The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nation's administrative divisions. The first part of each code is the ISO 3166-1 code GB for the United Kingdom, and the second part is a three-letter code, which is the same as in the British Standard BS 6879. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.
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ISO 3166-2:2002-05-21
GB-CHA Channel Islands
GB-BDG Barking and Dagenham (London borough)
GB-BNE Barnet (London borough)
GB-BNS Barnsley (South Yorkshire district)
GB-BAS Bath and North East Somerset (unitary authority)
GB-BDF Bedfordshire (county)
GB-BEX Bexley (London borough)
GB-BIR Birmingham (West Midlands district)
GB-BBD Blackburn with Darwen (unitary authority)
GB-BPL Blackpool (unitary authority)
GB-BOL Bolton (Greater Manchester district)
GB-BMH Bournemouth (unitary authority)
GB-BRC Bracknell Forest (unitary authority)
GB-BRD Bradford (West Yorkshire district)
GB-BEN Brent (London borough)
GB-BNH Brighton and Hove (unitary authority)
GB-BST Bristol, City of (unitary authority)
GB-BRY Bromley (London borough)
GB-BKM Buckinghamshire (county)
GB-BUR Bury (Greater Manchester district)
GB-CLD Calderdale (West Yorkshire district)
GB-CAM Cambridgeshire (county)
GB-CMD Camden (London borough)
GB-CHS Cheshire (county)
GB-CON Cornwall (county)
GB-COV Coventry (West Midlands district)
GB-CRY Croydon (London borough)
GB-CMA Cumbria (county)
GB-DAL Darlington (unitary authority)
GB-DER Derby (unitary authority)
GB-DBY Derbyshire (county)
GB-DEV Devon (county)
GB-DNC Doncaster (South Yorkshire district)
GB-DOR Dorset (county)
GB-DUD Dudley (West Midlands district)
GB-DUR Durham (county)
GB-EAL Ealing (London borough)
GB-ERY East Riding of Yorkshire (unitary authority)
GB-ESX East Sussex (county)
GB-ENF Enfield (London borough)
GB-ESS Essex (county)
GB-GAT Gateshead (Tyne & Wear district)
GB-GLS Gloucestershire (county)
GB-GRE Greenwich (London borough)
GB-HCK Hackney (London borough)
GB-HAL Halton (unitary authority)
GB-HMF Hammersmith and Fulham (London borough)
GB-HAM Hampshire (county)
GB-HRY Haringey (London borough)
GB-HRW Harrow (London borough)
GB-HPL Hartlepool (unitary authority)
GB-HAV Havering (London borough)
GB-HEF Herefordshire, County of (unitary authority)
GB-HRT Hertfordshire (county)
GB-HIL Hillingdon (London borough)
GB-HNS Hounslow (London borough)
GB-IOW Isle of Wight (unitary authority)
GB-IOS Isles of Scilly (unitary authority)
GB-ISL Islington (London borough)
GB-KEC Kensington and Chelsea (London borough)
GB-KEN Kent (county)
GB-KHL Kingston upon Hull, City of (unitary authority)
GB-KTT Kingston upon Thames (London borough)
GB-KIR Kirklees (West Yorkshire district)
GB-KWL Knowsley (Merseyside district)
GB-LBH Lambeth (London borough)
GB-LAN Lancashire (county)
GB-LDS Leeds (West Yorkshire district)
GB-LCE Leicester (unitary authority)
GB-LEC Leicestershire (county)
GB-LEW Lewisham (London borough)
GB-LIN Lincolnshire (county)
GB-LIV Liverpool (Merseyside district)
GB-LND London, City of (special area)
GB-LUT Luton (unitary authority)
GB-MAN Manchester (Greater Manchester district)
GB-MDW Medway (unitary authority)
GB-MRT Merton (London borough)
GB-MDB Middlesbrough (unitary authority)
GB-MIK Milton Keynes (unitary authority)
GB-NET Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne & Wear district)
GB-NWM Newham (London borough)
GB-NFK Norfolk (county)
GB-NEL North East Lincolnshire (unitary authority)
GB-NLN North Lincolnshire (unitary authority)
GB-NSM North Somerset (unitary authority)
GB-NTY North Tyneside (Tyne & Wear district)
GB-NYK North Yorkshire (county)
GB-NTH Northamptonshire (county)
GB-NBL Northumberland (county)
GB-NGM Nottingham (unitary authority)
GB-NTT Nottinghamshire (county)
GB-OLD Oldham (Greater Manchester district)
GB-OXF Oxfordshire (county)
GB-PTE Peterborough (unitary authority)
GB-PLY Plymouth (unitary authority)
GB-POL Poole (unitary authority)
GB-POR Portsmouth (unitary authority)
