WS postcode area
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::
The WS postcode area, is the West Staffordshire postcode also known as the Walsall postcode area, is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover the northern part of the West Midlands (including Walsall and Wednesbury) and much of south-east Staffordshire (including Lichfield, Cannock, Burntwood and Rugeley).
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
|- ! WS1 | WALSALL | Walsall town centre, Caldmore
| Walsall |
|---|
| ! WS2 |
| WALSALL |
| Pleck, Bentley, Leamore |
| Walsall |
| - |
| ! WS3 |
| WALSALL |
| Bloxwich, Coal Pool, Pelsall |
| Walsall |
| - |
| ! WS4 |
| WALSALL |
| Rushall |
| Walsall |
| - |
| ! WS5 |
| WALSALL |
| Bescot, Tamebridge, Yew Tree |
| Walsall, Sandwell |
| - |
| ! WS6 |
| WALSALL |
| Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley |
| South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WS7 |
| BURNTWOOD |
| Burntwood |
| Lichfield |
| - |
| ! WS8 |
| WALSALL |
| Brownhills, Walsall Wood (north) |
| Walsall |
| - |
| ! WS9 |
| WALSALL |
| Aldridge, Walsall Wood (south), Stonnall |
| Walsall, Lichfield |
| - |
| ! WS10 |
| WEDNESBURY |
| Wednesbury, Darlaston |
| Sandwell, Walsall |
| - |
| ! WS11 |
| CANNOCK |
| Cannock, Norton Canes, Hatherton |
| Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WS12 |
| CANNOCK |
| Hednesford, Heath Hayes, Wimblebury, Huntington |
| Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WS13 |
| LICHFIELD |
| Lichfield (north and city centre), Fradley, Streethay, Croxall, Farewell, Chorley |
| Lichfield |
| - |
| ! WS14 |
| LICHFIELD |
| Lichfield (south), Shenstone, Whittington, Wall, Weeford |
| Lichfield |
| - |
| ! WS15 |
| RUGELEY |
| Rugeley, Brereton, Armitage, Handsacre, Abbots Bromley, Longdon, Mavesyn Ridware, Hill Ridware, Blithbury, Colton, Cannock Wood, Gentleshaw, Hamstall Ridware, Admaston |
| Cannock Chase, Lichfield, East Staffordshire |
| } |
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References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
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