Hi, It is possible to edit the UK Counties list or is there an up to date version? It appears that there are some incorrect / out of date counties on my site. For example South Humberside changed to North Lincolnshire in 1996!!

Richard.

Hi Richard
I guess the only real point of having UK Counties now is as a way to split the UK into postal zones for weight and price based shipping. If you are not using those shipping methods (or are, but have a flat rate for the whole country) then it may be best to not require or display the county. I can certainly look into correcting any discrepancies but I don't actually see a change from South Humberside to North Lincolnshire on on this list for example...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom
Maybe if you give me more details about the entries that you think need changing? But at the same time, it's really hard to get a definitive list as the Royal Mail of course now doesn't even require the county.

Vince

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Hi Vince, Thanks for your reply. I've been contacted by a few customers in recent months about the counties listed being out of date, but I hadn't looked into this myself until now. I have just spent some time looking online and so far I haven't been able to find a definitive up to date list. I do use the counties to differentiate postal zones for the Highlands of Scotland and Nothern Ireland where different shipping rates can apply, but I think this would be better achieved using post code areas as this is what the courier companies use. So maybe the answer would be to get rid of the counties / states list and have a post code list instead which could be used to set postal zones. I imagine that would be quite a big update though..

Richard.