📮 Postcodes do more than just deliver your mail… They shape property prices, buyer behaviour and even mortgage eligibility. ➡️ The UK’s first postcodes were launched in 1959 📍 ‘Outcodes’ like NG31 help direct your mail 📬 ‘Incodes’ narrow it down to your street With 124 postcode areas and over 2,900 districts, the humble postcode plays a big part in where and how people move. Thinking of buying, selling or letting in Grantham? The right postcode could make all the difference. https://ow.ly/9Ja

55K views · 340 reactions | #OnThisDay 1959: Norwich became the first place in the UK to get a new six-digit postcode. | BBC Archive | Facebook