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These are the ten correct postcode areas:
CR0 (Croydon) / IG1 (Ilford)
EC4 (City) / SM6 (Sutton: Wallington)
HA9 (Harrow: Wembley) / RM10 (Romford: Dagenham)
W12 (Shepherd's Bush) / SW15 (Putney)
N17 (Tottenham) / SE18 (Woolwich)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 8:00 a.m. | #
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Of the rest...
» RD, GR and UX do not exist
» WC only goes up to 2
» KT7 is Thames Ditton, outside London
» BR only goes up to 8
» NW only goes up to 11
» NE is Newcastle (and NE14 doesn't exist)
» S is Sheffield (and S16 doesn't exist)
» E jumps from E18 up to E20
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 8:01 a.m. | #
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So how did you get on?
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 8:02 a.m. | #
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I Am Number 6.
Ben | 04.09.18 - 8:03 a.m. | #
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7!
MS | 04.09.18 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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9/10
*shakes fists at UX8*
Geofftech | 04.09.18 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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A lucky 8.
Kevin | 04.09.18 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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I got 8 - got caught out by WC3 and KT7.
I knew that there is no NE and no S postcode in London, which helped.
Stephen | 04.09.18 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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9 ... put BR11 instead of RM10☹️
Liz | 04.09.18 - 8:16 a.m. | #
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10/10! Hurrah
Lucy | 04.09.18 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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8/10, better than I expected at first glance.
RosemaryT | 04.09.18 - 8:34 a.m. | #
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Sutton caught me out! 9 out of 10.
HoosierSands | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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8/10 worse than expected - especially for an ex-postie!
Cornish Cockney | 04.09.18 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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9.Like Liz, it was the 50/50 toss up between RM10/BR11.
I plumped for Bromley, thinking it's the bigger borough; but probably Havering has a greater density?
I've got a London map somewhere listing all of it's postcodes.
Dave | 04.09.18 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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8 same as @Stephen
B | 04.09.18 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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8/10. Included KT7 and E19 (thought it was a new Olympic Pk code), missed EC4 and SW15.
Keith | 04.09.18 - 8:54 a.m. | #
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Only an 8. UX8 and KT7 did for me.
Ken F | 04.09.18 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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As a delivery driver, 10/10 although ummd and ahhd over the SM6 and KT7
myrtown | 04.09.18 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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I got 9, ticking KT7 instead of SM6. I blame the influence of my ex-wife who was brought up in Edgware and referred to the then Southern Region as "little green man country."
Still, not bad for someone who moved away from the London area in 1980!
Ian | 04.09.18 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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9/10
Ironically, I was in KT7 last night, as I am every Monday, so that is a dreadful mistake.
RM10 would have been my next one, but I couldn't see what was wrong.
Good quiz.
Ken | 04.09.18 - 9:32 a.m. | #
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I got 8 correct, I am a little disappointed in myself.
Michael Dover | 04.09.18 - 9:33 a.m. | #
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Not very well. But every single one I got wrong elicited the immediate thought "Yes, I knew that really".
Malcolm | 04.09.18 - 9:40 a.m. | #
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9/10. *shakes fist at KT7*
Mark C | 04.09.18 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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9! (NW13 unlucky for some.)
More strictly, as far as Royal Mail are concerned, not postcode areas but postcode districts.
Rich G | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 10:04 a.m. | #
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Foxed by KT7. Otherwise fine :)
Mike Newman | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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9 - KT7 got me too.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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10/10. KT7 was a bit of a stinker. S for Sheffield was good - except that Sheffield changes its postcodes more often than its underwear...
Torqueback | 04.09.18 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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Sorry about KT7. But I suspect the real trip-hazard is not knowing that Sutton is SM.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 10:27 a.m. | #
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<Comment moved to 2013 post on postcodes.>
Rich G | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 10:40 a.m. | #
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9/10 - UX8 caught me out.
DB | 04.09.18 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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Seven.
Milo | 04.09.18 - 11:30 a.m. | #
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9/10. As Bromley is such a big borough I thought BR11 was possible.
RayL | 04.09.18 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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Only nine. Got caught out on KT7 !
Jo W | 04.09.18 - 11:57 a.m. | #
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Five, with a double at the bottom row!
Patrickov | 04.09.18 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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9/10 - WC3 was my error and I failed to get SM6.
PC | 04.09.18 - 12:46 p.m. | #
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Darn! 9/10 I put KT7 instead of SM6. Annoying as I'm from Epsom which is near to both of those!
ian brooker | 04.09.18 - 12:57 p.m. | #
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7 here too. I was also caught out by KT7 which I knew existed but not where it was.
Moogal | 04.09.18 - 1:02 p.m. | #
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RD, GR and UX? Are you sure you’re not a man who likes buses? 😂
Phil | 04.09.18 - 1:09 p.m. | #
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All right...except I put KT7 instead of SM6. That's just how forgettable Sutton is.
