SK postcode area
Postcode district boundaries:
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Stockport | |
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Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 2°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] |
The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area,[2] is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover south-east Greater Manchester (including Stockport, Cheadle, Hyde, Stalybridge and Dukinfield), parts of east Cheshire (including Macclesfield, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge), north-west Derbyshire (including Buxton, High Peak and Glossop) and a small part of north Staffordshire.
Coverage[edit]
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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SK1 | STOCKPORT | Stockport | Stockport |
SK2 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Offerton | Stockport |
SK3 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Davenport, Edgeley, Adswood, Bridgehall | Stockport |
SK4 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Four Heatons, Heaton Moor | Stockport |
SK5 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Brinnington, Reddish | Stockport |
SK6 | STOCKPORT | Bredbury, Romiley, Woodley, Marple, Marple Bridge, High Lane | Stockport |
SK7 | STOCKPORT | Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Woodford | Stockport |
SK8 | CHEADLE | Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green | Stockport |
SK9 | WILMSLOW | Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal | Cheshire East |
ALDERLEY EDGE | Alderley Edge | ||
SK10 | MACCLESFIELD | Macclesfield (north), Bollington, Pott Shrigley, Prestbury, Rainow | Cheshire East |
SK11 | MACCLESFIELD | Macclesfield (south), Sutton, Rushton Spencer | Cheshire East, Staffordshire Moorlands |
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 | High Peak, Derbyshire Dales, 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 SK22 and SK23 districts and the HIGH PEAK post town were formed in 1996, out of the SK12 district and the STOCKPORT post town.[3]
Map[edit]
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![SK postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.](http://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. 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)
- ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 23, July 1996