User:Richardguk/IG postcode area

The IG postcode area, also known as the Ilford postcode area, is a group of 11 postal districts in England, which are subdivisions of six post towns. The majority of these postal districts cover part of north east and east London.

The main sorting office is in Ilford and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. A small part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest is covered by the IG8 postal district. Part of the Epping Forest district of Essex is covered by the IG7, IG9 and IG10 postal districts.

Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

! scope="row" | IG1 ! scope="row" | IG2 ! scope="row" | IG3 ! scope="row" | IG4 ! scope="row" | IG5 ! scope="row" | IG6 ! scope="row" | IG7 ! scope="row" | IG8 ! scope="row" | IG9 ! scope="row" | IG10 ! scope="row" | IG11
 * ILFORD
 * Ilford
 * Redbridge
 * ILFORD
 * Gants Hill, Newbury Park
 * Redbridge
 * ILFORD
 * Seven Kings
 * Redbridge
 * ILFORD
 * Redbridge
 * Redbridge
 * ILFORD
 * Clayhall
 * Redbridge
 * ILFORD
 * Barkingside
 * Redbridge
 * CHIGWELL
 * Chigwell, Hainault
 * Epping Forest, Redbridge
 * WOODFORD GREEN
 * Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge
 * Redbridge, Waltham Forest
 * BUCKHURST HILL
 * Buckhurst Hill
 * Epping Forest
 * LOUGHTON
 * Loughton
 * Epping Forest
 * BARKING
 * Barking
 * Barking and Dagenham
 * }

London E19
In April 2005, a local businessman started a campaign to have IG1 postcodes changed to London E19, on the pretext that IG1 is not recognised as a London postcode. He argued that so doing would help local businesses. A Royal Mail spokesman, however, said campaigners in Ilford had "virtually no hope" of changing their postcode. This had previously been raised by the then GLC politician Serge Lourie in the 1970s and similarly rejected. Ilford had been removed from the London postal district in 1866. This move has the opposite motives to a group in London SE2 who wish to have their postcode changed to adjacent DA7 citing higher insurance for their houses, belongings and cars as reason to change. Royal Mail said they have never changed the first part of a postcode for these reasons.

Adjacent areas
Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: RM (Romford), SE (London SE), E (London E), EN (Enfield), CM (Chelmsford). The southern boundary is the River Thames. Part of the western boundary is the North Circular Road and the River Roding.