ISO 3166-2:GB facts for kids
ISO 3166-2:GB is an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) coding system that gives geocodes to administrative divisions of the United Kingdom:
- England
- 34 counties with county councils (all shire counties except Berkshire)
- 32 London boroughs
- 36 City Sections
- 47 Large Areas (including the Isles of Scilly)
- 1 city corporation (the City of London)
- Northern Ireland
- 26 Subdivisions of Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- 32 Council Areas of Scotland
- Wales
- 22 Unitary Authorities of Wales
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK, but ISO offers codes for them under "GB-".
The first part of each code is the ISO 3166-1 code GB for the United Kingdom. The second part is a three-letter code which is the same as in the British Standard BS 6879.
Codes
| Location | Code | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | GB-ABD |
Scotland |
| Aberdeen | GB-ABE |
Scotland |
| Argyll and Bute | GB-AGB |
Scotland |
| Isle of Anglesey | GB-AGY |
Wales |
| Angus | GB-ANS |
Scotland |
| Antrim | GB-ANT |
Northern Ireland |
| Ards | GB-ARD |
Northern Ireland |
| Armagh | GB-ARM |
Northern Ireland |
| Bath and North East Somerset (unitary authority) | GB-BAS |
England |
| Blackburn with Darwen (unitary authority) | GB-BBD |
England |
| Bedfordshire (county) | GB-BDF |
England |
| Barking and Dagenham (London borough) | GB-BDG |
England |
| Brent (London borough) | GB-BEN |
England |
| Bexley (London borough) | GB-BEX |
England |
| Belfast | GB-BFS |
Northern Ireland |
| Bridgend (county borough) | GB-BGE |
Wales |
| Blaenau Gwent | GB-BGW |
Wales |
| Birmingham (West Midlands district) | GB-BIR |
England |
| Buckinghamshire (county) | GB-BKM |
England |
| Ballymena | GB-BLA |
Northern Ireland |
| Ballymoney | GB-BLY |
Northern Ireland |
| Bournemouth (unitary authority) | GB-BMH |
England |
| Banbridge | GB-BNB |
Northern Ireland |
| London Borough of Barnet (London borough) | GB-BNE |
England |
| Brighton and Hove (unitary authority) | GB-BNH |
England |
| Barnsley (South Yorkshire district) | GB-BNS |
England |
| Bolton (Greater Manchester district) | GB-BOL |
England |
| Blackpool (unitary authority) | GB-BPL |
England |
| Bracknell Forest (unitary authority) | GB-BRC |
England |
| Bradford (West Yorkshire district) | GB-BRD |
England |
| Bromley (London borough) | GB-BRY |
England |
| Bristol, City of (unitary authority) | GB-BST |
England |
| Bury (Greater Manchester district) | GB-BUR |
England |
| Cambridgeshire (county) | GB-CAM |
England |
| Caerphilly | GB-CAY |
Wales |
| Ceredigion | GB-CGN |
Wales |
| Craigavon | GB-CGV |
Northern Ireland |
| Cheshire (county) | GB-CHS |
England |
| Carrickfergus | GB-CKF |
Northern Ireland |
| Cookstown | GB-CKT |
Northern Ireland |
| Calderdale (West Yorkshire district) | GB-CLD |
England |
| Clackmannanshire | GB-CLK |
Scotland |
| Coleraine | GB-CLR |
Northern Ireland |
| Cumbria (county) | GB-CMA |
England |
| Camden (London borough) | GB-CMD |
England |
| Carmarthenshire | GB-CMN |
Wales |
| Cornwall (county) | GB-CON |
England |
| Coventry (West Midlands district) | GB-COV |
England |
| Cardiff | GB-CRF |
Wales |
| Croydon (London borough) | GB-CRY |
England |
| Castlereagh | GB-CSR |
Northern Ireland |
| Conwy | GB-CWY |
Wales |
| Darlington (unitary authority) | GB-DAL |
England |
| Derbyshire (county) | GB-DBY |
England |
| Denbighshire | GB-DEN |
