GU2 postcode district
GU2, in the GU (Guildford) postcode area, has 675 live and 1,039 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 325 roads under it.
| postcode area | GU (Guildford) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 675 |
| terminated postcodes | 1,039 |
| sectors | 6 |
| roads listed | 325 |
| companies registered | 1,874 |
| centroid | 51.24565, -0.59414 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
675 of the district's 1,714 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 51.24565, -0.59414, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| GU2 4 | 106 | 43 |
| GU2 5 | 0 | 385 |
| GU2 6 | 0 | 391 |
| GU2 7 | 186 | 103 |
| GU2 8 | 161 | 47 |
| GU2 9 | 222 | 70 |
Companies registered in GU2
Companies House lists 1,874 companies with a registered office in GU2; 234 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for GU2
- Guildford
- Surrey
- South East
Roads filed under GU2
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Abbot's Close
- Agraria Road
- Alan Turing Road
- Aldershot Road
- Alexander Fleming Road
- Alresford Road
- Anderson Close
- Angelica Road
- Annandale Road
- Applegarth Avenue
- Ardmore Avenue
- Ardmore Way
- Artington Walk
- Ashenden Road
- Ash Grove
- Baden Road
- Badger Close
- Bannister's Road
- Barnwood Close
- Barnwood Court
- Barnwood Road
- Barrack Road
- Beckingham Road
- Beechcroft Drive
- Beech Grove
- Beech Lane
- Belmont Avenue
- Belvedere Close
- Benbrick Road
- Blackwell Avenue
- Bray Road
- Bridgehill Close
- Brierly Close
- Brittens Close
- Broad Street
- Broomfield
- Bryanstone Avenue
- Bryanstone Close
- Bryanstone Grove
- Burden Way
- Burrows Close
- Bury Fields
- Bury Street
- Byrefield Road
- Cabell Road
- Canterbury Road
- Caraway Place
- Cardamom Close
- Cardwells Keep
- Carroll Place
- Cathedral Close
- Cathedral Hill
- Cathedral View
- Catherines Place
- Chapelhouse Close
- Chatham Mews
- Cherry Tree Avenue
- Chester Close
- Chestnut Avenue
- Cinnamon Gardens
all 325 roads
- Clayton Drive
- Clover Road
- Coachlads Avenue
- Cobbett Road
- Cook Way
- Coppice Close
- Coriander Crescent
- Crowcroft Close
- Cumberland Avenue
- Curling Vale
- Daphne Jackson Road
- Dayspring
- Deacon Field
- Deeprose Close
- Deerbarn Road
- Denzil Road
- Derby Road
- Devon Bank
- Downing Avenue
- Duchess of Kent Close
- Dunmore
- Dunsdon Avenue
- Durham Close
- East Meads
- Eastway
- Egerton Road
- Ellis Avenue
- Elmbank Avenue
- Elmside
- Ely Place
- Emmanuel Close
- Ernst Chain Road
- Escombe Drive
- Exeter Place
- Fairborne Way
- Fairfield Close
- Fairfield Rise
- Farm Walk
- Farnham Road
- Fentum Road
- Ferry Lane
- Firsway
- Flower Walk
- Forster Road
- Foxburrows Avenue
- Francis Crick Road
- Franks Road
- Frederick Sanger Road
- Friar's Gate
- Galvins Close
- Gardeners Way
- Genyn Road
- Giffard Way
- Gill Avenue
- Gloucester Road
- Goddard Close
- Grange Close
- Grange Road
- Grantley Gardens
- Grantley Road
- Greville Close
- Guildford Business Park Road
- Guildford Park Avenue
- Guildford Park Road
- Guildown Avenue
- Guildown Road
- Hallowes Close
- Hamilton Close
- Hamilton Drive
- Hamilton Place
- Hannah Gardens
- Harts Gardens
- Hartshill
- Heather Close
- Hedgeway
- Henderson Avenue
- Henley Bank
- Hereford Close
- Heron Close
- High View Road
- Hillcrest Road
- Hillspur Close
- Hillspur Road
- Hill View Crescent
- Hitherbury Close
- Hollow Close
- Homestall
- Hopkin Close
