User:Richardguk/SO postcode area

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Southampton
SO is located in the United Kingdom
SO
SO
Coordinates: 50°56′17″N 1°23′20″W / 50.938°N 1.389°W / 50.938; -1.389
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
SO
Postcode area name
Southampton
Post towns9
Postcode districts30
Postcode sectors179
Postcodes (live)18,298
Postcodes (total)40,011
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The SO postcode area, also known as the Southampton postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Alresford, Brockenhurst, Eastleigh, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Romsey, Southampton, Stockbridge and Winchester in England.

In the early 1990s Royal Mail realised there was a shortage of available postcodes in the SO postcode area.[3] The population was continuing to grow and new developments in some districts (mainly the city itself) were having to be issued with odd 'SO9' postcodes as there were no alternative combinations remaining. On 1st December 1993 the existing SO1-SO5 and SO9 postal districts for the entire region were replaced with subdivisions which contained four digits. This created thousands more possible combinations, however it also resulted in an unusual situation which left the centre of the postcode area, Southampton City Centre, without a traditional '1' numbered postcode. Southampton is one of only a handful of areas in the country where this is the case.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
SO14 SOUTHAMPTON City Centre, St. Mary's, Newtown, Nicholstown, Ocean Village (marina), Chapel, Eastern Docks, Bevois Valley Southampton
SO15 SOUTHAMPTON Shirley, Freemantle, Banister Park, Millbrook Southampton
SO16 SOUTHAMPTON Bassett, Redbridge, Rownhams, Nursling Southampton
SO17 SOUTHAMPTON Highfield, Portswood, St Denys, Swaythling Southampton
SO18 SOUTHAMPTON Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Chartwell Green, Townhill Park, Southampton Airport Southampton, Eastleigh
SO19 SOUTHAMPTON Sholing, Thornhill Southampton
SO20 STOCKBRIDGE Stockbridge Test Valley
SO21 WINCHESTER Compton, Colden Common, Hursley, Micheldever, Owslebury, Shawford, South Wonston, Sutton Scotney, Sparsholt, Twyford Winchester
SO22 WINCHESTER Badger Farm, Fulflood, Hursley, Littleton and Harestock, Olivers Battery, Pitt, St Cross (W), Stanmore, Weeke Winchester
SO23 WINCHESTER City centre, Abbotts Barton, Bar End, Highcliffe, Hyde, St Cross (E), Winnall Winchester
SO24 ALRESFORD New Alresford, Old Alresford, Cheriton, Tichborne Winchester
SO30 SOUTHAMPTON Botley, Hedge End, West End Eastleigh
SO31 SOUTHAMPTON Warsash, Hamble-le-Rice , Locks Heath Eastleigh, Fareham, Netley Abbey
SO32 SOUTHAMPTON Bishops Waltham, Corhampton, Droxford, Durley, Exton, Meonstoke, Shedfield, Soberton, Swanmore, Upham, Warnford, Wickham Eastleigh, Winchester
SO40 LYNDHURST, SOUTHAMPTON Totton, Lyndhurst, Cadnam, Marchwood New Forest
SO41 LYMINGTON Milford-on-Sea, Pennington, Boldre New Forest
SO42 BROCKENHURST Beaulieu New Forest
SO43 LYNDHURST New Forest
SO45 SOUTHAMPTON Hythe, Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot, Hardley New Forest
SO50 EASTLEIGH
SO51 ROMSEY Romsey, Ampfield, Lockerley, Mottisfont, Wellow Test Valley
SO52 ROMSEY North Baddesley Test Valley
SO53 EASTLEIGH Chandler's Ford Eastleigh, Test Valley
 

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: PO (Portsmouth), BH (Bournemouth), SP (Salisbury), RG (Reading), GU (Guildford).

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. ^ http://www2.geog.soton.ac.uk/geo-refer/go1_050_c15p00000000snsw.html