Wales |
| Derby (unitary authority) | GB-DER |
England |
| Devon (county) | GB-DEV |
England |
| Dungannon and South Tyrone | GB-DGN |
Northern Ireland |
| Dumfries and Galloway | GB-DGY |
Scotland |
| Doncaster (South Yorkshire district) | GB-DNC |
England |
| Dundee | GB-DND |
Scotland |
| Dorset (county) | GB-DOR |
England |
| Down | GB-DOW |
Northern Ireland |
| Derry | GB-DRY |
Northern Ireland |
| Dudley (West Midlands district) | GB-DUD |
England |
| Durham (county) | GB-DUR |
England |
| Ealing (London borough) | GB-EAL |
England |
| East Ayrshire | GB-EAY |
Scotland |
| Edinburgh | GB-EDH |
Scotland |
| East Dunbartonshire | GB-EDU |
Scotland |
| East Lothian | GB-ELN |
Scotland |
| Eilean Siar | GB-ELS |
Scotland |
| Enfield (London borough) | GB-ENF |
England |
| East Renfrewshire | GB-ERW |
Scotland |
| East Riding of Yorkshire (unitary authority) | GB-ERY |
England |
| Essex (county) | GB-ESS |
England |
| East Sussex (county) | GB-ESX |
England |
| Falkirk | GB-FAL |
Scotland |
| Fermanagh | GB-FER |
Northern Ireland |
| Fife | GB-FIF |
Scotland |
| Flintshire | GB-FLN |
Wales |
| Gateshead (Tyne & Wear district) | GB-GAT |
England |
| Glasgow | GB-GLG |
Scotland |
| Gloucestershire (county) | GB-GLS |
England |
| Greenwich (London borough) | GB-GRE |
England |
| Guernsey | GB-GSY |
Channel Islands |
| Gwynedd | GB-GWN |
Wales |
| Halton (unitary authority) | GB-HAL |
England |
| Hampshire (county) | GB-HAM |
England |
| Havering (London borough) | GB-HAV |
England |
| Hackney (London borough) | GB-HCK |
England |
| Herefordshire, County of (unitary authority) | GB-HEF |
England |
| Hillingdon (London borough) | GB-HIL |
England |
| Highland (council area) | GB-HLD |
Scotland |
| Hammersmith and Fulham (London borough) | GB-HMF |
England |
| Hounslow (London borough) | GB-HNS |
England |
| Hartlepool (unitary authority) | GB-HPL |
England |
| Hertfordshire (county) | GB-HRT |
England |
| Harrow (London borough) | GB-HRW |
England |
| Haringey (London borough) | GB-HRY |
England |
| Isles of Scilly (unitary authority) | GB-IOS |
England |
| Isle of Wight (unitary authority) | GB-IOW |
England |
| Islington (London borough) | GB-ISL |
England |
| Inverclyde | GB-IVC |
Scotland |
| Jersey | GB-JSY |
Channel Islands |
| Kensington and Chelsea (London borough) | GB-KEC |
England |
| Kent (county) | GB-KEN |
England |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of (unitary authority) | GB-KHL |
England |
| Kirklees (West Yorkshire district) | GB-KIR |
England |
| Kingston upon Thames (London borough) | GB-KTT |
England |
| Knowsley (Merseyside district) | GB-KWL |
England |
| Lancashire (county) | GB-LAN |
England |
| Lambeth (London borough) | GB-LBH |
England |
| Leicester (unitary authority) | GB-LCE |
England |
| Leeds (West Yorkshire district) | GB-LDS |
England |
| Leicestershire (county) | GB-LEC |
England |
| Lewisham (London borough) | GB-LEW |
England |
| Lincolnshire (county) | GB-LIN |
England |
| Liverpool (Merseyside district) | GB-LIV |
England |
| Limavady | GB-LMV |
Northern Ireland |
| London, City of (city corporation) | GB-LND |
England |
| Larne | GB-LRN |
Northern Ireland |
| Lisburn | GB-LSB |
Northern Ireland |
| Luton (unitary authority) | GB-LUT |
England |
| Manchester (Greater Manchester district) | GB-MAN |
England |
| Middlesbrough (unitary authority) | GB-MDB |
England |
| Medway (unitary authority) | GB-MDW |
England |
