User:Richardguk/SK postcode area

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Stockport
SK is located in the United Kingdom
SK
SK
Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 2°05′56″W / 53.371°N 2.099°W / 53.371; -2.099
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
SK
Postcode area name
Stockport
Post towns11
Postcode districts19
Postcode sectors113
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 postal districts around Alderley Edge, Buxton, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Dukinfield, Glossop, High Peak, Hyde, Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Stockport and Wilmslow in England.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority
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, Prestbury 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 Tameside
SK15 STALYBRIDGE Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Heyrod, Matley, Millbrook Tameside
SK16 DUKINFIELD Dukinfield Tameside
SK17 BUXTON Buxton, Tideswell High Peak
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 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]

Adjacent areas

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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).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 23, July 1996

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