HG postcode area

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Coordinates: 54°04′12″N 1°29′20″W / 54.070°N 1.489°W / 54.070; -1.489

Harrogate postcode area
HG is located in the United Kingdom
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HG
Postcode area HG
Postcode area name Harrogate
Post towns 3
Postcode districts 5
Postcode sectors 23
Postcodes (live) 4,556
Postcodes (total) 5,756
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The HG postcode area, also known as the Harrogate postcode area,[2] is a group of postcode districts around Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough in England.

HG1 and HG2 cover most of Harrogate; HG1 covering areas north of The Stray while HG2 covers areas to the south. HG3 spans across some of the western suburbs, while HG4 and HG5 cover the remainder of the borough.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
HG1 HARROGATE Central, Bilton, Jennyfields, Duchy, New Park Harrogate
HG2 HARROGATE Oatlands, Woodlands, Hookstone, Rossett, Pannal Ash, Harlow Hill, Hornbeam Park Harrogate
HG3 HARROGATE Pannal, High Meadows, Killinghall, Spofforth, Bishop Monkton, Glasshouses Harrogate
HG4 RIPON North Stainley, High Grantley Harrogate
HG5 KNARESBOROUGH Scotton, Knaresborough Harrogate

[edit] Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
DL
North
BD West HG East YO
South
LS

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: YO (York), LS (Leeds), BD (Bradford), DL (Darlington).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)


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