SW1A

English Etymology SW1A begins the postcode of many government addresses, most famously the House of Commons (SW1A 0AA), Buckingham Palace (SW1A 1AA) and Downing Street (SW1A 2AA). See en SW1. Proper noun en metonymic en SW1; British government institutions as a whole. en 2019-09-19 Jack Shenker Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of the People Random House 9781473559189 He gradually gained a reputation as an outspoken backbencher, but was always at his most comfortable far away from the bars and benches of SW1A en 2019-09-05 Marie Le Conte Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power Bonnier Zaffre 9781788701785 2004 You might argue that this is also the case for most people walking into most jobs, and you might be right, but the learning curve in SW1A is steep. en 2026-06-02 Daniel Hewitt Left to Rot: How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix It Policy Press 9781447378549 12 I felt much more at home out of Westminster, but lockdown meant I was confined almost exclusively to reporting in SW1A.