SK Postcode Area
The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover south-east Greater Manchester (including Stockport, Cheadle, Hyde, Stalybridge and Dukinfield), parts of east Cheshire (including Macclesfield, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge), north-west Derbyshire (including Buxton, High Peak and Glossop) and a small part of north Staffordshire.
SK postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CW, DE, HD, M, OL, S, ST and WA postcode areas.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK1 | STOCKPORT | Stockport | Stockport |
| SK2 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Offerton | Stockport |
| SK3 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Davenport, Edgeley, Adswood, Bridgehall | Stockport |
| SK4 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Four Heatons, Heaton Moor | Stockport |
| SK5 | STOCKPORT | Stockport, Brinnington, Reddish | Stockport |
| SK6 | STOCKPORT | Bredbury, Romiley, Woodley, Marple, Marple Bridge, High Lane | Stockport |
| SK7 | STOCKPORT | Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Woodford | Stockport |
| SK8 | CHEADLE | Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green | Stockport |
| SK9 | WILMSLOW | Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal | Cheshire East |
| ALDERLEY EDGE | Alderley Edge | ||
| SK10 | MACCLESFIELD | Macclesfield (north), Bollington, Pott Shrigley, Prestbury, Rainow | Cheshire East |
| SK11 | MACCLESFIELD | Macclesfield (south), Sutton, Rushton Spencer | Cheshire East, Staffordshire Moorlands |
| SK12 | STOCKPORT | Disley, Poynton | Cheshire East |
| SK13 | GLOSSOP | Glossop, Hadfield | High Peak |
| SK14 | HYDE | Hyde, Broadbottom, Gee Cross, Hollingworth, Mottram in Longdendale | Tameside |
| SK15 | STALYBRIDGE | Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Heyrod, Matley, Millbrook | Tameside |
| SK16 | DUKINFIELD | Dukinfield | Tameside |
| SK17 | BUXTON | Buxton, Tideswell, Hartington, Longnor, Chelmorton | High Peak, Derbyshire Dales, Staffordshire Moorlands |
| SK22 | HIGH PEAK | Birch Vale, Hayfield, Little Hayfield, New Mills, Rowarth | High Peak |
| SK23 | HIGH PEAK | Buxworth, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley, Combs, Furness Vale, Kettleshulme, Whaley Bridge | Cheshire East, High Peak |
The SK22 and SK23 districts and the HIGH PEAK post town were formed in 1996, out of the SK12 district and the STOCKPORT post town.
Map
KML is from Wikidata
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ Royal Mail, Postcode Update 23, July 1996