DY postcode area

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Coordinates: 52°27′11″N2°10′52″W / 52.453°N 2.181°W / 52.453; -2.181
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
DY
Postcode area name
Dudley
Post towns 8
Postcode districts 14
Postcode sectors59
Postcodes (live)10,962
Postcodes (total)14,419
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The DY postcode area, also known as the Dudley postcode area, [2] is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, within eight post towns. These cover the south-western part of the West Midlands (including Dudley, Tipton, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Kingswinford) and north Worcestershire (including Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn), plus the south-westernmost part of Staffordshire and a small part of south-east Shropshire.

Contents

Mail for this area is sorted, along with mail for the adjacent WV postcode area, at the North West Midlands Mail Centre in Wolverhampton.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
DY1DUDLEY Dudley town centre, Woodsetton (part of) Dudley
DY2DUDLEYDudley town centre, Netherton, Woodside Dudley
DY3DUDLEY Gornal, Himley, Sedgley, Swindon, Gospel End, Woodsetton (part of)Dudley, South Staffordshire
DY4TIPTON Tipton, Coseley (part of), Tividale (part of) Sandwell, Dudley
DY5BRIERLEY HILL( Brierley Hill is Merry Hill ,Pensnett, Brockmoor , Gornal & Kingswinford in part) Brierley Hill, Amblecote (north and east of railway includes Peters Hill , Lakeside and Brompton Park ), Quarry Bank( includes Caledonia Estate, High Street , Mount Pleasant & surrounding area to bottom of Bower Lane , Withymoor Village( including The Delph , Amblecote Road ,Mill Street towards High Street of Brierley Hill ).Dudley
DY6KINGSWINFORD Kingswinford, Ashwood, Wall Heath Dudley, South Staffordshire
DY7STOURBRIDGE Enville, Kinver, Stourton South Staffordshire
DY8STOURBRIDGE Stourbridge town centre, Amblecote, Hagley (part of), Wollaston, Wordsley Dudley, Bromsgrove, South Staffordshire
DY9STOURBRIDGEHagley (part of), Lye, Pedmore, Broome, Drayton Bromsgrove, Dudley, Wyre Forest
DY10KIDDERMINSTER Kidderminster (east), Chaddesley Corbett, Blakedown, Cookley Wyre Forest, Wychavon
DY11KIDDERMINSTERKidderminster (west), Hartlebury Wyre Forest, Wychavon
DY12BEWDLEY Bewdley, Arley, Hartlebury, Wolverley, Kinlet Wyre Forest, Shropshire
DY13STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN Stourport-on-Severn, Areley Kings, Astley, Dunley, Crossway Green, Dunhampton Wyre Forest, Malvern Hills, Wychavon
DY14KIDDERMINSTER Cleobury Mortimer, Rock, Far Forest, Bayton, Mamble Shropshire, Wyre Forest, Malvern Hills

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DY postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, SY, WR, WS and WV postcode areas. DY postcode area map.svg
DY postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, SY, WR, WS and WV 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)