FY postcode area
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Postcode district boundaries:
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Blackpool | |
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Coordinates: 53°49′37″N 3°01′16″W / 53.827°N 3.021°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | FY |
Postcode area name | Blackpool |
Post towns | 5 |
Postcode districts | 9 |
Postcode sectors | 42 |
Postcodes (live) | 7,274 |
Postcodes (total) | 10,043 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The FY postcode area, also known as the Blackpool postcode area,[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in North West England, within five post towns. These cover most of the Fylde plain (to which the letters in the postcode refer) in west Lancashire, including Blackpool, Thornton-Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde, Fleetwood and Lytham St Annes.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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FY0 | BLACKPOOL | non-geographic | |
FY1 | BLACKPOOL | Blackpool Town Centre, North Shore, South Shore | Blackpool |
FY2 | BLACKPOOL | Bispham, Moor Park | Blackpool |
FY3 | BLACKPOOL | Grange Park, Layton, Marton, Staining, Stanley Park | Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre |
FY4 | BLACKPOOL | Marton, South Shore, Squires Gate, Starr Gate | Blackpool, Fylde |
FY5 | THORNTON-CLEVELEYS | Anchorsholme, Little Bispham, Skippool, Thornton-Cleveleys | Wyre, Blackpool |
FY6 | POULTON-LE-FYLDE | Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Hambleton, Knott End-on-Sea, Preesall, Singleton, Stalmine | Wyre, Fylde, Blackpool |
FY7 | FLEETWOOD | Fleetwood, Rossall | Wyre |
FY8 | LYTHAM ST. ANNES | Lytham St. Annes, Moss Side | Fylde |
Some regions of the FY5 postcode area such as Little Bispham and Anchorsholme are generally considered to be suburbs of Blackpool due to being in that town's unitary authority area, despite having the Thornton-Cleveleys post town.
Map
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![FY postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/FY_postcode_area_map.svg/200px-FY_postcode_area_map.svg.png)
See also
References
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)