"GPs in the area. The Bow PDSA Pet Hospital is located in northwest Bow on Malmesbury Road. The London E postcode area including the E3 postcode was originally formed in 1866, with mail services provided by Royal Mail. Bow is in the Bow district but also partly in the Olympic Park district E20. Since the closure of the East London mail centre in 2012, all inward mail for the E postcode area is now sorted at Romford Mail Centre. A delivery office called the Bow Delivery Office is located in north Bow on Tredegar Road. Two rapid transit systems serve"
"in Stratford, the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts, with the historic postal district names in ""italics"", is as follows: <onlyinclude> ! E1 ! E1W ! E2 ! E3 ! E4 ! E5 ! E6 ! E7 ! E8 ! E9 ! E10 ! E11 ! E12 ! E13 ! E14 ! E15 ! E16 ! E17 ! E18 ! E20 ! E77 ! E98 </onlyinclude> The E1 postcode district has a River Thames frontage to the south and is central to London. Postcode districts E6, E14 and E16 also have river frontages"
"number of major blue-chip sponsors for the Olympics, who are entitled to have their name exclusively associated with the event. As a consequence, any other company that provided sponsorship was not permitted to use its name or branding during the games, which includes as part of the name of any venue. Thus, three Olympic venues were temporarily renamed for the duration of the Games: The Olympic Zone encompassed all of the facilities within the Olympic Park in Stratford. This park was developed on existing waste and industrial land, and is seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. The"
"featured an Olympic or Paralympic sport and the London 2012 logo. As it had done during the Olympics, Royal Mail honoured Britain's Paralympic gold medallists by painting a post box gold in each of their home towns (along with an additional post box outside the National Spinal Injuries Centre in Stoke Mandeville, in honour of its role in the Games' history), and featured them on commemorative stamps released throughout the Games. Royal Mail originally planned only to release a series of six stamps with group portraits of Britain's medallists; however, the decision was met with backlash from critics, who argued"
"Olympiad. Each stamp featured an Olympic or Paralympic sport and in addition carried the London 2012 logo. The Royal Mail had initially proposed that photographs be included as well but this was abandoned as the photos would have to be of dead people as the only living person allowed to feature on stamps in the United Kingdom is the Queen. Stamps with an Olympic theme go back to the very first games in Athens in 1890 when the organisers commissioned the sale of stamps in order to balance the books and construct the last four venues. When London first held"
"1855–1965, which was somewhat smaller, or the Greater London area created in 1965, which was much bigger. Addresses in the London post town, an area of (or 40% of Greater London), did not include a county; however, the rest of Greater London (60% of its area) formed parts of other post towns in the postal counties of Surrey, Kent, Essex, Middlesex and Hertfordshire. For example, Wembley Stadium had a postal address of ""Wembley, Middlesex"" rather than ""London"". Some London boroughs were split between multiple postal counties: for example Barnet had sections in the London postal district (e.g. Golders Green) and"
"London postal district The London postal district is the area in England of to which mail addressed to the LONDON post town is delivered. The General Post Office at the control of the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history has been subject to gradual periodic reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units, with the early loss of two compass points and a minor retraction in 1866. It was integrated by the Post Office into the national postcode system of the United Kingdom during the early 1970s and corresponds to"
"postcode area originated in 1857 as the N district of London. In 1917 it was subdivided into 22 numbered districts. The Northern head district was designated as N1 and the rest of the numbering followed the alphabetical order of the other districts' main names. Most districts include local areas known by their own specific names (see table below). The official post town for all N postcodes is LONDON; district names do not form an essential part of postal addresses. To accommodate redevelopment in Kings Cross Central, a new district N1C was created in 2010. The N area also includes two"
"removed from the London postal district altogether. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! NE1 ! NE2 ! NE3 ! NE4 ! NE5 ! NE6 ! NE7 ! NE8 ! NE9 ! NE10 ! NE11 ! NE12 ! NE13 ! NE15 ! NE16 ! NE17 ! NE18 ! NE19 ! NE20 ! NE21 ! NE22 ! NE23 ! NE24 ! NE25 ! NE26 ! NE27 ! NE28 ! NE29 ! NE30 ! NE31 ! NE32 ! NE33 ! NE34 ! NE35 ! NE36 ! NE37 ! NE38 ! NE39 ! NE40 ! NE41 ! NE42 ! NE43 ! NE44"
"Mount Pleasant Mail Centre The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre (often shortened as Mount Pleasant, known internally as the Mount and officially known as the London Central Mail Centre) is a mail centre operated by Royal Mail in London, England. The site has previously operated as one of the largest sorting offices in the world. It is located in the London Borough of Islington, on the boundary with the London Borough of Camden. The street called Mount Pleasant ironically gained its name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump cinders and other refuse. The centre was officially opened on"
"II R"" but there were objections because Queen Elizabeth is the first Queen of Scotland and of the United Kingdom to bear that name, Elizabeth I having been Queen of England only. After several E II R pillar boxes were blown up by improvised explosive devices, the General Post Office (as it was at that time) replaced them with ones which only bore the Crown of Scotland and no royal cypher. Red telephone boxes or kiosks of type K6 were also treated in the same way. To mark the 2012 Summer Olympics, Royal Mail, Isle of Man Post and Guernsey"
