WV postcode area
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::
The WV postcode area, also known as the Wolverhampton postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in England, within four post towns. These cover the north-western part of the West Midlands (including Wolverhampton, Willenhall and Bilston), plus parts of south-west Staffordshire and south-east Shropshire (including Bridgnorth).
Mail for this area is sorted, along with mail for the adjacent DY postcode area, at the North West Midlands Mail Centre in Wolverhampton.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
|- ! WV1 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Wolverhampton City Centre, Horseley Fields, East Park
| Wolverhampton |
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| ! WV2 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| All Saints, Blakenhall, Parkfields |
| Wolverhampton |
| - |
| ! WV3 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Finchfield, Compton, Castlecroft |
| Wolverhampton |
| - |
| ! WV4 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Penn, Warstones, Merry Hill, parts of Goldthorn Park and Parkfields |
| Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WV5 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Wombourne, Claverley |
| South Staffordshire, Shropshire |
| - |
| ! WV6 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Whitmore Reans, Perton, Pattingham, Tettenhall, Ackleton |
| Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Shropshire |
| - |
| ! WV7 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Albrighton |
| Shropshire, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WV8 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Codsall, Rakegate, Bilbrook, Pendeford (west) |
| South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wolverhampton |
| - |
| ! WV9 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Aldersley, Pendeford, Coven |
| Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WV10 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Low Hill, Bushbury, Heath Town, Fordhouses, Fallings Park, Featherstone, Shareshill, parts of Wednesfield and Brinsford |
| Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WV11 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON |
| Wednesfield, Ashmore Park, Essington |
| Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire |
| - |
| ! WV12 |
| WILLENHALL |
| Short Heath, Lodge Farm |
| Walsall, Wolverhampton |
| - |
| ! WV13 |
| WILLENHALL |
| Willenhall Town, Shepwell Green |
| Walsall, Wolverhampton |
| - |
| ! WV14 |
| BILSTON |
| Bradley, Bilston Town, Coseley |
| Wolverhampton (Bilston), Dudley (Coseley), Walsall (Moxley, Bradley), Sandwell (Batman’s hill) |
| - |
| ! WV15 |
| BRIDGNORTH |
| Bridgnorth (Low Town) |
| Shropshire |
| - |
| ! WV16 |
| BRIDGNORTH |
| Bridgnorth (High Town), Ditton Priors |
| Shropshire |
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References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
- (July 2012). "Non Geographic Codes". Royal Mail Address Management Unit.
- (19 October 2012). "New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012". Royal Mail Address Management Unit.
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