EonLeader | 04.09.18 - 1:13 p.m. | #
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Surprised myself with a 9 !
Spotted the pitfalls such as NE and S, but tripped up by KingsTon KT7 instead of Sutton and CheaM SM6.
Gerry | 04.09.18 - 1:27 p.m. | #
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8/10 couple of schoolboy errors on the top 2 rows, then redeemed myself!
As someone who lives in NW11 it sometimeS puzzles me why it's the highest NW code when it neighbours NW2, NW3 and NW4.
dg writes: Here's why. Thanks Rich.
Mikey C | 04.09.18 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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Not to be pedantic but se18 covers Woolwich and plumstead
Rachel | 04.09.18 - 1:57 p.m. | #
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Excellent little lunchtime diversion. Score withheld.
TomH | 04.09.18 - 2:09 p.m. | #
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Ten, with one lucky guess (plumped for RM ratger than BR)
None | 04.09.18 - 3:20 p.m. | #
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I got 6 and I'm really pleased with that score.
The reason I didn't go for E19 is because I had the feeling that it is the postcode for Walford in East Enders so didn't exist.
Barry | 04.09.18 - 4:05 p.m. | #
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9/10
KT7 and RM10 swapped around.
I was always going to get SM6, since I live there. :)
Chz | 04.09.18 - 4:37 p.m. | #
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8/10
I was hovering between RD2 and IG1, Went wrong way cos I thought IG1 might have been confusing with similar number and letter even though I thought it existed.
KT7 caught me out, I knew it existed cos it was part of my sales area. Just as at school 50 years ago - read the question carefully, boy!
David Sheriton | 04.09.18 - 4:56 p.m. | #
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7
*hangs head*
Gladys | 04.09.18 - 5:02 p.m. | #
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10/10
As a couple of others mentioned found RM10 / BR11 the most uncertain, but couldn't remember having heard of or seeing BR11.
Lorenzo | 04.09.18 - 5:06 p.m. | #
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If you guessed at random...
Probability of getting 5 right: 31%
Probability of getting 6 right: 23%
Probability of getting 7 right: 9%
Probability of getting 8 right: 2%
Probability of getting 9 right: 0.25%
Probability of getting 10 right: 0.01%
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 5:10 p.m. | #
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it was 50/50 on each line right?
and i got 50/50 out of the correct ones!
so i got 4 right
would i been better of guessing at random?
dg writes: To your first question, no.
To your last question, yes.
Grumpy Anon | 04.09.18 - 5:53 p.m. | #
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Ah you got me with the WC3 one. I knew WC only covers central London, so it MUST be right. I hadn't considerd it might not exist at all!
Jon Combe | Homepage | 04.09.18 - 6:33 p.m. | #
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Pleased to have scored 10/10 (as one who has never lived in London), after some careful thought.
My thinking ...
BR11 seemed too high: if it exists, it's probably outside London.
Thought UX8 would be outside London (missed the obvious that Uxbridge is UB).
Nearly fell for WC3 - so thanks, DG, for the big clue only 2 correct on each row.
JG Morgan | 04.09.18 - 7:58 p.m. | #
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10 out 10. Easy.
Jonathan Dibb | 04.09.18 - 8:12 p.m. | #
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...so far i got the lowest score; in itself i see it as an achievement!
Grumpy Anon | 04.09.18 - 8:12 p.m. | #
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9/10 - failed to identify SM6
Frank F | 04.09.18 - 8:21 p.m. | #
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10. Either luckier than normal or even nerdier than I feared.
Good fun anyhow!
Alan | 04.09.18 - 9:01 p.m. | #
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Crap! The one of DG's quizzes I was sure I would pass 100% but I thought UX was Uxbridge and I left out SM6!
ABC | 04.09.18 - 9:04 p.m. | #
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This really isn't meant as a nasty pedantic comment: I genuinely don't think any of these are postcode areas, although many are postcode districts. Also, I genuinely don't know how to react to EC4, as it is neither an area (EC) nor a district (EC4x). Regardless, a great concept and some lovely red herrings and edge conditions.
DavidC | 04.09.18 - 9:09 p.m. | #
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@Gerry et al
SM = Sutton and Merton
Ken | 05.09.18 - 7:23 a.m. | #
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Late to the party but 7.
Mike | 05.09.18 - 9:28 a.m. | #
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4 - which is fitting, as i lived in EC4
Chris | 05.09.18 - 10:08 a.m. | #
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Thanks DG and Rich
Mikey C | 05.09.18 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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And of course a certain W12 postcode, W12 8QT, was once quite possibly the most recognised in the country. Certainly children of a certain generation learnt it from an early age.
Jona26 | 05.09.18 - 9:09 p.m. | #
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I got 9 out of 10 - very disappointed that I got UX8 wrong :(
Mike Harris | Homepage | 27.01.19 - 1:36 a.m. | #
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