| Magherafelt | GB-MFT |
Northern Ireland |
| Milton Keynes (unitary authority) | GB-MIK |
England |
| Midlothian | GB-MLN |
Scotland |
| Monmouthshire | GB-MON |
Wales |
| Merton (London borough) | GB-MRT |
England |
| Moray | GB-MRY |
Scotland |
| Merthyr Tydfil | GB-MTY |
Wales |
| Moyle | GB-MYL |
Northern Ireland |
| North Ayrshire | GB-NAY |
Scotland |
| Northumberland (county) | GB-NBL |
England |
| North Down | GB-NDN |
Northern Ireland |
| North East Lincolnshire (unitary authority) | GB-NEL |
England |
| Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne & Wear district) | GB-NET |
England |
| Norfolk (county) | GB-NFK |
England |
| Nottingham (unitary authority) | GB-NGM |
England |
| North Lanarkshire | GB-NLK |
Scotland |
| North Lincolnshire (unitary authority) | GB-NLN |
England |
| North Somerset (unitary authority) | GB-NSM |
England |
| Newtownabbey | GB-NTA |
Northern Ireland |
| Northamptonshire (county) | GB-NTH |
England |
| Neath Port Talbot | GB-NTL |
Wales |
| Nottinghamshire (county) | GB-NTT |
England |
| North Tyneside (Tyne & Wear district) | GB-NTY |
England |
| Newham (London borough) | GB-NWM |
England |
| Newport | GB-NWP |
Wales |
| North Yorkshire (county) | GB-NYK |
England |
| Newry and Mourne | GB-NYM |
Northern Ireland |
| Oldham (Greater Manchester district) | GB-OLD |
England |
| Omagh | GB-OMH |
Northern Ireland |
| Orkney Islands | GB-ORK |
Scotland |
| Oxfordshire (county) | GB-OXF |
England |
| Pembrokeshire | GB-PEM |
Wales |
| Perth and Kinross | GB-PKN |
Scotland |
| Plymouth (unitary authority) | GB-PLY |
England |
| Poole (unitary authority) | GB-POL |
England |
| Portsmouth (unitary authority) | GB-POR |
England |
| Powys | GB-POW |
Wales |
| Peterborough (unitary authority) | GB-PTE |
England |
| Redcar and Cleveland (unitary authority) | GB-RCC |
England |
| Rochdale (Greater Manchester district) | GB-RCH |
England |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | GB-RCT |
Wales |
| Redbridge (London borough) | GB-RDB |
England |
| Reading (unitary authority) | GB-RDG |
England |
| Renfrewshire | GB-RFW |
Scotland |
| Richmond upon Thames (London borough) | GB-RIC |
England |
| Rotherham (South Yorkshire district) | GB-ROT |
England |
| Rutland (unitary authority) | GB-RUT |
England |
| Sandwell (West Midlands district) | GB-SAW |
England |
| South Ayrshire | GB-SAY |
Scotland |
| Scottish Borders, The | GB-SCB |
Scotland |
| Suffolk (county) | GB-SFK |
England |
| Sefton (Merseyside district) | GB-SFT |
England |
| South Gloucestershire (unitary authority) | GB-SGC |
England |
| Sheffield (South Yorkshire district) | GB-SHF |
England |
| St Helens (Merseyside district) | GB-SHN |
England |
| Shropshire (county) | GB-SHR |
England |
| Stockport (Greater Manchester district) | GB-SKP |
England |
| Salford (Greater Manchester district) | GB-SLF |
England |
| Slough (unitary authority) | GB-SLG |
England |
| South Lanarkshire | GB-SLK |
Scotland |
| Sunderland (Tyne & Wear district) | GB-SND |
England |
| Solihull (West Midlands district) | GB-SOL |
England |
| Somerset (county) | GB-SOM |
England |
| Southend-on-Sea (unitary authority) | GB-SOS |
England |
| Surrey (county) | GB-SRY |
England |
| Strabane | GB-STB |
Northern Ireland |
| Stoke-on-Trent (unitary authority) | GB-STE |
England |
| Stirling | GB-STG |
Scotland |
| Southampton (unitary authority) | GB-STH |
England |
| Sutton (London borough) | GB-STN |
