23-462: The WD postcode area , also known as the Watford postcode area , is a group of eleven postcode districts in south-east England, within seven post towns . These cover south-west Hertfordshire (including Watford , Rickmansworth , Borehamwood , Kings Langley , Abbots Langley , Bushey and Radlett ), plus very small parts of Buckinghamshire and Greater London . Mail for this area is sorted at
46-699: A green field industrial area that once had a pit, brick works and later a reclamation yard on it. Natives of the town refer to themselves as Morleians. Notable Morleians include: Churwell, ll particularly the New Village development, is very near the Cottingley railway station on the Huddersfield Line , between Leeds and Morley . There are hourly train services to Huddersfield and Leeds , with increased frequency at peak times and additional destinations including Sheffield and Manchester in
69-424: A more unusual co-relation. For example, the postcode sector EH14 5 is split between three post towns: Juniper Green , Currie and Balerno . Its other postcode sectors are generally limited to one of these. Royal Mail states that the post town must be included on all items and should be clearly written in capitals. The use of postcodes means that it is no longer necessary to include the former postal county in
92-423: A postal address. Some post towns, known as special post towns , never required the inclusion of a postal county, either because the town was large or because it gave its name to the county. In most places, additional locality information such as a village or suburb name is optionally added above the post town, giving a more specific location: the two largest "post town" cities named, for example, have many roads of
115-499: A primary school. Churwell was formerly a township in the parish of Batley , in 1866 Churwell became a separate civil parish , 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Morley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,190. The name Churwell is first attested in 1226 in the forms Churlewell and Churlewall . The names comes from the Old English words ceorla (the genitive plural of ceorl , 'free man of
138-439: A proven, economic and practical benefit to the organisation, covering its own cost. Each post town usually corresponds to one or more postal districts (the "outward" part of the postcode, before the space); therefore, each post town can cover an area comprising many towns, urban districts and villages. Post towns rarely correspond exactly to administrative boundaries and their associated physical features. As such they often group
161-556: A small minority of neighbourhoods, streets or houses together with a main settlement in a different county , area of local government or administration (including healthcare trust), constituency , European statistical region and/or traditional parish . This was a main reason why postal counties were abolished (but not prohibited) in 1996. In some places several post towns cover a single postal district (with each post town corresponding to one or more of its postcode sectors). There are anomalies where post towns and postcode sectors have
184-555: Is in the Leeds South West and Morley constituency, and is represented by Mark Sewards ( Labour ) since the 2024 United Kingdom general election . Until 2024, Churwell was in the now-defunct Morley and Outwood constituency, represented by Andrea Jenkyns ( Conservative ). Boundary changes in 2010 saw it leave the now-defunct Morley and Rothwell constituency, in which it was represented by Colin Challen ( Labour ). It
207-677: Is in the LS27 postcode area, and its telephone area code is 0113, the Leeds prefix. Formerly a small village, forming part of the Municipal Borough of Morley, it was expanded significantly in recent decades to become more suburban in nature. For administrative purposes, it is still classed as part of Morley in the census; sitting within the governance of Morley Town Council and the Morley North ward of Leeds City Council . It also has
230-420: Is optional in the following address: If no valid postcode is provided, or if the sorting machine rejects the letter, the use of optional locality or county information may assist manual sorting. In the absence of a full valid postcode, locality often prevents ambiguity where there is more than one street with the same name covered by a post town or postcode district, or where post towns in different counties have
253-565: The little oyle due to its size. Churwell once had a poorhouse . The building, Grade II listed, was built in 1865. It is just off Elland Road, and was used as a community centre up until May 2011, at which point the Stanhope Memorial Hall, across the road from the Poor Hall, became the community centre. The village expanded considerably in the early 1960s with new private and council housing developments, particularly to
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#1732783422657276-605: The London Borough of Hillingdon . The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: In September 2000 districts WD17-19 and WD23-25 were created from the recoding of the WD1 and WD2 districts. BUSHEY is a new post town; having previously been part of the WD2 district of WATFORD. This was due to postcode exhaustion of WD1 and WD2 Another reason for the postcode revision was the old WD2 area included Bushey with North Watford. Bushey
