Whitton residents have a (TW2), Hounslow (TW3 & TW4) or (TW7) post town and postcode. Residents who live in Whitton but on the border of Whitton and Hounslow have a Hounslow (TW3 & TW4) post town and postcode. Prior to 2015, these residents who were on the border only had a post town of Hounslow despite living in Whitton. However, Vince Cable, the Twickenham MP when to Parliament and requested Royal Mail to create Whitton as a post town. In 2015, Royal Mail created Whitton as a unique postal district where now residents of Whitton who live on the border of Whitton and Hounslow can put Whitton in their address.