DD postcode area

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Dundee
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Coordinates: 56°32′35″N2°51′18″W / 56.543°N 2.855°W / 56.543; -2.855
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
DD
Postcode area name
Dundee
Post towns 9
Postcode districts 11
Postcode sectors52
Postcodes (live)8,967
Postcodes (total)11,305
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The DD postcode area, also known as the Dundee postcode area, [2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in eastern Scotland, within nine post towns. These cover Dundee and Angus (including Forfar, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir and Montrose), plus part of north-east Fife (including Newport-on-Tay and Tayport) and small parts of Perth and Kinross and Aberdeenshire.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
DD1DUNDEEMost of the city centre, the University and the RiversideDundee
DD2DUNDEEThe West of the city including Lochee, Blackness, Ninewells, Menzieshill, Charleston, Balgay, Ardler and Logie Dundee, Perth and Kinross
DD3DUNDEEThe northwest of the city including St Marys, Downfield and Kirkton, and the inner city areas of Strathmartine, Coldside and the Hilltown Dundee, Angus
DD4DUNDEEThe inner city area of Stobswell and Craigie, and the northeast of the city including Pitkerro, Douglas, Fintry and Whitfield Dundee, Angus
DD5DUNDEEThe east of the city including Broughty Ferry, Barnhill and Monifieth Dundee, Angus
DD6NEWPORT-ON-TAY Newport-on-Tay, Wormit, Balmerino, Gauldry Fife
TAYPORT Tayport
DD7CARNOUSTIE Carnoustie Angus
DD8FORFAR Forfar, Glamis, Letham Angus
KIRRIEMUIR Kirriemuir
DD9BRECHIN Brechin, Edzell Angus
DD10MONTROSE Montrose, St Cyrus, Inverbervie, Hillside, Gourdon Angus, Aberdeenshire
DD11ARBROATH Arbroath, Friockheim Angus

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DD postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby AB, KY and PH postcode areas. DD postcode area map.svg
DD postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby AB, KY and PH postcode areas.

See also

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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)