299-601: The New Inn . These are known locally as top oyle , middle oyle and bottom oyle , relating to their position on the hill. The Golden Fleece was demolished in 2010 and is now occupied by a Tesco Express store which still has the Golden Fleece sign outside of it. In spring of 2017 opposite the Tesco Express on Old Road, Bar 27 opened on the premises of the old fish and chip shop. This has become known locally as
322-891: The Home Counties North Mail Centre in Hemel Hempstead , having been sorted at the Watford Mail Centre until its closure in 2011. The area covered includes all of the borough of Watford , most of the Three Rivers district, the western part of the Hertsmere district and small parts of the Dacorum and St Albans districts. WD3 also covers the village of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, plus a small protrusion of Harefield in
345-437: The correct post town in the address increases the chance of a letter or parcel being delivered on time. Post towns in general originated as the location of delivery offices. As of 2004 , their main function is to distinguish between localities or street names in addresses not including a postcode. There are approximately 1,500 post towns which are organised by Royal Mail subject to its policy only to impose changes where it has
368-480: The lower class, peasant') and wella ('well, spring, stream'). Thus the name once meant 'spring of the peasants'. Churwell is centred on "Churwell Hill" which is made up of the A643 . About three-quarters of the way up Churwell Hill, the road changes name from Elland Road to Victoria Road. There have historically been three local public houses, of which two remain: The Commercial , the Golden Fleece (demolished) and
391-504: The north on land between School Street and the then-Leeds City boundary. In 1993, the old stone Churwell Primary School in School Street was demolished and moved to modern premises in the village. Houses now stand on the old school site. In 1923, a runaway tram ran down Churwell Hill and ended in tragedy: six people were killed and 35 injured when the brakes failed and the tram crashed into a field wall at Cottingley . Tragedy hit
414-459: The post town is not always part of the official postal address. In particular, within the London post town, each postcode district name (which can conflict with administrative boundaries, see above) corresponds to a numbered postcode district and is therefore not required in the postal address whenever the postcode is used. For example, " Bethnal Green " is the name of the " E2 " postcode district and
437-676: The postcode is missing, unreadable or incorrect. Additionally, "Near" and "Nr." can be confused with "North". Churwell Churwell is a settlement in the civil parish of Morley , in the Leeds district, in West Yorkshire , England, between Leeds city centre and Morley. It is 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Leeds city centre and 1.5 miles (2 km) away from the Leeds United stadium Elland Road . Churwell still retains its semi-rural feel with farms nearby cultivating, in particular, vegetables and rhubarb . Churwell
460-490: The same name in different localities and the additional locality information is therefore essential if the postcode is wrongly recorded or unknown. Where this is a disambiguating feature, Royal Mail terms this the "dependent locality". For a limited number of addresses a "double dependent locality" line is also required, preceding the dependent locality line: some examples include " Churwell , Morley , Leeds " and " Marton , Sinnington , York ". Locality information other than
483-458: The same name. Traditionally only, where a place such as a village was served by a post town entirely distinct from its location, the word "Via" or "Near" ("Nr.") was added before the post town. For example: However, the Royal Mail discourages this usage because their optical character recognition technology and Mailsort lookup tables check for the post town at the beginning of a line if
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#1732783422657506-402: The village in 1962, when a motorcyclist ploughed into a group of girls returning from Sunday school on Churwell Hill, killing two and injuring several others. Since 2001, a considerable amount of housing development has taken place, one notable area is Churwell New Village a development with more than 350 new residencies, planners estimated 0.5 cars per household. The development was built on
529-475: Was to all intents a section of Watford sorting office; up until 2000, all mail for WD2 was cut and tipped at Watford office. In order to change this, new codes were created to enable direct bags to be opened at Bushey delivery office. Post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland , and a basic unit of the postal delivery system. Including
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