WR postcode area

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Worcester
Postcode area
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Coordinates: 52°10′01″N2°11′17″W / 52.167°N 2.188°W / 52.167; -2.188
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
WR
Postcode area name
Worcester
Post towns 7
Postcode districts 17
Postcode sectors50
Postcodes (live)8,733
Postcodes (total)12,461
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The WR postcode area, also known as the Worcester postcode area, [2] is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover central and southern Worcestershire (including Worcester, Broadway, Droitwich, Evesham, Malvern, Pershore and Tenbury Wells), plus very small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
WR1WORCESTER Worcester Worcester
WR2WORCESTER Powick, Hallow Worcester, Malvern Hills
WR3WORCESTER Fernhill Heath, Claines Worcester, Wychavon
WR4WORCESTER Warndon, Long Meadow Worcester, Wychavon
WR5WORCESTER Kempsey, Broomhall Worcester, Wychavon, Malvern Hills
WR6WORCESTER Martley, Clifton on Teme, Abberley Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest, Herefordshire
WR7WORCESTER Inkberrow, Crowle, Upton Snodsbury Wychavon
WR8WORCESTER Upton upon Severn, Hanley Castle, Hanley Swan Malvern Hills, Wychavon
WR9DROITWICH Droitwich, Ombersley, Wychbold, Rushock Wychavon, Wyre Forest
WR10PERSHORE Pershore, Eckington, Drakes Broughton Wychavon
WR11BROADWAY non-geographic [3]
WR11EVESHAM Evesham, Harvington, Badsey, Sedgeberrow, Ashton under Hill Wychavon, Stratford-on-Avon, Tewkesbury, Cotswold
WR12BROADWAY Broadway, Willersey, Childswickham Wychavon, Tewkesbury, Cotswold
WR13MALVERN Colwall, Cradley, Welland Malvern Hills, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean
WR14MALVERN Malvern, Upper Welland Malvern Hills, Herefordshire
WR15TENBURY WELLS Tenbury Wells, Burford, Newnham Bridge, Bockleton Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest,

Shropshire, Herefordshire

WR78WORCESTERKays Ltdnon-geographic [4]
WR99WORCESTERKays Ltdnon-geographic [4]

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WR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, CV, DY, GL, HR and SY postcode areas. WR postcode area map.svg
WR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, CV, DY, GL, HR and SY 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. ↑ "New sectors and localities to 16 November 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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