ISO 3166-2:GB

The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nation's administrative divisions. The first part of each code is the ISO 3166-1 code GB for the United Kingdom, and the second part is a three-letter code.

Decoding table

• GB-ENG England (34 counties, 33 London Boroughs, 36 metropolitan districts[?], 46 unitary authorities, 1 special area)
  • GB-BNE Barnet (London borough)
  • GB-BNS Barnsley (South Yorkshire district)
  • GB-BAS Bath and North East Somerset (unitary authority)
  • GB-BDF Bedfordshire (county)
  • GB-BEX Bexley (London borough)
  • GB-BIR Birmingham (West Midlands district)
  • GB-BBD Blackburn[?] with Darwen[?]
  • GB-BPL Blackpool
  • GB-BOL Bolton (Manchester borough)
  • GB-BMH Bournemouth
  • GB-BRC Bracknell Forest
  • GB-BRD Bradford (West Yorkshire district)
  • GB-BEN Brent (London borough)
  • GB-BNH Brighton and Hove
  • GB-BST Bristol, City of
  • GB-BRY Bromley (London borough)
  • GB-BKM Buckinghamshire (county)
  • GB-BUR Bury[?] (Manchester borough)
  • GB-CLD Calderdale[?] (West Yorkshire district)
  • GB-CAM Cambridgeshire (county)
  • GB-CMD Camden (London borough)
  • GB-CHS Cheshire (county)
  • GB-CON Cornwall (county)
  • GB-COV Coventry (West Midlands district)
  • GB-CRY Croydon (London borough)
  • GB-CMA Cumbria (county)
  • GB-DAL Darlington (unitary authority)
  • GB-DER Derby
  • GB-DBY Derbyshire (county)
  • GB-DEV Devon (county)
  • GB-DNC Doncaster (South Yorkshire district)
  • GB-DOR Dorset (county)
  • GB-DUD Dudley[?] (West Midlands district)
  • GB-DUR Durham
  • GB-EAL Ealing (London borough)
  • GB-ERY East Riding of Yorkshire
  • GB-ESX East Sussex (county)
  • GB-ENF Enfield (London borough)
  • GB-ESS Essex (county)
  • GB-GAT Gateshead[?]
  • GB-GLS Gloucestershire (county)
  • GB-GRE Greenwich (London borough)
  • GB-HCK Hackney (London borough)
  • GB-HAL Halton (unitary authority)
  • GB-HMF Hammersmith and Fulham (London borough)
  • GB-HAM Hampshire (county)
  • GB-HRY Haringey (London borough)
  • GB-HRW Harrow (London borough)
  • GB-HPL Hartlepool[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-HAV Havering (London borough)
  • GB-HEF Herefordshire, County of (unitary authority)
  • GB-HRT Hertfordshire (county)
  • GB-HIL Hillingdon (London borough)
  • GB-HNS Hounslow (London borough)
  • GB-IOW Isle of Wight (county)
  • GB-IOS Isles of Scilly
  • GB-ISL Islington (London borough)
  • GB-KEC Kensington and Chelsea[?] (London borough)
  • GB-KEN Kent (county)
  • GB-KHL Kingston upon Hull, City of (unitary authority)
  • GB-KTT Kingston upon Thames (London borough)
  • GB-KIR Kirklees (West Yorkshire district)
  • GB-KWL Knowsley[?] (metropolitan borough of Merseyside)
  • GB-LBH Lambeth (London borough)
  • GB-LAN Lancashire (county)
  • GB-LDS Leeds (West Yorkshire district)
  • GB-LCE Leicester (unitary authority)
  • GB-LEC Leicestershire (county)
  • GB-LEW Lewisham (London borough)
  • GB-LIN Lincolnshire (county)
  • GB-LIV Liverpool
  • GB-LND London, City of
  • GB-LUT Luton (unitary authority)
  • GB-MAN Manchester (Manchester borough)
  • GB-MDW Medway (unitary authority)
  • GB-MRT Merton (London borough)
  • GB-MDB Middlesbrough[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-MIK Milton Keynes
  • GB-NET Newcastle upon Tyne
  • GB-NWM Newham (London borough)
  • GB-NFK Norfolk (county)
  • GB-NEL North East Lincolnshire (unitary authority)
  • GB-NLN North Lincolnshire (unitary authority)
  • GB-NSM North Somerset (unitary authority)
  • GB-NTY North Tyneside[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-NYK North Yorkshire (unitary authority)
  • GB-NTH Northamptonshire (county)
  • GB-NBL Northumberland
  • GB-NGM Nottingham
  • GB-NTT Nottinghamshire (county)
  • GB-OLD Oldham (Manchester borough)
  • GB-OXF Oxfordshire (county)
  • GB-PTE Peterborough (unitary authority)
  • GB-PLY Plymouth
  • GB-POL Poole
  • GB-POR Portsmouth
  • GB-RDG Reading
  • GB-RDB Redbridge[?]
