GY postcode area
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::
The GY postcode area, also known as Guernsey postcode area, its post town, is a group of 10 consecutive postal districts covering Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and the two inhabited lesser islets in that region of the Channel Islands. It was established in 1993 as an extension of the United Kingdom postcode system.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts. The post town is GUERNSEY for all postcode districts
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| Postcode district | Sector(s) | Unit codes | Parish or island | GY1 | GY2 | GY3 | GY4 | GY5 | GY6 | GY7 | GY8 | GY9 | GY10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 | Saint Peter Port | ||||||||||||
| 3 | HR | Herm in the above parish | |||||||||||
| 4 | AB | Jethou in the above parish | |||||||||||
| all | Saint Sampson | ||||||||||||
| all | Vale | ||||||||||||
| all | Saint Martin | ||||||||||||
| all | Castel | ||||||||||||
| 8 | AA – QZ | Vale | |||||||||||
| RA – ZZ | Saint Andrew | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Saint Pierre du Bois | ||||||||||||
| Saint Saviour | |||||||||||||
| 0 | AA – JZ | Forest | |||||||||||
| KA – ZZ | Torteval | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alderney | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sark | ||||||||||||
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Previously, both Alderney and Sark were covered by the GY9 district. In March 2009, Royal Mail had "agreed in principle" for the creation of the GY10 district which would cover all addresses on the island of Alderney, leaving just those of smaller Sark in GY9. This was intended to reduce the amount of mail being sent to the wrong island. The States of Alderney opposed doing it that way round, and instead Sark changed from sector GY9 0 to GY10 1 on 5 January 2011.
References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
- [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo021217/text/21217w16.htm Written Answer [87341]], House of Commons Hansard, London, 17 December 2002, column 739W.
- http://www.guernseypost.com/postcode_finder – GY1 3HR
- Island FM. (3 March 2009). "Alderney postcodes could soon change to GY10". Wave Telecom.
- States of Alderney. (27 April 2009). "Minute 22/2009 Any other business: 22.1 Change of postcode for Alderney". Minutes of Policy and Finance Committee 23 March 2009.
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