🇬🇧 United Kingdom · England

Reading postcodes

Reading, England, has 10 postcode districts, from RG1 to RG31. Which one applies depends on the street address.

Postcode Districts
10
Population
318,014
Region
England
Coordinates
51.4562, -0.9711

All Reading postcode districts

RG1RG2RG4RG5RG6RG7RG8RG9RG30RG31

Includes codes within a few kilometres of the city centre. Data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and zipcodestack.

UK postcodes have two parts. These lists show the first part, the postcode district (outward code), e.g. SW1A. A full postcode such as SW1A 1AA covers around 15 addresses; the zipcodestack API covers 2.6 million full UK postcodes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the postcode of Reading?

Reading has 10 postcode districts in England. The right code depends on the street address; the list on this page shows all of them, starting with RG1.

How many postcode districts does Reading have?

Our data lists 10 postcode districts for Reading, United Kingdom. The list includes codes of the city centre and surrounding districts.

How do I find the exact postcode for an address in Reading?

Use the official postal service lookup or a geocoding API with the full street address. For software, the zipcodestack API returns city, region and coordinates for any postcode and can search codes by city or by radius.

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{
  "query": { "city": "Reading", "country": "gb" },
  "results": ["RG1", "…"]
}

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