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NN postcode area

Explore the Northampton postcode area with maps, quick facts, towns, delivery offices, neighbouring areas and postcode district coverage.

The NN area code stands for n and n in <strong>N</strong>orthampto<strong>N</strong>.

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NN1 NN10 NN11 NN12 NN13 NN14 NN15 NN16 NN17 NN18 NN2 NN29

Map of the NN postcode area

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Overview

This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the NN postcode area, also known as the Northampton postal area.

The NN postcode area covers Northampton and nearby parts of the East Midlands.

The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: CV - Coventry, LE - Leicester, PE - Peterborough, OX - Oxford and MK - Milton Keynes and is located inland.

The postcode area falls within the following counties: Northamptonshire (99.48%), Buckinghamshire (0.19%), Bedfordshire (0.18%), Oxfordshire (0.09%), Warwickshire (0.05%), Leicestershire (0.01%).

Detailed map of the NN Postcode Area
Detailed map showing districts and posttowns in the NN Northampton Postcode Area

Quick facts

Width east to west38.97 mi
Height north to south43.03 mi
Area732.75 mi²
Maximum width50.66 mi
Perimeter204.83 mi
Postcode districts19
Postcode sectors94
Post towns8
Postcodes16,453
Population653,215

The NN postcode area has a population of 653,215 and covers 1,897,836 hectares. Roughly 1.00% of the population of Great Britain lives here.

Post towns and postcode districts

NORTHAMPTON
NN1 NorthamptonshireNN2 NorthamptonshireNN3 NorthamptonshireNN4 NorthamptonshireNN5 NorthamptonshireNN6 NorthamptonshireNN7 Northamptonshire
WELLINGBOROUGH
NN8 NorthamptonshireNN9 NorthamptonshireNN29 Bedfordshire (5%), Northamptonshire (94%)
RUSHDEN
NN10 Bedfordshire (2%), Northamptonshire (97%)
DAVENTRY
NN11 Northamptonshire
TOWCESTER
NN12 Northamptonshire
BRACKLEY
NN13 Buckinghamshire (4%), Northamptonshire (93%), Oxfordshire (2%)
KETTERING
NN14 NorthamptonshireNN15 NorthamptonshireNN16 Northamptonshire
CORBY
NN17 NorthamptonshireNN18 Northamptonshire

Where is the NN postcode area?

Location map for the NN postcode area
Location map of the postcode area.
Word cloud for the NN postcode area
Word cloud of place names within the area.

How built up is the postcode area?

This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is NN7 and the most urban is NN1.

Postcode district Total area (m²) Footprint area (m²) Built percentage
NN7 231,188,987 2,392,040 1.03%
NN6 378,765,894 4,037,558 1.07%
NN12 202,002,167 2,151,465 1.07%
NN29 63,477,844 748,042 1.18%
NN13 134,543,353 1,610,290 1.20%
NN14 264,642,629 3,339,149 1.26%
NN11 210,042,576 3,167,076 1.51%
NN9 80,904,848 1,776,822 2.20%
NN17 96,360,879 2,943,702 3.05%
NN10 32,210,593 2,013,470 6.25%
NN18 24,212,085 1,857,295 7.67%
NN8 36,428,930 2,943,531 8.08%
NN15 24,149,917 2,186,554 9.05%
NN16 15,464,473 1,519,758 9.83%
NN3 33,575,364 3,365,680 10.02%
NN5 18,614,750 1,964,540 10.55%
NN4 31,946,068 3,607,326 11.29%
NN2 13,192,800 1,491,636 11.31%
NN1 6,110,279 1,483,603 24.28%
Total 1,897,834,436 44,599,537 2.35%
Map of the NN postcode area
Boundary map showing NN in relation to neighbouring areas.
Map of post towns in the NN postal area
Post towns within the NN postal area.

Area measurements

Hectares1,897,836
Square miles7,327.58
Square feet204,281,169,204.00
Square kilometres18,978.36

Postal delivery offices

  • Badby Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Blakesley Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Bozeat Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Brackley Delivery Office
  • Brafield-on-the-green Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Braunston Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Bugbrooke Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Charwelton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Cogenhoe Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Corby Delivery Office
  • Creaton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Crick Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Daventry Delivery Office
  • Earls Barton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Ecton Wayside Office
  • Ever Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Fine Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Flore Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Greens Norton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Guilsborough Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Hanging Houghton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Irchester Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Kettering Delivery Office
  • Kislingbury Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Little Houghton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Long Buckby Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Moulton (nn3) Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Naseby Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Nether Heyford Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Newnham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Northampton Central Delivery Office
  • Northampton East Nn3a Delivery Office
  • Northampton East Nn3b Delivery Office
  • Northampton North Delivery Office
  • Northampton Rurals Delivery Office
  • Northampton South Nn4a Delivery Office
  • Northampton South Nn4b Delivery Office
  • Northampton West Delivery Office
  • Overstone Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Pattishall Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Potterspury Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Raunds Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Rushden Delivery Office
  • Silverstone Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Spratton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Stanwick Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Staverton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Towcester Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Upper Boddington Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Walgrave Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wappenham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Watford (nn6) Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wee Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Welford Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wellingborough Delivery Office
  • West Had Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wollaston Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Woodford Halse Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Yardley Gobion Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Yardley Hastings Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Yelvertoft Scale Payment Delivery Office

Tourist attractions within the area

We found 10 visitor attractions within the Northampton postcode area.

Canons Ashby House
Historic Properties
Historic Monument / Archaeological Site
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78 Derngate
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Harrington Aviation Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Salcey Forest
Country Parks
Country Park
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The Piddington Roman Villa Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Rushton Triangular Lodge
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Wellingborough Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Wollaston Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Kirby Hall
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Top Lodge, Fineshade Woods
Country Parks
Country Park
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Nearby postcode areas

CV LE PE OX MK

Neighbouring context

The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: CV - Coventry, LE - Leicester, PE - Peterborough, OX - Oxford and MK - Milton Keynes and is located inland.

Towns and villages within the area

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