CT postcode area

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Canterbury
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CT
Coordinates: 51°15′25″N1°13′55″E / 51.257°N 1.232°E / 51.257; 1.232
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CT
Postcode area name
Canterbury
Post towns 13
Postcode districts 22
Postcode sectors83
Postcodes (live)14,846
Postcodes (total)19,715
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The CT postcode area, also known as the Canterbury postcode area, [2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in South East England, within 13 post towns. These cover much of east Kent, including Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Birchington, Broadstairs, Deal, Herne Bay, Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Westgate-on-Sea and Whitstable.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
CT1CANTERBURY Canterbury (City centre, St Martins, Northgate and Sturry Road, South Canterbury, Thanington) Canterbury
CT2CANTERBURY Canterbury (Hales Place, London Road, St Stephen’s and Broad Oak Road, St Dunstans and Whitstable Road), Harbledown, Rough Common, Sturry, Fordwich, Blean, Tyler Hill, Broad Oak, Westbere Canterbury
CT3CANTERBURY Wingham, Hersden Canterbury, Dover
CT4CANTERBURY Canterbury (Nackington Road, Stuppington), Chartham, Bridge, Nackington, Lower Hardres, Patrixbourne, Bekesbourne, Chartham Hatch, Part of Harbledown and Rough Common Canterbury
CT5WHITSTABLE Whitstable, Seasalter, Tankerton, Chestfield, Swalecliffe, Yorkletts Canterbury
CT6HERNE BAY Herne Bay, Herne, Broomfield, Greenhill, Eddington, Beltinge, Reculver Canterbury
CT7BIRCHINGTON Birchington-on-Sea, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Sarre, Acol Thanet
CT8WESTGATE-ON-SEA Westgate-on-Sea Thanet
CT9MARGATE Margate, Cliftonville, Birchington, Garlinge, Westbrook Thanet
CT10BROADSTAIRS Broadstairs, St Peter's Thanet
CT11RAMSGATE Ramsgate, Pegwell Thanet
CT12RAMSGATENorthwood, Minster-in-Thanet, Cliffsend, Monkton, Manston Thanet
CT13SANDWICH Sandwich, Eastry, Woodnesborough, Great Stonar, Richborough Dover
CT14DEAL Deal, Walmer, Kingsdown, Ringwould, Sholden, Great Mongeham, Worth, Ripple, Tilmanstone, Betteshanger Dover
CT15DOVER Alkham, Lydden, Eythorne, St Margaret's at Cliffe, Elvington Dover
CT16DOVERDover (town centre and roughly east of A256), Whitfield, Temple Ewell Dover
CT17DOVERDover (roughly west of A256), Tower Hamlets, River Dover
CT18FOLKESTONE Hawkinge, Lyminge, Etchinghill, Capel-le-Ferne, Densole, Newington Folkestone and Hythe, Dover
CT19FOLKESTONE Folkestone (north), Cheriton Folkestone and Hythe
CT20FOLKESTONE Folkestone (south), Sandgate Folkestone and Hythe
CT21HYTHE Hythe, Saltwood, Lympne, Postling, Newingreen, West Hythe, Westenhanger Folkestone and Hythe
CT50FOLKESTONE Saga Group non-geographic [3]

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CT postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby ME and TN postcode areas. CT postcode area map.svg
CT postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby ME and TN postcode areas.

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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)
  3. "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.