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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=CV}}
The '''CV postcode area''', also known as the '''Coventry postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 24 postcode districts in central England, within eleven post towns. These cover the eastern part of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] county (including [[Coventry]]), most of [[Warwickshire]] (including [[Atherstone]], [[Bedworth]], [[Kenilworth]], [[Leamington Spa]], [[Nuneaton]], [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], [[Shipston-on-Stour]], [[Southam]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and [[Warwick]]), a part of west [[Leicestershire]] and a very small part of [[Northamptonshire]].

The postcode areas CV1 to CV6 incorporate the city of Coventry and its contiguous suburbs, with CV7 covering several rural and suburban villages to the immediate west and north of the city (where Coventry remains the post town), i.e., the eastern portion of Solihull Borough and the southernmost areas of the [[Nuneaton & Bedworth]] District.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

CV8 to CV47 covers all other post towns in the postcode area, to the north, south, and east of Coventry (full coverage listed below).

The CV area borders seven other postcode areas: B (Birmingham), LE (Leicester), DE (Derby), NN (Northampton), WR (Worcester), GL (Gloucester), and OX (Oxford).{{fact|date=May 2025}}

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

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|-
! CV1
| COVENTRY
| Coventry C (Coventry City Centre, Gosford Green, Hillfields, Spon End, Bishopsgate Green, Coventry University)
| [[Coventry]]
|-
! CV2
| COVENTRY
| Coventry NE ([[Walsgrave]], [[Wyken]], [[Stoke, Coventry|Stoke]], [[Bell Green]], [[Wood End, Coventry|Wood End]], [[Potters Green]], [[Aldermans Green]], Clifford Park, Woodway Park)
| Coventry
|-
! CV3
| COVENTRY
| Coventry SE ([[Binley, Coventry|Binley]], [[Whitley, Coventry|Whitley]], [[Willenhall, Coventry|Willenhall]], [[Cheylesmore]], [[Styvechale]], [[Finham]], Fenside, [[Stoke Aldermoor]], Green Lane, [[Ernesford Grange]], [[Binley Woods]])
| Coventry, [[Borough of Rugby|Rugby]], [[Warwick District|Warwick]]
|-
! CV4
| COVENTRY
| Coventry SW ([[Tile Hill]], [[Canley]], [[Cannon Park]], Lime Tree Park, [[Gibbet Hill (University of Warwick)|Gibbet Hill]], [[Westwood Heath]], [[University of Warwick]])
| Coventry
|-
! CV5
| COVENTRY
| Coventry NW ([[Allesley]], Allesley Park, Allesley Green, [[Earlsdon]], [[Eastern Green]], Whoberley, [[Chapelfields, Coventry|Chapelfields]], Mount Nod, [[Brownshill Green]], [[Millison's Wood]])
| Coventry, Solihull
|-
! CV6
| COVENTRY
| Coventry N (Holbrooks, Coundon, Radford, Upper Foleshill, Longford, Rowley's Green, Courthouse Green, Whitmore Park), Hawkesbury
| Coventry, [[Nuneaton and Bedworth]]
|-
! CV7
| COVENTRY
| [[Exhall]], [[Ash Green, Warwickshire|Ash Green]], [[Keresley]], [[Meriden, West Midlands|Meriden]], [[Balsall Common]], [[Berkswell]], [[Corley]], [[Arley, Warwickshire|Arley]], [[Ansty, Warwickshire|Ansty]], [[Shilton, Warwickshire|Shilton]], [[Fillongley]]
| Nuneaton and Bedworth, [[North Warwickshire]], Coventry, Rugby, [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull|Solihull]]
|-
!rowspan=2|CV8
| COVENTRY
| [[Wolston]], [[Ryton-on-Dunsmore]]
|rowspan=2| Warwick, Rugby
|-
| KENILWORTH
| [[Kenilworth]], [[Baginton]], [[Bubbenhall]], [[Burton Green]], Brandon, Stoneleigh, [[Ashow]]
|-
! CV9
| ATHERSTONE
| Atherstone, Mancetter, Grendon, Baddesley Ensor, Baxterley, Hurley, Witherley, Wood End, Twycross, Orton On The Hill, Ridge Lane Village