  • GB-RCC Redcar and Cleveland[?]
  • GB-RIC Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
  • GB-RCH Rochdale (Manchester borough)
  • GB-ROT Rotherham (South Yorkshire district)
  • GB-RUT Rutland (county)
  • GB-SHN St. Helen's[?] (Merseyside borough)
  • GB-SLF Salford (Manchester borough)
  • GB-SAW Sandwell[?] (West Midlands district)
  • GB-SFT Sefton[?] (Merseyside borough)
  • GB-SHF Sheffield (South Yorkshire district)
  • GB-SHR Shropshire (county)
  • GB-SLG Slough (unitary authority)
  • GB-SOL Solihull[?] (West Midlands district)
  • GB-SOM Somerset (county)
  • GB-SGC South Gloucestershire (county)
  • GB-STY South Tyneside[?]
  • GB-STH Southampton
  • GB-SOS Southend-on-Sea
  • GB-SWK Southwark (London borough)
  • GB-STS Staffordshire (county)
  • GB-SKP Stockport[?] (Manchester borough)
  • GB-STT Stockton-on-Tees[?]
  • GB-STE Stoke-on-Trent (unitary authority)
  • GB-SFK Suffolk (county)
  • GB-SND Sunderland[?]
  • GB-SRY Surrey (county)
  • GB-STN Sutton (London borough)
  • GB-SWD Swindon
  • GB-TAM Tameside (Manchester borough)
  • GB-TFW Telford and Wrekin[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-THR Thurrock[?] ((London borough)
  • GB-TOB Torbay
  • GB-TWH Tower Hamlets (London borough)
  • GB-TRF Trafford[?] (Manchester borough)
  • GB-WKF Wakefield (West Yorkshire district)
  • GB-WLL Walsall (West Midlands district)
  • GB-WFT Waltham Forest (London borough)
  • GB-WND Wandsworth (London borough)
  • GB-WRT Warrington (unitary authority)
  • GB-WAR Warwickshire (county)
  • GB-WBK West Berkshire[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-WSX West Sussex (county)
  • GB-WSM Westminster (London borough)
  • GB-WGN Wigan (Manchester borough)
  • GB-WIL Wiltshire (county)
  • GB-WNM Windsor and Maidenhead[?] (unitary authority)
  • GB-WRL Wirral[?] (metropolitan borough of Merseyside)
  • GB-WOK Wokingham (unitary authority)
  • GB-WLV Wolverhampton (West Midlands district)
  • GB-WOR Worcestershire (county)
  • GB-YOR York (unitary authority)
• GB-SCT Scotland (32 council areas)
  • GB-ABE Aberdeen City
  • GB-ABD Aberdeenshire
  • GB-ANS Angus
  • GB-AGB Argyll and Bute
  • GB-CLK Clackmannanshire
  • GB-DGY Dumfries and Galloway
  • GB-DND Dundee City
  • GB-EAY East Ayrshire
  • GB-EDU East Dunbartonshire
  • GB-ELN East Lothian
  • GB-ERW East Renfrewshire
  • GB-EDH Edinburgh, City of
  • GB-ELS Eilean Siar
  • GB-FAL Falkirk
