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Stockport
Postcode area
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 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

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s)
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]

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SK postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.BL postcode areaCW postcode areaDE postcode areaHD postcode areaM postcode areaOL postcode areaS postcode areaST postcode areaWA postcode area
SK postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CW, DE, HD, M, OL, S, ST and WA postcode areas.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 23, July 1996

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