SK postcode area

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Stockport postcode area
SK is located in the United Kingdom
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Postcode area SK
Postcode area name Stockport
Post towns 11
Postcode districts 19
Postcode sectors 99
Postcodes (live) 16,505
Postcodes (total) 22,832
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area[2], is a group of postcode districts around Alderley Edge, Buxton, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Dukinfield, Glossop, High Peak, Hyde, Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Stockport and Wilmslow in England.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
SK1 STOCKPORT Stockport Stockport
SK2 STOCKPORT Stockport Stockport
SK3 STOCKPORT Stockport, Davenport, Edgeley, Adswood, Bridgehall Stockport
SK4 STOCKPORT Stockport, Four Heatons Stockport
SK5 STOCKPORT Stockport, Brinnington, Reddish Stockport
SK6 STOCKPORT Bredbury, Romiley, Woodley, Marple Stockport
SK7 STOCKPORT Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Woodford Stockport
SK8 CHEADLE Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green Stockport
SK9 ALDERLEY EDGE, WILMSLOW Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal Cheshire East
SK10 MACCLESFIELD Macclesfield, Bollington, Pott Shrigley, Prestbury, Rainow Cheshire East
SK11 MACCLESFIELD Macclesfield Cheshire East
SK12 STOCKPORT Disley, Poynton Cheshire East
SK13 GLOSSOP Glossop, Hadfield High Peak
SK14 HYDE Hyde, Broadbottom, Gee Cross, Hollingworth, Mottram in Longdendale Tameside
SK15 STALYBRIDGE Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Heyrod, Matley, Millbrook Tameside
SK16 DUKINFIELD Dukinfield Tameside
SK17 BUXTON Buxton, Tideswell, Hartington, Longnor, Chelmorton Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, Staffordshire Moorlands
SK22 HIGH PEAK Birch Vale, Hayfield, Little Hayfield, New Mills, Rowarth High Peak
SK23 HIGH PEAK Buxworth, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley, Combs, Furness Vale, Kettleshulme, Whaley Bridge Cheshire East, High Peak

The HIGH PEAK post town (SK22 and SK23 districts) was created in 1996 from part of the STOCKPORT post town (SK12 district).[3]

[edit] Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
M OL HD
North
WA West SK East S
CW South
ST DE

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: S (Sheffield), DE (Derby), ST (Stoke-on-Trent), CW (Crewe), WA (Warrington), M (Manchester), OL (Oldham), HD (Huddersfield).

[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)
  3. ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 23, July 1996

Coordinates: 53°24′28″N 2°9′41″W / 53.40778°N 2.16139°W / 53.40778; -2.16139


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