"SE postcode area The SE (South Eastern) postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area, is the part of the London post town covering part of south-east London, England. It loosely corresponds to the London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lewisham and Royal Borough of Greenwich, the northern part of the London Borough of Croydon, the eastern part of the London Borough of Lambeth, the western part of the London Borough of Bexley and the northwestern part of the London Borough of Bromley. The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SE district. In 1868 it gained"
"comprised the ""outer area of the London postal region"". The inner and outer areas together comprised the London postal region. London postal district The London postal district is the area in England of to which mail addressed to the LONDON post town is delivered. The General Post Office at the control of the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history has been subject to gradual periodic reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units, with the early loss of two compass points and a minor retraction in 1866. It was integrated"
"commercial redevelopment. The remaining operational part of the site is being modernised. The site is the mail centre of the EC postcode area, the N postcode area, the W1 postcode district and the WC postcode area. Mount Pleasant Mail Centre The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre (often shortened as Mount Pleasant, known internally as the Mount and officially known as the London Central Mail Centre) is a mail centre operated by Royal Mail in London, England. The site has previously operated as one of the largest sorting offices in the world. It is located in the London Borough of Islington, on"
"W1U ! W1W ! W2 ! W3 ! W4 ! W5 ! W6 ! W7 ! W8 ! W9 ! W10 ! W11 ! W12 ! W13 ! W14 </onlyinclude> Postcode districts W1 and W2 are central to London, and W3 to W14 radiate outwards to the west. The boundaries of the area and its numbered districts have changed over time and are the result of the working requirements of the Royal Mail. They are not tied to those of the local authority areas served answer so a locality name might describe varying areas. W1 is almost entirely in the"
"Manor Park, London Manor Park is a residential area in London, forming a part of the London Borough of Newham. It is bordered by Forest Gate to the west, and further west lies Stratford, home to Stratford City and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Manor Park was part of the County Borough of East Ham, Essex, until 1965, when Greater London was created. The area postcode is and is part of London post town. Romford Road – a stretch of the A118 road – runs for much of its length in Newham, and provides the main road route through Manor"
"soap opera ""Coronation Street"" uses M10 as the district for its setting of Weatherfield, with the street itself having the postcode M10 9KC. The M30 district originally included Cadishead and Eccles but these were recoded to M44 in 1994.<br> The M31 district originally included Davyhulme, Flixton and Urmston but these were recoded to M41 in 1994. The M50 district was formed out of the M5 district in 2002. Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Manchester along with other major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield was divided into numbered postcode districts. With a few exceptions these were directly"
"E postcode area The E (Eastern) postcode area, also known as the London E postcode area, is the part of the London post town covering much of the east of Greater London, England as well as Sewardstone, Essex. Since the closure of the East London mail centre during the summer of 2012, mail for the E postcode area is now sorted at Romford Mail Centre, along with mail for the IG and RM postcode areas. The current E postcode area was originally formed in 1866 as a merger of the E and NE areas, which had been created in 1858."
"asked to suggest brave medical professionals, the Metropolitan Police Service to suggest brave police officers, and, in light of the park's name, the General Post Office was asked to suggest heroic postal workers. The Metropolitan Police suggested the names of three officers who had died while rescuing others, and on 15 October 1930 tablets to the three officers, manufactured by Royal Doulton to a similar design to their previous tablets, were added to the second row and unveiled by Hastings Lees-Smith, the Postmaster-General, in a ceremony also commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the park, attended by Mary"
"London Stadium London Stadium (formerly and also known as Olympic Stadium and The Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, east of central London. It was originally constructed for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics—serving as the track and field venue, and as the site of their opening and closing ceremonies. Following the Games, the stadium was subsequently renovated as a multi-purpose stadium, with its primary tenant becoming West Ham United F.C. Land preparation for"
"L postcode area The L postcode area, also known as the Liverpool postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire, specifically around Liverpool in England and including Bootle, Ormskirk and Prescot. In 1999, postcodes for the Wirral Peninsula (L41–49, L60–66) were transferred from L to the CH postcode area. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! L1 ! L2 ! L3 ! L4 ! L5 ! L6 ! L7 ! L8 ! L9 ! L10 ! L11 ! L12 ! L13 ! L14 ! L15 ! L16 ! L17 ! L18 ! L19 !"