GB-RDG Reading (unitary authority)
GB-RDB Redbridge (London borough)
GB-RCC Redcar and Cleveland (unitary authority)
GB-RIC Richmond upon Thames (London borough)
GB-RCH Rochdale (Greater Manchester district)
GB-ROT Rotherham (South Yorkshire district)
GB-RUT Rutland (unitary authority)
GB-SHN St Helens (Merseyside district)
GB-SLF Salford (Greater Manchester district)
GB-SAW Sandwell (West Midlands district)
GB-SFT Sefton (Merseyside district)
GB-SHF Sheffield (South Yorkshire district)
GB-SHR Shropshire (county)
GB-SLG Slough (unitary authority)
GB-SOL Solihull (West Midlands district)
GB-SOM Somerset (county)
GB-SGC South Gloucestershire (unitary authority)
GB-STY South Tyneside (Tyne & Wear district)
GB-STH Southampton (unitary authority)
GB-SOS Southend-on-Sea (unitary authority)
GB-SWK Southwark (London borough)
GB-STS Staffordshire (county)
GB-SKP Stockport (Greater Manchester district)
GB-STT Stockton-on-Tees (unitary authority)
GB-STE Stoke-on-Trent (unitary authority)
GB-SFK Suffolk (county)
GB-SND Sunderland (Tyne & Wear district)
GB-SRY Surrey (county)
GB-STN Sutton (London borough)
GB-SWD Swindon (unitary authority)
GB-TAM Tameside (Greater Manchester district)
GB-TFW Telford and Wrekin (unitary authority)
GB-THR Thurrock (unitary authority)
GB-TOB Torbay (unitary authority)
GB-TWH Tower Hamlets (London borough)
GB-TRF Trafford (Greater Manchester district)
GB-WKF Wakefield (West Yorkshire district)
GB-WLL Walsall (West Midlands district)
GB-WFT Waltham Forest (London borough)
GB-WND Wandsworth (London borough)
GB-WRT Warrington (unitary authority)
GB-WAR Warwickshire (county)
GB-WBK West Berkshire (unitary authority)
GB-WSX West Sussex (county)
GB-WSM Westminster (London borough)
GB-WGN Wigan (Greater Manchester district)
GB-WIL Wiltshire (county)
GB-WNM Windsor and Maidenhead (unitary authority)
GB-WRL Wirral (Merseyside district)
GB-WOK Wokingham (unitary authority)
GB-WLV Wolverhampton (West Midlands district)
GB-WOR Worcestershire (county)
GB-YOR York (unitary authority)
GB-ANT Antrim
GB-ARD Ards
GB-ARM Armagh
GB-BLA Ballymena
GB-BLY Ballymoney
GB-BNB Banbridge
GB-BFS Belfast
GB-CKF Carrickfergus
GB-CSR Castlereagh
GB-CLR Coleraine
GB-CKT Cookstown
GB-CGV Craigavon
GB-DRY Derry
GB-DOW Down
GB-DGN Dungannon and South Tyrone
GB-FER Fermanagh
GB-LRN Larne
GB-LMV Limavady
GB-LSB Lisburn
GB-MFT Magherafelt
GB-MYL Moyle
GB-NYM Newry and Mourne
GB-NTA Newtownabbey
GB-NDN North Down
GB-OMH Omagh
GB-STB Strabane
GB-ABE Aberdeen
GB-ABD Aberdeenshire
GB-ANS Angus
GB-AGB Argyll and Bute
GB-CLK Clackmannanshire
GB-DGY Dumfries and Galloway
GB-DND Dundee
GB-EAY East Ayrshire
GB-EDU East Dunbartonshire
GB-ELN East Lothian
GB-ERW East Renfrewshire
GB-EDH Edinburgh
GB-ELS Eilean Siar
GB-FAL Falkirk
GB-FIF Fife
GB-GLG Glasgow
GB-HLD Highland
GB-IVC Inverclyde
GB-NAY North Ayrshire
GB-NLK North Lanarkshire
GB-ORK Orkney Islands
GB-PKN Perth and Kinross
GB-MLN Midlothian
GB-MRY Moray
GB-RFW Renfrewshire
GB-SCB Scottish Borders, The
GB-ZET Shetland Islands
GB-SAY South Ayrshire
GB-SLK South Lanarkshire
GB-STG Stirling
GB-WDU West Dunbartonshire
GB-WLN West Lothian
GB-BGW Blaenau Gwent
GB-BGE Bridgend
GB-CAY Caerphilly
GB-CRF Cardiff
GB-CMN Carmarthenshire
GB-CGN Ceredigion
GB-CWY Conwy
GB-DEN Denbighshire
GB-FLN Flintshire
GB-GWN Gwynedd
GB-AGY Isle of Anglesey
GB-MTY Merthyr Tydfil
GB-MON Monmouthshire
GB-NTL Neath Port Talbot
GB-NWP Newport
GB-PEM Pembrokeshire
GB-POW Powys
GB-RCT Rhondda Cynon Taf
GB-SWA Swansea
GB-TOF Torfaen
GB-VGL Vale of Glamorgan
GB-WRX Wrexham
None of these codes are part of ISO 3166-2.
GB-UKM United Kingdom
GB-GBN Great Britain
GB-EAW England and Wales
GB-SCT Scotland
GB-NIR Northern Ireland
GB-IOM Isle of Man
BS also has Welsh language code for Welsh names of Wales and its subdivisions, where they differ from the English language names. These are not listed here.
Source: "Gazetteer for the Reorganised Statistical Regions and Local Authorities in the United Kingdom", Office for National Statistics, June 1997.