These postcodes are structurally valid but fictional, for software testing and form design. This is not a Royal Mail postcode lookup: the Nottingham districts are real, the full postcodes are not assigned to any address.
A random Nottingham postcode generator combines a real Nottingham postcode district with a generated inward code, producing a structurally valid postcode that is not assigned to any delivery point.
Every postcode on this page starts from a genuine Nottingham postcode district. There are 10 of them, in the NG postcode area, and they all belong to the NOTTINGHAM post town in Nottinghamshire. The three characters after the space are generated to the Royal Mail format rules, so a result validates in any form or database while belonging to no real property.
NG5 1SH — district NG5, sector NG5 1, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireNG6 6RA — district NG6, sector NG6 6, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireNG4 4WL — district NG4, sector NG4 4, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireNG2 3HL — district NG2, sector NG2 3, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireNG7 5WP — district NG7, sector NG7 5, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireNG6 1BY — district NG6, sector NG6 1, NOTTINGHAM, NottinghamshireThis page produces postcodes on their own. For complete Nottingham addresses — building number, street, locality, post town, Nottinghamshire and postcode, laid out to Royal Mail conventions — use the random Nottingham address generator.
A UK postcode splits into an outward code and an inward code. The outward code identifies the district; the inward code narrows it to a small group of properties. This generator keeps the first half real and generates the second, which is what makes the output safe to use and still valid.
Nottingham sits in the NG postcode area. Every district below is a real outward code assigned to the NOTTINGHAM post town.
| District | Locality | Structural range |
|---|---|---|
| NG1 | — | NG1 0AA – NG1 9ZZ |
| NG2 | West Bridgford | NG2 0AA – NG2 9ZZ |
| NG3 | Mapperley | NG3 0AA – NG3 9ZZ |
| NG4 | Carlton | NG4 0AA – NG4 9ZZ |
| NG5 | Sherwood | NG5 0AA – NG5 9ZZ |
| NG6 | Bulwell | NG6 0AA – NG6 9ZZ |
| NG7 | Lenton | NG7 0AA – NG7 9ZZ |
| NG8 | Wollaton | NG8 0AA – NG8 9ZZ |
| NG9 | Beeston | NG9 0AA – NG9 9ZZ |
| NG11 | Clifton | NG11 0AA – NG11 9ZZ |
The structural range is what the postcode grammar permits for each district, not a list of codes Royal Mail has issued. Which sectors and units are actually allocated is Postcode Address File data, which is licensed and not held here — so a generated postcode inside the range may well be unallocated. For test data that is the point.
A postcode carries more than a location. Reading one from Nottingham tells you which country's addressing conventions apply, which ceremonial county the address sits in, and — if you need a matching telephone number — which dialling code area it falls in.
| Field | Value | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM | Royal Mail post town, written in capitals on the address |
| Postcode area | NG | The leading letters of every district above |
| Ceremonial county | Nottinghamshire | ONS administrative geography |
| Country | England | One of the four countries of the United Kingdom |
| Region | East Midlands | ONS ITL1 statistical region |
| Dialling code | 0115 | Ofcom National Telephone Numbering Plan |
Royal Mail has not required a county line on addressed mail since 1996. NOTTINGHAM plus a correct postcode is sufficient; Nottinghamshire is included because plenty of address forms and legacy databases still expect a county.
What they are not for: sending post, verifying an identity, or implying that a property exists. If you need to know whether a Nottingham address is deliverable, that is a licensed Royal Mail Postcode Address File lookup, and no generator can answer it.
The districts are real: all 10 of them are Royal Mail outward codes genuinely assigned to the NOTTINGHAM post town. The three characters after the space are generated, so the full postcode is almost certainly not allocated to any property. That combination is deliberate — the result resolves to Nottingham in a district lookup and passes validation, but it is not a live delivery point and must never be used to send post.
10, in the NG postcode area: NG1, NG2, NG3, NG4, NG5, NG6, NG7, NG8, NG9, NG11. That is the count for the NOTTINGHAM post town as recorded in this site's registry; a post town does not follow council boundaries, so it may not match what a resident would call "Nottingham".
NG. The postcode area is the leading letter or letters of the outward code, so every Nottingham postcode begins NG — for example NG1. The digits that follow identify the district within the area.
This page generates postcodes on their own and explains Nottingham's district structure. The Nottingham address generator produces complete postal addresses — building number, street, locality, post town, county and postcode — laid out to Royal Mail conventions. Use this page when you need postcodes to test a postcode field; use the address generator when you need whole addresses.
Yes, with no API key. Call GET /api/v1/postcodes/random?location=nottingham&count=25 for JSON. Add &seed=1 to get the same set back on every request, which keeps snapshot tests stable. The response carries the outward code, inward code, area, district and sector for each postcode alongside the post town and county.
Structural validation, yes: the format, the length and the excluded letters are all respected, so a correctly written regex or a library check will accept them. A validator backed by licensed Postcode Address File data will reject most of them, correctly, because the full postcode is not an allocated delivery point. If your test suite needs addresses that pass a PAF lookup, no generator can supply them.
Postcodes are generated on demand and never stored. They are for software testing and development only, and must not be used to send post, to imply a real address, or for identity verification.