CH postcode area

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Chester
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CH
Coordinates: 53°17′35″N3°01′26″W / 53.293°N 3.024°W / 53.293; -3.024
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CH
Postcode area name
Chester
Post towns 13
Postcode districts 37
Postcode sectors213
Postcodes (live)18,790
Postcodes (total)24,203
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in North West England and North East Wales. Together the districts cover west Cheshire, the Wirral part of Merseyside, and east Flintshire. Its thirteen post towns are Bagillt, Birkenhead, Buckley, Chester, Deeside, Ellesmere Port, Flint, Holywell, Mold, Neston, Prenton, Wallasey, and Wirral.

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The postcodes for the Wirral Peninsula were originally covered by the L postcode area, until they were transferred to the CH postcode area in 1999. The postcode numbers were unchanged, for example L41 became CH41. [3]

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
CH1CHESTER Blacon, Chester, Higher Ferry, Capenhurst, Backford Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire
CH2CHESTER Backford, Chester, Elton, Hoole, Ince, Mickle Trafford, Moston, Newton by Chester, Upton-by-Chester Cheshire West and Chester
CH3CHESTER Boughton, Chester, Huntington, Mouldsworth, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Farndon, Waverton, Saighton, Upton-by-Chester Cheshire West and Chester
CH4CHESTER Chester, Curzon Park, Handbridge, Lache, Pulford, Penyffordd, Broughton, Saltney Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire
CH5DEESIDE Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Sealand, Garden City, Sandycroft, Hawarden, Ewloe, Mancot Flintshire
CH6BAGILLT Bagillt Flintshire
FLINT Flint, Oakenholt, Flint Mountain
CH7BUCKLEY Buckley Flintshire, Denbighshire
MOLD Mold, Leeswood, Treuddyn, Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Caerwys, Northop Hall
CH8HOLYWELL Holywell, Milwr, Holway, Carmel, Lloc, Bryn Celyn, Greenfield, Halkyn, Lixwm, Talacre Flintshire
CH25BIRKENHEAD PO Boxes non-geographic
CH26PRENTONPO Boxesnon-geographic
CH27WALLASEYPO Boxesnon-geographic
CH28WIRRALPO Boxes in Moreton non-geographic
CH29WIRRALPO Boxes in Hoylake non-geographic
CH30WIRRALPO Boxes in Upton non-geographic
CH31WIRRALPO Boxes in Heswall non-geographic
CH32WIRRALPO Boxes in New Ferry non-geographic
CH33NESTONPO Boxesnon-geographic
CH34ELLESMERE PORTPO Boxesnon-geographic
CH41BIRKENHEAD Birkenhead, Claughton, Seacombe, Tranmere, Woodside Wirral
CH42BIRKENHEAD Birkenhead, Oxton, Prenton, Rock Ferry Wirral
CH43PRENTON Beechwood, Bidston, Noctorum, Oxton, Prenton Wirral
CH44WALLASEY Egremont, Liscard, Poulton, Seacombe, Wallasey Wirral
CH45WALLASEY New Brighton, Wallasey, Wallasey Village Wirral
CH46WIRRAL Leasowe, Moreton, Saughall Massie Wirral
CH47WIRRAL Hoylake, Meols Wirral
CH48WIRRAL Caldy, Frankby, Grange, Hoylake, Newton, West Kirby Wirral
CH49WIRRAL Greasby, Landican, Saughall Massie, Upton, Woodchurch Wirral
CH60WIRRAL Heswall, Gayton Wirral
CH61WIRRAL Barnston, Heswall (part), Irby, Pensby, Thingwall, Thurstaston Wirral
CH62WIRRAL Bromborough, Eastham, New Ferry, Port Sunlight, Spital Wirral
CH63WIRRAL Brimstage, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Higher Bebington, Lower Bebington, Raby, Raby Mere, Spital, Storeton, Thornton Hough Wirral
CH64NESTON Parkgate, Neston, Willaston, Little Neston, Ness, Puddington, Burton Cheshire West and Chester
CH65ELLESMERE PORT Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Whitby, Wolverham Cheshire West and Chester
CH66ELLESMERE PORT Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Hooton, Ledsham, Little Sutton, Overpool, Whitby Cheshire West and Chester
CH88CHESTER North West Securities Bank [4] non-geographic
CH99CHESTER Benefits Agency, [4] St. Michaels Financial Services & Chargecard [4] non-geographic

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CH postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CW, L, LL, SY and WA postcode areas. CH postcode area map.svg
CH postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CW, L, LL, SY and WA postcode areas.

See also

Notes

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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. "Why we are changing postcodes – Royal Mail". Wirral Globe website. Newsquest Media Group. 18 March 1999. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
    4. 1 2 3 "RM non-geographical postcode list" (PDF).[ permanent dead link ]