UK address: district or county? [closed]
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I need to understand a little about UK address before I travel to there. I have this:
18 CONTESSA CLOSE
locality: KINGS HILL,
city: WEST MALLING
district: TONBRIDGE AND MALLING,
county: KENT
ME19 4PG
My questions are:
is district inside county (a county has a few district)?
What is locality?
When I write a letter to that address, do I have to write every line of above?
Best Answer
I need to understand a little about UK address before I travel to there.
No you don't, if you are a normal visitor. Lots of people travel to the UK with little or no comprehension of how UK postal addresses work. I expect a large number of UK citizens have no comprehensive understanding of the structure of UK postal addresses according to Royal Mail. Most people just effectively copy and paste addresses.
When I write a letter to that address, do I have to write every line of above?
Normally you would copy whatever you are given, but you would omit all the classification words ending in a colon
18 CONTESSA CLOSE
KINGS HILL,
WEST MALLING
TONBRIDGE AND MALLING,
KENT
ME19 4PG
As others have said, in 99% of cases, the first and last lines are sufficient but most people just copy whatever they are given without worrying about it.
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Does UK address Need county?
Whilst a county line is now an optional feature of an address, it can be included in any UK address if desired. The county line was historically inserted between the post town and postcode, but where the post town is situated in a different county, it makes more more logical sense to include it as the last line.What does District mean in address UK?
The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.What is the correct address format for UK?
Unlike an American address, where the town, state and ZIP code appear on the same line, the town and postcode is written on separate lines for a UK address. On the line after the street name, you need to write the town or city, followed by the postcode on the next line.Should I put UK or England as an address?
The USPS prefers that all mail to England, Scotland, or Wales be addressed with GREAT BRITAIN. Northern Ireland should be addressed as NORTHERN IRELAND. (The United States Postal Service has computer systems that use UK as an abbreviation for "Ukraine".)Understanding what local councils do
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Answer 2
Translating it with an Americanized point of view ...
- county = state
- district = county
- city = city
- locality = neighborhood
Personally I would write out everything just to be safe. My address in Thailand has numerous districts, sub-districts, etc and have had some mail come through without every line and some that got sent back.
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