Complete* guide to the new London postcode wars

*might not be complete

With house prices hotting up, some people are keen to maximise the value of their property. The normal route to living in a more exclusive postcode is to physically move house, but all over London people have come up with another idea. Why not stay where you are and have Royal Mail alter your address?

Beddington
They have Croydon, CR0. They want Wallington, SM6.

“this is a nice area, not like Croydon at all”

Deptford Creek
They have London, SE8. They want London, SE10.

“we are treated by the world as Deptford”

Whitton
They have Hounslow, TW3. They want Twickenham, TW2.

“ Our road is the first one that falls into the Hounslow postcode and the houses in the streets next to ours have vastly different prices”