Highest Postcodes in United Kingdom

These league tables rank UK postcodes by elevation in metres above sea level. The data comes from the Open-Meteo elevation dataset, sampled at each postcode's central coordinate. We have elevations for 1.79 million UK postcodes.

One postcode per outcode

The rankings show the highest-ranked postcode from each outcode (the first part of a postcode, e.g. AB10, SW1A, HD9). Without this filter the top of the list would be dominated by neighbouring postcodes that share essentially the same hillside: a single high hamlet can contain a dozen postcodes within 200 metres of each other, all sampling the same elevation. Filtering to the top one per outcode gives a more meaningful geographic spread — you see 50 distinct places, not 50 near-duplicates of the same place.

Why you won't see famous mountain peaks here

We rank postcodes, not geography in the abstract. The summit of Scafell Pike or Ben Nevis doesn't have a postcode — nobody lives there. The highest postcodes in the list are the ones that cover remote farms, isolated cottages, or very high villages. If you want the highest inhabited places specifically, try filtering by Scotland or reading our 20 highest settlements in England article.

Why the lowest rankings are interesting too

Switch to "Lowest" and filter by England to find postcodes below sea level — mostly in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, where centuries of drainage have lowered the ground surface. These are some of the most agriculturally productive but also most vulnerable postcodes in the country.

Other tools you might find useful

Look up a single postcode with the elevation lookup tool, compare up to five postcodes side by side with the comparison tool, or check sea level rise exposure with the sea level rise checker.