RM postcode area

Romford
Postcode area
RM
Coordinates: 51°32′56″N 0°13′05″E / 51.549°N 0.218°E / 51.549; 0.218
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode area	RM
Postcode area name	Romford
Post towns	9
Postcode districts	21
Postcode sectors	71
Postcodes (live)	9,852
Postcodes (total)	15,144
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The RM postcode area, also known as the Romford postcode area,^[2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within nine post towns. These cover parts of eastern Greater London and south-west Essex. Inward mail for the area is sorted, along with mail for the E and IG postcode areas, at the Romford Mail Centre.

In Greater London, the area covers most of the London Borough of Havering (including Romford, Hornchurch, Rainham and Upminster), the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (including Dagenham itself) and a small part of the London Borough of Redbridge. In Essex, the area covers most of the Thurrock unitary district (including Grays, Purfleet, South Ockendon and Tilbury), while RM4 covers small parts of the Epping Forest District and the Borough of Brentwood.