W1 postcode district
W1, in the W (West London) postcode area, has 0 live and 1 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files no road under it.
| postcode area | W (West London) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 0 |
| terminated postcodes | 1 |
| sectors | 1 |
| roads listed | 0 |
| companies registered | 10 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
0 of the district's 1 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.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| W1 3 | 0 | 1 |
Companies registered in W1
Companies House lists 10 companies with a registered office in W1 (1 October 2026 snapshot).
Places OS Open Names lists for W1
No places have been applied to the district's postcodes on this server yet.
Roads filed under W1
OS Open Names files no road under W1, so a street here cannot be confirmed from the register and the lookup answers about the postcode alone.
Check an address in W1
Common questions about W1
- What does a W1 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the W1 district of the W (West London) postcode area. The district alone does not place a street, and none of its postcodes is live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026.
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.
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