  • GB-FIF Fife
  • GB-GLG Glasgow City
  • GB-HLD Highland
  • GB-IVC Inverclyde
  • GB-NAY North Ayrshire
  • GB-NLK North Lanarkshire
  • GB-ORK Orkney Islands
  • GB-PKN Perth and Kinross
  • GB-MLN Midlothian
  • GB-MRY Moray
  • GB-RFW Renfrewshire
  • GB-SCB Scottish Borders, The
  • GB-ZET Shetland Islands
  • GB-SAY South Ayrshire
  • GB-SLK South Lanarkshire
  • GB-STG Stirling
  • GB-WDU West Dunbartonshire
  • GB-WLN West Lothian
• GB-NIR Northern Ireland (26 district council areas)
  • GB-ANT Antrim
  • GB-ARD Ards
  • GB-ARM Armagh
  • GB-BLA Ballymena
  • GB-BLY Ballymoney
  • GB-BNB Banbridge
  • GB-BFS Belfast
  • GB-CKF Carrickfergus
  • GB-CSR Castlereagh
  • GB-CLR Coleraine
  • GB-CKT Cookstown
  • GB-CGV Craigavon
  • GB-DRY Derry
  • GB-DOW Down
  • GB-DGN Dungannon
  • GB-FER Fermanagh
  • GB-LRN Larne
  • GB-LMV Limavady
  • GB-LSB Lisburn
  • GB-MFT Magherafelt
  • GB-MYL Moyle
  • GB-NYM Newry and Mourne
  • GB-NTA Newtownabbey
  • GB-NDN North Down NIR
  • GB-OMH Omagh
  • GB-STB Strabane
• GB-WLS Wales [in Welsh, GB-CYM] (22 unitary authorities)
  • GB-BGW Blaenau Gwent
  • GB-BGE Bridgend [Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr GB-POG]
  • GB-CAY Caerphilly [Caerffili GB-CAF]
  • GB-CRF Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD]
  • GB-CMN Carmarthenshire [Sir Gaerfyrddin GB-GFY]
  • GB-CGN Ceredigion [Sir Ceredigion]
  • GB-CWY Conwy
  • GB-DEN Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych GB-DDB]
  • GB-FLN Flintshire [Sir y Fflint GB-FFL]
  • GB-GWN Gwynedd
  • GB-AGY Isle of Anglesey [Sir Ynys Môn GB-YNM]
  • GB-MTY Merthyr Tydfil [Merthyr Tudful GB-MTU]
  • GB-MON Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy GB-FYN]
  • GB-NTL Neath Port Talbot [Castell-nedd Port Talbot GB-CTL]
  • GB-NWP Newport [Casnewydd GB-CNW]
  • GB-PEM Pembrokeshire [Sir Benfro GB-BNF]
  • GB-POW Powys
  • GB-RCT Rhondda, Cynon, Taff [Rhondda, Cynon,Taf]
  • GB-SWA Swansea [Abertawe GB-ATA]
  • GB-TOF Torfaen [Tor-faen]
  • GB-VGL Vale of Glamorgan, The [Bro Morgannwg GB-BMG]
  • GB-WRX Wrexham [Wrecsam GB-WRC]
• GB-CHA Channel Islands
  • GB-GSY Guernsey [Guernesey]
  • GB-JSY Jersey
• GB-IOM Isle of Man
• Miscellaneous
  • GB-EAW England and Wales
  • GB-GBN Great Britain
  • GB-UKM United Kingdom

Source: "Gazetteer for the Reorganised Statistical Regions and Local Authorities in the United Kingdom", Office for National Statistics, June 1997.