- Humbolt Close
- Hunts Close
- Huxley Road
- Irwin Road
- Iveagh Road
- James Black Road
- John Russell Close
- Johnston Walk
- Kings Yard
- Kirkefields
- Knox Road
- Langley Place
- Lawn Road
- Lincoln Road
- Linkway
- Litchfield Way
- Little Platt
- Little Street
- Ludlow Road
- Lynchmere Place
- Lynwood
- Lyons Drive
- Macdowall Road
- Madrid Road
- Mandeville Close
- Manor Crescent
- Manor Gardens
- Manor Road
- Manor Way
- Mansel Close
- Mareschal Road
- Marjoram Close
- Martin Road
- Medawar Road
- Michael Lane
- Midleton Industrial Estate Road
- Midleton Road
- Millmead
- Millmead Terrace
- Monro Drive
- Montgomerie Drive
- Mount Pleasant
- Mountside
- Nether Mount
- New Cross Road
- North Road
- Northway
- Nugent Road
- Oak Leaf Close
- Oakwood
- Occam Road
- Old Court Road
- Old Palace Road
- Old Portsmouth Road
- Orchard Road
- Oregano Way
- Palmer's Lodge
- Park Barn Drive
- Park Barn East
- Parkhurst Road
- Park View Close
- Peak Road
- Pennings Avenue
- Pentreath Avenue
- Percy Road
- Peterborough Road
- Pickering Place
- Poltimore Road
- Pond Meadow
- Porridge Pot Alley
- Portsmouth Road
- Powell Close
- Priestley Road
- Princess Mary Close
- Queen's Drive
- Queen Eleanor's Road
- Railton Road
- Raymond Crescent
- Regalfield Close
- Regan Close
- Regent Court
- Reindorp Close
- Richard Meyjes Road
- Rickyard
- Ridgemount
- Ripon Close
- River Mount Gardens
- Rivett-Drake Close
- Robin Way
- Roman Farm Road
- Ronald Ross Road
- Rookwood Court
- Rosalind Franklin Close
- Rosemary Crescent
- Roundhill Way
- Rupert Road
- Rushmoor Close
- Rydes Avenue
- Rydes Hill Crescent
- Rydes Hill Road
- Rye Close
- Saffron Platt
- Salt Box Road
- Sandalwood
- Scholars Walk
- School Meadow
- Scillonian Road
- Scott Close
- Scouts Lane
- Shackleton Walk
- Sheepfold Road
- Shelton Close
- Shepherd's Hill
- Shepherd's Lane
- Somertons Close
- South Road
- Southway
- Stag Hill
- St Catherine's Drive
- Stephenson Road
- Stirling Road
- St John's Close
- St John's Road
- St Marys Way
- Stoney Brook
- Surrey Way
- Tamarind Close
- Tarragon Drive
- Tenniel Close
- Testard Road
- Teviot Close
- The Chase
- The Crescent
- The Crossways
- The Drive
- The Gables
- The Meadows
- The Mount
- The Oval
- The Quadrangle
- The Valley
- Thorn Bank
- Thornton Close
- Thorpes Close
- Torrens Close
- Turnham Close
- Tylehost
- Upper Guildown Road
- Upperton Road
- Vernon Way
- Vicarage Gate
- Waggon Close
- Wake Close
- Waltham Avenue
- Wendy Crescent
- West Meads
- Weston Road
- Westway
- Weydown Close
- Weydown Lane
- Whateley Close
- Wherwell Road
- Whitfield Close
- Wilderness Road
- Williams Walk
- Windsor Close
- Wodeland Avenue
- Woodbridge Hill
- Woodbridge Hill Gardens
- Woodcote
- Woodhatch Place
- Woodside Road
- Worcester Road
- Worplesdon Road
- A31
- A322
- A323
Check an address in GU2
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=GU2" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about GU2
- What does a GU2 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the GU2 district of the GU (Guildford) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Guildford. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 675 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest GU2
- GU12.1 km
- GU32.4 km
- GU43.8 km
- GU76.4 km
- GU57.9 km
- GU227.9 km
- GU238.1 km
- GU218.5 km
- GU129.4 km
- GU249.7 km
- GU811.4 km
- GU1611.4 km
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