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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=CA}}
The '''CA postcode area''', also known as the '''Carlisle postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 28 [[postcode]] districts in north-west [[England]], within 22 [[post town]]s. These cover northern [[Cumbria]], including [[Carlisle]], [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], [[Workington]], [[Whitehaven]], [[Maryport]], [[Cockermouth]], [[Egremont, Cumbria|Egremont]], [[Alston, Cumbria|Alston]], [[Appleby-in-Westmorland]], [[Beckermet]], [[Brampton, Carlisle|Brampton]], [[Cleator]], [[Cleator Moor]], [[Frizington]], [[Holmrook]], [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], [[Kirkby Stephen]], [[Moor Row]], [[Ravenglass]], [[Seascale]], [[St Bees]] and [[Wigton]], plus a small part of [[Northumberland]].

Mail for the [[CA postcode area|CA]] postcode area is processed at Carlisle Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[DG postcode area|DG]] postcode area.

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! CA1
| CARLISLE
| [[Carlisle]] (east)
| [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]]
|-
! CA2
| CARLISLE
| Carlisle (south and west)
| Cumberland
|-
! CA3
| CARLISLE
| Carlisle (north)
| Cumberland
|-
! CA4
| CARLISLE
| [[Warwick Bridge]], [[Wetheral]], [[Cumwhinton]], [[Armathwaite]]
| Cumberland, [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! CA5
| CARLISLE
| [[Dalston, Cumbria|Dalston]], [[Burgh by Sands]], [[Thursby]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA6
| CARLISLE
| [[Longtown, Cumbria|Longtown]], Penton, [[Blackford, Cumbria|Blackford]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA7
| WIGTON
| [[Wigton]], [[Silloth]], [[Aspatria]], [[Caldbeck]], [[Hesket Newmarket]]
| Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA8
| BRAMPTON
| [[Brampton, Carlisle|Brampton]], [[Gilsland]], [[Greenhead, Northumberland|Greenhead]], [[Lambley, Northumberland|Lambley]], [[Slaggyford]]
| Cumberland, [[Northumberland County Council|Northumberland]]
|-
! CA9
| ALSTON
| [[Alston, Cumbria|Alston]], [[Garrigill]], [[Nenthead]], [[Kirkhaugh]]
| Westmorland and Furness, Northumberland
|-
! CA10
| PENRITH
| [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] (Carleton Hall area), [[Shap]], [[Tebay]], [[Kirkby Thore]], [[Langwathby]], [[Lazonby]], [[Pooley Bridge]]
| Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA11
| PENRITH
| Penrith (most of), [[Stainton, Eden|Stainton]], [[Mungrisdale]], [[Glenridding]], [[Patterdale]]
| Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA12
| KESWICK
| [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], [[Seatoller]], [[Braithwaite]], [[Bassenthwaite]], [[Threlkeld]]
| Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA13
| COCKERMOUTH
| [[Cockermouth]], [[Lorton, Cumbria|Lorton]], [[Buttermere, Cumbria (village)|Buttermere]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA14
| WORKINGTON
| [[Workington]], [[Distington]], Stainburn, [[Seaton, Cumbria|Seaton]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA15
| MARYPORT
| [[Maryport]], [[Dearham]], [[Flimby]], [[Allonby]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA16
| APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
| [[Appleby-in-Westmorland]]
| Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA17
| KIRKBY STEPHEN
| [[Kirkby Stephen]], [[Brough, Cumbria|Brough]], [[Ravenstonedale]]
| Westmorland and Furness
|-
! CA18
| RAVENGLASS
| [[Ravenglass]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA19
| HOLMROOK
| [[Holmrook]], [[Santon Bridge]], [[Eskdale, Cumbria|Eskdale]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA20
| SEASCALE
| [[Seascale]], [[Sellafield]], [[Gosforth, Cumbria|Gosforth]], [[Wasdale Head]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA21
| BECKERMET
| [[Beckermet]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA22
| EGREMONT
| [[Egremont, Cumbria|Egremont]], [[Thornhill, Cumbria|Thornhill]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA23
| CLEATOR
| [[Cleator]], [[Ennerdale Bridge]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA24
| MOOR ROW
| [[Moor Row]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA25
| CLEATOR MOOR
| [[Cleator Moor]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA26
| FRIZINGTON
| [[Frizington]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA27
| ST. BEES
| [[St Bees]]
| Cumberland
|-
! CA28
| WHITEHAVEN
| [[Hensingham]], [[Moresby, Cumbria|Moresby]], [[Parton, Cumbria|Parton]], [[Sandwith, Cumbria|Sandwith]], [[Whitehaven]]
| Cumberland
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CA95
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WORKINGTON
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CA99
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CARLISLE
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Jobcentre Plus]]''
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=CA postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Cumbria}}
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Postcode Address File]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Carlisle, Cumbria]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]

CA postcode area - Revision history

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