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Wimbledon is best known worldwide for a fortnight of tennis each summer, but SW19 itself is a genuinely large and varied postcode — the London Borough of Merton's main commercial…

Kensington sits in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, immediately north of South Kensington and south of Notting Hill, and W8 covers the historic heart of the borough —…

Notting Hill's global reputation rests on pastel-coloured terraces, Portobello Road and a 1999 film — but the area itself spans more postcodes than most people realise. The genuinely iconic streets,…

St John's Wood sits on the northwest edge of Regent's Park, in the City of Westminster, and it's one of the more understated grand addresses in London — quieter and…

Islington sits just north of the City, and the N1 postcode covers the borough's best-known pockets — Angel, Barnsbury, Canonbury, and parts of De Beauvoir Town and Hoxton. It's a…

Fulham sits on the north bank of the Thames between Chelsea and Putney, and the SW6 postcode roughly follows the boundaries of the old Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, absorbed into…

Chiswick sits on the north bank of the Thames between Hammersmith and Kew, and it's one of the few W4 postcodes that actually splits across two boroughs — most of…

Hampstead sits on one of the highest points in London, and the geography shapes almost everything about living there — the steep streets, the Heath, even the tube station's engineering.…