The LU postcode area, also known as the Luton postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in

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, within three

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s. These cover south Bedfordshire (including Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard), plus small parts of north Hertfordshire and east Buckinghamshire. __TOC__

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:Placenames as listed in Royal Mail, ''Postal Address Book: Anglia 2'', Edition H, 2003. , - ! LU1 , LUTON , Luton (South),

Aley Green Aley Green is a hamlet in Bedfordshire, England. Aley Green is within the civil parish of Caddington. However, the cemetery and the southern end of Mancroft Road (includinAley Green Methodist Church are in the parish of Slip End, though they are ...

, Caddington,

Lower Woodside Lower Woodside is a hamlet in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The settlement lies north of Aley Green and south-west of Woodside. Lower Woodside forms part of the wider Slip End civil parish, and is close to the coun ...

Pepperstock Pepperstock is a small village located in Central Bedfordshire, England. The village itself mostly consists of residential caravan parks. However, Pepperstock displays an interesting range of vernacular buildings, most notably in the form of 16th ...

, Slip End,

Woodside Woodside may refer to: Places and buildings Australia *Woodside, South Australia, a town *Woodside, Victoria, a town Canada *Woodside National Historic Site, the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King *Woodside, Nova Scotia, a neighborho ...

, Luton, Central Bedfordshire , - ! LU2 , LUTON , Luton (East), Chiltern Green,

Cockernhoe Offley is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire, between Hitchin and Luton. The main village is Great Offley, and the parish also contains the nearby hamlets of Little Offley and The Flints. In the south-west of the parish, nea ...

, East Hyde,

Lawrence End King's Walden is a civil parish in the England, English county of Hertfordshire. The name includes an apostrophe, but this is often omitted. The main settlement is now Breachwood Green, and there are also the hamlet (place), hamlets of King's Wa ...

, Lilley,

New Mill End New Mill End is a hamlet located in Bedfordshire, England, close to county border with Hertfordshire. It is in the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire New Mill End was the location of Chiltern Green railway station Chiltern Green railway st ...

, Peters Green, Tea Green, The Hyde, Wandon End, Wandon Green, Winch Hill, London Luton Airport , Luton, Central Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire , - ! LU3 , LUTON , Luton (North), Lower Sundon, Streatley, Sundon , Luton, Central Bedfordshire , - ! LU4 , LUTON , Luton (West), Chalton, London Farm, Bedfordshire , Luton, Central Bedfordshire , - ! LU5 , DUNSTABLE , Dunstable (East including Woodside Estate), Bidwell, Chalgrave, Fancott, Harlington, Houghton Regis (including Townsend Industrial Estate), Thorn, Toddington , Central Bedfordshire , - ! LU6 , DUNSTABLE , Dunstable (West), Eaton Bray, Edlesborough, Holywell, Kensworth, Northall, Sewell, Studham, Totternhoe, Whipsnade , Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire , - ! LU7 , LEIGHTON BUZZARD , Leighton Buzzard,

Bragenham Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about seven miles south of Central Milton Keynes, and three miles north of Wing. The village nam ...

Briggington Egginton – or Eggington as it is now known – is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about three miles east of Leighton Buzzard. Apart from the village itse ...

, Burcott, Cheddington,

Chelmscote Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about seven miles south of Central Milton Keynes, and three miles north of Wing. The village nam ...

, Clipstone, Crafton, Cublington, Eggington,

Great Billington Billington is a civil parish in Bedfordshire about south of Leighton Buzzard and not far from the Buckinghamshire border. There are two settlements: Little Billington (a hamlet in the west of the parish) and one that is now called Great Billing ...

Grove Grove may refer to: * Grove (nature), a small group of trees Places England *Grove, Buckinghamshire, a village * Grove, Dorset * Grove, Herefordshire * Grove, Kent * Grove, Nottinghamshire, a village * Grove, Oxfordshire, a village and civil ...

, Heath and Reach,

Hockliffe Hockliffe is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire on the crossroads of the A5 road which lies upon the course of the Roman road known as Watling Street and the A4012 and B5704 roads. It is about four miles east of Leighton Buzzard. Nearb ...

, Horton,

Hollingdon Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about seven miles south of Central Milton Keynes, and three miles north of Wing. The village nam ...

, Ivinghoe,

Ivinghoe Aston Ivinghoe is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It is northwest of London, north of Tring and south of Leighton Buzzard, close to the village of Pitstone. ...

, Ledburn,

Leedon Leedon is a former hamlet in Bedfordshire, England, which is now part of Leighton Buzzard town. Originally, Leedon was a small rural settlement and was part of the Eggington civil parish. However, the expansion of Leighton Buzzard eastwards led ...

, Little Billington, Mentmore,

Pitstone Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399) is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred east of Aylesbury and south o ...

, Slapton, Soulbury, Stanbridge, Stewkley,

Stockgrove Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about seven miles south of Central Milton Keynes, and three miles north of Wing. The village nam ...

, Tebworth, Tilsworth, Wing, Wingfield , Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire

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Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
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