North Leverton with Habblesthorpe tops the ranking, with 33 letters, ahead of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen and Woldingham Garden Village. The full ranking is below, each entry linked to its page.

# Town County Letters
1 North Leverton with Habblesthorpe Nottinghamshire 33
2 Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen Norfolk 27
3 Woldingham Garden Village Surrey 25
4 Cockenzie and Port Seton East Lothian 24
5 Little Hoole Moss Houses Lancashire 24
6 Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Conwy 24
7 Lower Stanton St Quintin Wiltshire 24
8 Archerfield The Village East Lothian 23
9 Charlestown of Aberlour Moray 23
10 Kirkton of Auchterhouse Angus 23
11 Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Powys 23
12 Ratcliffe on the Wreake Leicestershire 23
13 St John's Town of Dalry Dumfries and Galloway 23
14 St Margaret's at Cliffe Kent 23
15 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Nottinghamshire 23
16 Winterborne Whitechurch Dorset 23
17 Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria 22
18 Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Oxfordshire 22
19 Chiddingstone Causeway Kent 22
20 Collingbourne Kingston Wiltshire 22
21 Laughton en le Morthen South Yorkshire 22
22 Middleton-on-the-Wolds East Riding of Yorkshire 22
23 Normanton-on-the-Wolds Nottinghamshire 22
24 Stockton on the Forest North Yorkshire 22
25 Whitchurch Canonicorum Dorset 22
26 Ascott-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire 21
27 Barton-under-Needwood Staffordshire 21
28 Bowness-On-Windermere Cumbria 21
29 Brafield-on-the-Green Northamptonshire 21
30 Burnham Overy Staithe Norfolk 21
31 Chelworth Lower Green Wiltshire 21
32 Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire 21
33 Hardington Mandeville Somerset 21
34 Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Isle of Anglesey 21
35 Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent 21
36 Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshire 21
37 Saxlingham Nethergate Norfolk 21
38 Seavington St Michael Somerset 21
39 South Woodham Ferrers Essex 21
40 St James South Elmham Suffolk 21
41 Stansted Mountfitchet Essex 21
42 Stratton-on-the-Fosse Somerset 21
43 Terrington St Clement Norfolk 21
44 Wiggenhall St Germans Norfolk 21
45 Winterborne Stickland Dorset 21
46 Ashton-in-Makerfield Greater Manchester 20
47 Bourton-on-the-Water Gloucestershire 20
48 Braunston-in-Rutland Rutland 20
49 Broughton in Furness Cumbria 20
50 Burley in Wharfedale West Yorkshire 20
51 Coaltown of Balgonie Fife 20
52 Draycott in the Clay Staffordshire 20
53 Frisby on the Wreake Leicestershire 20
54 Gringley on the Hill Nottinghamshire 20
55 Hinton-in-the-Hedges Northamptonshire 20
56 Houghton on the Hill Leicestershire 20
57 Kingston Upon Thames Greater London 20
58 Netherne on-the-Hill Surrey 20
59 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Northumberland 20
60 Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire 20

Source: Postcodes UK place data. Compiled by Postcodes UK.

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North Leverton with Habblesthorpe tops the list, with 33 letters, followed by Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen and Woldingham Garden Village.

How is this ranking measured?

This ranking is based on Postcodes UK place data. It covers Britain's recognised built-up areas.