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The '''S postcode area''', also known as the '''Sheffield postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of postcode districts in and around eight settlements with [[post town]] status: [[Barnsley]], [[Chesterfield]], [[Dronfield]], [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley |
The '''S postcode area''', also known as the '''Sheffield postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of postcode districts in and around eight settlements with [[post town]] status: [[Barnsley]], [[Chesterfield]], [[Dronfield]], [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]], [[Rotherham]], [[Sheffield]] and [[Worksop]] in [[England]]. Of these Dronfield and Mexborough have one postal district. |
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Currently the area has 49 non-sequentially numbered postal districts, three of which are 'non-geographical' being for bulk users in Sheffield and Rotherham. |
Currently the area has 49 non-sequentially numbered postal districts, three of which are 'non-geographical' being for bulk users in Sheffield and Rotherham. |
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Revision as of 14:22, 2 May 2015
Sheffield | |
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| Coordinates: 53°23′49″N 1°24′25″W / 53.397°N 1.407°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | S |
| Postcode area name | Sheffield |
| Post towns | 8 |
| Postcode districts | 52 |
| Postcode sectors | 248 |
| Postcodes (live) | 33,439 |
| Postcodes (total) | 49,099 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area,[2] is a group of postcode districts in and around eight settlements with post town status: Barnsley, Chesterfield, Dronfield, Hope Valley, Rotherham, Sheffield and Worksop in England. Of these Dronfield and Mexborough have one postal district.
Currently the area has 49 non-sequentially numbered postal districts, three of which are 'non-geographical' being for bulk users in Sheffield and Rotherham.
The city of Sheffield which is the only city in Yorkshire and the Humber to have a single-digit designation for its postcode, is centred on the sequentially numbered districts from S1 to S14.
History
There was originally an S sector of the London postal district, which was abolished in 1868.
Similarly, there were also S-prefixed postal districts in the compass-based system used in Glasgow: the former S1, S2, S3 and S4 areas on the South Side of Glasgow now have postcodes from G41 to G44.
The S20 district was formerly numbered S19; S21, S25 and S26 were formerly numbered S31, while S32 to S36 were formerly numbered S30.
The S64 district, Mexborough, was earmarked for use as DN13 which has never been used, see DN postcode area.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Map
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)