! HP27
| PRINCES RISBOROUGH
| [[Askett]], [[Bledlow]], [[Ilmer]], [[Lacey Green]], [[Longwick]], [[Loosley Row]], [[Monks Risborough]], [[Owlswick]], [[Pitch Green]], [[Princes Risborough]], [[Saunderton]], [[Speen, Buckinghamshire|Speen]]
| Buckinghamshire
|}

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==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=HP postcode area|size=550x440px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Postcode areas covering South East England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East of England]]

HP postcode area - Revision history

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