| North Warwickshire, [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|-
! CV10
| NUNEATON
| Nuneaton N & W (Weddington, Stockingford, [[Camp Hill, Nuneaton|Camp Hill]], Galley Common, Grove Farm, Whittleford, Chapel End, Bermuda Village, Old Hill Top), Caldecote, Fenny Drayton, Hartshill, Ansley, Astley, Oldbury, Ridge Lane
| Nuneaton and Bedworth, North Warwickshire
|-
! CV11
| NUNEATON
| Nuneaton C & E (town centre, Abbey Green, St Nicolas Park, Horeston Grange, [[Attleborough, Warwickshire|Attleborough]], Whitestone, New Hill Top, Chilvers Coton, Caldwell), Burton Hastings, [[Bramcote, Warwickshire|Bramcote]]
| Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Hinckley and Bosworth
|-
! CV12
| BEDWORTH
| Bedworth (except Exhall and Ash Green), Bulkington
| Nuneaton and Bedworth
|-
! CV13
| NUNEATON
| [[Barlestone]], [[Barton in the Beans]], [[Bilstone]], [[Cadeby, Leicestershire|Cadeby]], [[Carlton, Leicestershire|Carlton]], [[Congerstone]], [[Dadlington]], [[Fenny Drayton]], [[Higham on the Hill]], [[Market Bosworth]], [[Nailstone]], [[Odstone]], [[Osbaston, Leicestershire|Osbaston]], [[Shackerstone]], [[Shenton]], [[Stoke Golding]], [[Sutton Cheney]], [[Upton, Leicestershire|Upton]], [[Wellsborough]]
| Hinckley and Bosworth
|-
! CV21
| RUGBY
| Rugby (north), [[Brownsover]]
| Rugby
|-
! CV22
| RUGBY
| Rugby (south), [[Bilton, Warwickshire|Bilton]], [[Cawston, Warwickshire|Cawston]], [[Dunchurch]]
| Rugby
|-
! CV23
| RUGBY
| [[Thurlaston, Warwickshire|Thurlaston]], [[Princethorpe]], [[Stretton-on-Dunsmore]], [[Birdingbury]], [[Brinklow]], [[Long Lawford]], [[Clifton upon Dunsmore]], [[Stretton-under-Fosse]], [[Monks Kirby]], [[Kilsby]]
| Rugby, [[West Northamptonshire]]
|-
! CV31
| LEAMINGTON SPA
| Leamington Spa (south), Sydenham, [[Whitnash]], [[Radford Semele]]
| Warwick
|-
! CV32
| LEAMINGTON SPA
| Leamington Spa (north), [[Lillington, Warwickshire|Lillington]], [[Cubbington]], Milverton, Campion Hills
| Warwick
|-
! CV33
| LEAMINGTON SPA
| Harbury and surrounding villages
| Warwick, [[Stratford-on-Avon District|Stratford-on-Avon]]
|-
! CV34
| WARWICK
| Warwick, Heathcote
| Warwick
|-
! CV35
| WARWICK
| [[Wellesbourne]], [[Gaydon]], [[Kineton]] and surrounding villages
| Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon
|-
! CV36
| SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
| [[Shipston-on-Stour]] and surrounding villages
| Stratford-on-Avon
|-
! CV37
| STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
| [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and surrounding villages
| Stratford-on-Avon
|-
! CV47
| SOUTHAM
| [[Southam]] and surrounding villages
| Stratford-on-Avon
|}

The CV47 district was formed in 1999 from parts of the CV23 and CV33 districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beacon-dodsworth.co.uk/site/support/postcode_update_29/ |title=Royal Mail Postcode Update 29 |publisher=Beacon Dodsworth |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062650/http://www.beacon-dodsworth.co.uk/site/support/postcode_update_29/ |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=CV postcode area|size=455x650px}}

==See also==
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Centre points of the United Kingdom]]
*[[Postcode Address File]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[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:Geography of Coventry]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the West Midlands (region)]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East Midlands]]

CV postcode area - Revision history

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