S postcode area
Postcode prefix within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode prefix within the United Kingdom ::
The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. These cover most of South Yorkshire (including Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Mexborough), parts of north Derbyshire (including Chesterfield, Dronfield and the Hope Valley) and north-west Nottinghamshire (including Worksop), plus a small part of West Yorkshire. The S postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.
Mail for the S postcode area is processed at Sheffield Mail Centre, along with mail for the DN, LN, and HU postcode areas.
History
For 1857–1868 an S sector of the London postal district existed.
Similarly, there were also S-prefixed postal districts in the compass-based system used in Glasgow: Glasgow S1, S2, S3 and S4, which later became G41 to G44.
Three postcode districts were split and separated into ten new postcode districts. These were:
- S20, formed out of S19. The code was changed while the area remained the same to avoid confusion as the sectors were redrawn.
- S21, S25 and S26, formed out of S31.
- S32 to S36, formed out of S30.
The S64 district covering the Mexborough post town was originally earmarked for use as DN13, which has never been used.
Coverage
As with many postcode areas in the United Kingdom, the S Area is numbered in various clusters. S1-S14 cover the core urban area of Sheffield, with S17-S36 covering more suburban or rural areas within Sheffield's environs. Postcodes in the range S4x relate to the Chesterfield area. The range S6x relates to Rotherham. S7x relates to Barnsley, and S8x relates to Worksop. Any other postcodes prefixed S are non-geographic in nature.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
S1-S36: SHEFFIELD, DRONFIELD and HOPE VALLEY Post Towns |- ! S1 | SHEFFIELD |City Centre
S40-S49: CHESTERFIELD Post Town |- ! S40 | CHESTERFIELD |Town Centre, Boythorpe, Birdholme, Brampton
S60-S66: ROTHERHAM and MEXBOROUGH Post Towns |- ! S60 | ROTHERHAM |Town Centre, Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Canklow, Clifton, Masbrough, Treeton, Waverley, Whiston
| Rotherham |
|---|
| ! S61 |
| ROTHERHAM |
| Greasbrough, Kimberworth, Rockingham, Scholes, Thorpe Hesley |
| Rotherham |
| - |
| ! S62 |
| ROTHERHAM |
| Abdy, Nether Haugh, Parkgate, Rawmarsh, Wentworth |
| Rotherham |
| - |
| ! S63 |
| ROTHERHAM |
| Bolton-on-Dearne, Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe, Brampton Bierlow, Wath-on-Dearne, West Melton |
| Barnsley, Rotherham |
| - |
| ! S64 |
| MEXBOROUGH |
| Adwick Upon Dearne, Kilnhurst, Mexborough, Swinton |
| Doncaster, Rotherham |
| - |
| ! S65 |
| ROTHERHAM |
| Dalton, East Dene, Eastwood, Herringthorpe, Hooton Roberts, Ravenfield, Thrybergh |
| |- ! S66 | ROTHERHAM |Braithwell, Bramley, Brampton-en-le-Morthen, Hellaby, Maltby, Micklebring, Morthen, Stainton, Stone, Thurcroft, Wickersley
| Rotherham, Doncaster |
|---|
| } |
S70-S75: BARNSLEY Post Town |- ! S70 | BARNSLEY |Town Centre, Birdwell, Kendray, Stairfoot, Worsborough
| Barnsley |
|---|
| ! S71 |
| BARNSLEY |
| Ardsley, Athersley, Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Royston |
| Barnsley |
| - |
| ! S72 |
| BARNSLEY |
| Brierley, Cudworth, Grimethorpe, Shafton, South Hiendley |
| Barnsley, Wakefield |
| - |
| ! S73 |
| BARNSLEY |
| Darfield, Hemingfield, Wombwell |
| Barnsley, Rotherham |
| - |
| ! S74 |
| BARNSLEY |
| Elsecar, Hoyland, Jump |
| Barnsley |
| - |
| ! S75 |
| BARNSLEY |
| Barugh Green, Cawthorne, Darton, Dodworth, Gawber, Kexbrough, Mapplewell, Pogmoor, Staincross, Tankersley, Wilthorpe |
| Barnsley, Wakefield |
| - |
| } |
S80 and S81: WORKSOP Post Town |- ! S80 | WORKSOP | Worksop (south), Creswell, Rhodesia, Thorpe Salvin, Whitwell
| Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Rotherham |
|---|
| ! S81 |
| WORKSOP |
| Worksop (north), Blyth, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Langold, Shireoaks, Woodsetts |
| Bassetlaw, Rotherham |
| - |
| } |
S94-S99: Non-Geographic Postcodes |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S94 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Census 2021 (a main national office) | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S95 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Bulk users | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S96 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Bulk users | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S97 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|ROTHERHAM, SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Bulk users, mostly Selectapost | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S98 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Bulk users | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|S99 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHEFFIELD | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Jobcentre Plus | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |}
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References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
- "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales".
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