"(192 km) from central London. The earlier stages of the football competition were played at football stadia around the country including: The Olympic Village was located in Lower Lea Valley in east London. The area was then underdeveloped, and thus a well-suited place to construct the village. Because the Olympic Village is located within the Olympic Park, about 75 percent of athletes would be within 15 minutes of their venues; this compact design, according to double Olympic decathlon gold medallist Daley Thompson, would ""make [the experience] so much more inspirating [sic] and real"". When the games are over, the Village"
"but the BBC stayed firm, and Smith and Holland had to concede that, with the massive task of getting the Elstree Studios operational, January was the most realistic date. However, this was later to be changed to February. The project had a number of working titles—""Square Dance"", ""Round the Square"", ""Round the Houses"", ""London Pride"" and ""East 8"". It was the latter that stuck (E8 is the postcode for Hackney) in the early months of creative process. However, the show was renamed after many casting agents mistakenly thought the show was to be called ""Estate"", and the fictional postcode E20"
"Olympic Park, Montreal The Olympic Park (French: ""Parc olympique"") is a district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which was home to many of the venues from the 1976 Summer Olympics. It is bound by Sherbrooke Street to the west, Viau Street to the north, Pierre de Coubertin Avenue to the east, and Pie-IX Boulevard to the south. Structures in the district include the: Adjacent to the park across Sherbrooke Street is Maisonneuve Park, which contains the Montreal Botanical Garden (Olympic host of Athletics (20 km walk) and Modern pentathlon) and Montreal Insectarium. In October 2017, an area in the park that"
"at the Olympic Stadium, the Great White City Stadium in Shepherd's Bush in London. The Polytechnic Harriers were also tasked with organising a Marathon Trial Race, to be run along most of the Olympic Marathon route. By April 1908, a revised map of the course of the Trial Race was published, also showing the intended course of the Olympic Marathon. It had by this time been decided to fix the Olympic Marathon distance at ""about 26 miles"" to the stadium, plus a lap of the track (), using the Royal Entrance as the marathon tunnel, and finishing at the normal"
"EC postcode area The EC (Eastern Central) postcode area, also known as the London EC postal area, is a group of postcode districts in central London, England. It includes almost all of the City of London and parts of the London Boroughs of Islington, Camden, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Westminster. The area covered is of very high density development. Deliveries for the EC postcode area are made from Mount Pleasant Mail Centre. The current postcode districts are relatively-recent divisions of the EC1, EC2, EC3 and EC4 districts, which were established in 1917. When the districts are used for purposes other"
"in New York with its own United States Postal Service zip code, 11005. The zip code is addressed as Floral Park even though the towers are neither in nor adjacent to the Floral Park, Queens neighborhood or the Village of Floral Park. Queens postal zones do not reflect neighborhood or even political boundaries. The neighborhood where the North Shore Towers were built was a rural, unnamed section of Flushing, part of a land grant to Massachusetts settlers. In 1923, the Glen Oaks Golf Club was built, created on purchased from William K. Vanderbilt II's country estate. By 1971, the golf"
"GIR 0AA was used for the National Girobank until its closure in 2003. A non-geographic series of postcodes, starting with BX, is used by some banks and government departments. A fictional address is also used by Royal Mail for letters to Santa Claus, more commonly known as Santa or Father Christmas: Previously, the postcode SAN TA1 was used. In Finland the special postal code 99999 is for Korvatunturi, the place where Santa Claus (""Joulupukki"" in Finnish) is said to live, although mail is delivered to the Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi. In Canada the amount of mail sent to Santa"
"in the last minute and was commissioned weeks later to re-design the tower, now more futuristic, but maybe damaging the purity of the design. Anella Olímpica The Anella Olímpica (, ""Olympic Ring"") is an Olympic Park located in the hill of Montjuïc, Barcelona, that was the main site for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The major facilities consist of the Olympic Stadium, or Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower designed by Santiago Calatrava, the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) and the Picornell swimming pools. The Joan Antoni Samarach Olympic and Sports Museum is also"
"and post code alone, however this is against Royal Mail guidelines who request a full address at all times. The London post town covers 40% of Greater London. On inception (in 1857/8) it was divided into ten postal districts: EC (East Central), WC (West Central), N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, and NW. The S and NE sectors were later abolished. In 1917, as a wartime measure to improve efficiency, these were subdivided with a number applied to each sub-district, with the area served directly by the district head office as ""1"" with the others allocated alphabetically by delivery"
"that a 'desirable' postcode may add significantly to the value of property, and property developers have tried to no avail to have Royal Mail alter the boundaries of postal districts so that new developments will sound as though they are in a richer area, whether in capital, personal income or both. Parliament, which first established the London postal district, then created the narrower County of London (1889–1965) and replaced it with the much larger county of Greater London. However, there has been very little change in London postal district boundaries. Being in a London postcode inaccurately gives a broad definition"
"planning to commemorate only Olympic gold medallists, on 15 August 2012, Royal Mail confirmed that gold medallists at the 2012 London Paralympics would also be similarly recognised with boxes and stamps. On 19 September 2012, the Royal Mail relented to public pressure and decided to also commemorate Paralympians who won gold medals while competing for Ireland, reversing their position that ""the stamps and gold post boxes were specifically for gold medal winning Olympian and Paralympians who competed for Team GB."" On 2 November 2012, it was announced the boxes would retain their new colour permanently, and would also receive a"
"to the marathon and the history of the games. The marathon was first introduced in the Modern Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, and was originally a 40-kilometre race from Marathon, northeast of Athens, to the Olympic Stadium. The spirit of the Winter Olympics is captured in these two stamps, the result of a collaborative conceptual effort by Susan Mavor and Scot Geib of Metaform Communication Design, a design studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Designed by q30design inc. from Toronto, the stamp features an abstract image of an athlete with hands overhead carrying a flag. The colours of red,"