England |
| Staffordshire (county) | GB-STS |
England |
| Stockton-on-Tees (unitary authority) | GB-STT |
England |
| South Tyneside (Tyne & Wear district) | GB-STY |
England |
| Swansea | GB-SWA |
Wales |
| Swindon (unitary authority) | GB-SWD |
England |
| Southwark (London borough) | GB-SWK |
England |
| Tameside (Greater Manchester district) | GB-TAM |
England |
| Telford and Wrekin (unitary authority) | GB-TFW |
England |
| Thurrock (unitary authority) | GB-THR |
England |
| Torbay (unitary authority) | GB-TOB |
England |
| Torfaen | GB-TOF |
Wales |
| Trafford (Greater Manchester district) | GB-TRF |
England |
| Tower Hamlets (London borough) | GB-TWH |
England |
| Vale of Glamorgan | GB-VGL |
Wales |
| Warwickshire (county) | GB-WAR |
England |
| West Berkshire (unitary authority) | GB-WBK |
England |
| West Dunbartonshire | GB-WDU |
Scotland |
| Waltham Forest (London borough) | GB-WFT |
England |
| Wigan (Greater Manchester district) | GB-WGN |
England |
| Wiltshire (county) | GB-WIL |
England |
| Wakefield (West Yorkshire district) | GB-WKF |
England |
| Walsall (West Midlands district) | GB-WLL |
England |
| West Lothian | GB-WLN |
Scotland |
| Wolverhampton (West Midlands district) | GB-WLV |
England |
| Wandsworth (London borough) | GB-WND |
England |
| Windsor and Maidenhead (unitary authority) | GB-WNM |
England |
| Wokingham (unitary authority) | GB-WOK |
England |
| Worcestershire (county) | GB-WOR |
England |
| Wirral (Merseyside district) | GB-WRL |
England |
| Warrington (unitary authority) | GB-WRT |
England |
| Wrexham | GB-WRX |
Wales |
| Westminster (London borough) | GB-WSM |
England |
| West Sussex (county) | GB-WSX |
England |
| York (unitary authority) | GB-YOR |
England |
| Shetland Islands | GB-ZET |
Scotland |
Alternate Welsh codes
The ISO has also issued codes for some areas with Welsh names and codes.
| Code in Welsh | Location in Welsh | Code in English | Location in English |
|---|---|---|---|
GB-POG |
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr | GB-BGE |
Bridgend |
GB-CAF |
Caerffili | GB-CAY |
Caerphilly |
GB-CRD |
Caerdydd | GB-CRF |
Cardiff |
GB-GFY |
Sir Gaerfyrddin | GB-CMN |
Carmarthenshire |
GB-DDB |
Sir Ddinbych | GB-DEN |
Denbighshire |
GB-FFL |
Sir y Fflint | GB-FLN |
Flintshire |
GB-YNM |
Sir Ynys Môn | GB-AGY |
Isle of Anglesey |
GB-MTU |
Merthyr Tudful | GB-MTY |
Merthyr Tydfil |
GB-FYN |
Sir Fynwy | GB-MON |
Monmouthshire |
GB-CTL |
Castell-nedd Port Talbot | GB-NTL |
Neath Port Talbot |
GB-CNW |
Casnewydd | GB-NWP |
Newport |
GB-BNF |
Sir Benfro | GB-PEM |
Pembrokeshire |
GB-ATA |
Abertawe | GB-SWA |
Swansea |
GB-BMG |
Bro Morgannwg | GB-VGL |
Vale of Glamorgan |
GB-WRC |
Wrecsam | GB-WRX |
Wrexham |
Other codes
These codes are used by the BS. They were added to ISO 3166-2 in Newsletter 9, except for the Isle of Man and Channel Islands:
GB-UKMUnited KingdomGB-GBNGreat BritainGB-NIRNorthern Ireland
GB-IOMIsle of ManGB-CHAChannel Islands
BS also has Welsh language code for Welsh names of Wales and its subdivisions, where they differ from the English language names. These are not listed here.
Related pages
- ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
- ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.
- "Gazetteer for the Reorganised Statistical Regions and Local Authorities in the United Kingdom", Office for National Statistics, June 1997.
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