SK postcode area
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Stockport | |
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Coordinates:53°22′16″N2°05′56″W/ 53.371°N 2.099°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | SK |
Postcode area name | Stockport |
Post towns | 11 |
Postcode districts | 19 |
Postcode sectors | 113 |
Postcodes (live) | 16,414 |
Postcodes (total) | 24,976 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
TheSK postcode area,also known as theStockport postcode area,[2]is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within elevenpost towns.These cover south-eastGreater Manchester(includingStockport,Cheadle,Hyde,StalybridgeandDukinfield), parts of eastCheshire(includingMacclesfield,WilmslowandAlderley Edge), north-westDerbyshire(includingBuxton,High PeakandGlossop) and a small part of northStaffordshire.
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
The SK22 and SK23 districts and theHIGH PEAKpost town were formed in 1996, out of the SK12 district and theSTOCKPORTpost town.[3]
Map
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![SK postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SK_postcode_area_map.svg/550px-SK_postcode_area_map.svg.png)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes"(ZIP).National Statistics Postcode Products.Office for National Statistics.May 2020. Table 2.Retrieved19 June2020.Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points,"Code-Point Open".OS OpenData.Ordnance Survey.February 2012.Retrieved21 April2012.
- ^Royal Mail,Address Management Guide,(2004)
- ^Royal Mail,Postcode Update 23,July 1996