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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=DY}}<br />
The '''DY postcode area''', also known as the '''Dudley postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of fourteen postcode districts in [[England]], within eight [[post town]]s. These cover the south-western part of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] (including [[Dudley]], [[Tipton]], [[Brierley Hill]], [[Stourbridge]] and [[Kingswinford]]) and north [[Worcestershire]] (including [[Kidderminster]], [[Bewdley]] and [[Stourport-on-Severn]]), plus the south-westernmost part of [[Staffordshire]] and a small part of south-east [[Shropshire]].<br />
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Mail for this area is sorted, along with mail for the adjacent [[WV postcode area]], at the North West Midlands Mail Centre in [[Wolverhampton]].<br />
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==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
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{{postcode area table start}}<br />
|-<br />
! DY1<br />
| DUDLEY<br />
| [[Dudley town centre|Dudley]], [[Woodsetton]] (part of)<br />
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|Dudley]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY2<br />
| DUDLEY<br />
| Dudley town centre, [[Netherton, West Midlands|Netherton]], [[Woodside, Dudley|Woodside]]<br />
| Dudley<br />
|-<br />
! DY3<br />
| DUDLEY<br />
| [[Gornal, West Midlands|Gornal]], [[Himley]], [[Sedgley]], [[Swindon, Staffordshire|Swindon]], [[Gospel End]], Woodsetton (part of)<br />
| Dudley, [[South Staffordshire]] <br />
|-<br />
! DY4<br />
| TIPTON<br />
| [[Tipton]], [[Coseley]] (part of), [[Tividale]] (part of) and [[Great Bridge, West Midlands|Great Bridge]]<br />
| [[Sandwell]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|Dudley]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY5<br />
| BRIERLEY HILL<br />
| [[Brierley Hill]] ([[Merry Hill Shopping Centre|Merry Hill]], [[Pensnett]], Brockmoor, [[Gornal, West Midlands|Gornal]], [[Kingswinford]] (part of)), [[Amblecote]] (north and east of railway includes Peters Hill, Lakeside and Brompton Park), [[Quarry Bank]] (includes Caledonia Estate, High Street, Mount Pleasant and surrounding area to bottom of Bower Lane), [[Withymoor Village]] (including The Delph, Amblecote Road, Mill Street towards High Street of Brierley Hill)<br />
| Dudley<br />
|-<br />
! DY6<br />
| KINGSWINFORD<br />
| [[Kingswinford]], [[Ashwood, Staffordshire|Ashwood]], [[Wall Heath]]<br />
| Dudley, South Staffordshire<br />
|-<br />
! DY7<br />
| STOURBRIDGE<br />
| [[Enville, Staffordshire|Enville]], [[Kinver]], [[Stourton, Staffordshire|Stourton]]<br />
| South Staffordshire<br />
|-<br />
! DY8<br />
| STOURBRIDGE<br />
| [[Stourbridge]] town centre, [[Amblecote]], [[Hagley]] (part of), [[Wollaston, West Midlands|Wollaston]], [[Wordsley]]<br />
| Dudley, [[Bromsgrove District|Bromsgrove]], South Staffordshire<br />
|-<br />
! DY9<br />
| STOURBRIDGE<br />
| Hagley (part of), [[Lye, West Midlands|Lye]], [[Pedmore]], [[Broome, Worcestershire|Broome]], [[Drayton, Worcestershire|Drayton]]<br />
| Bromsgrove, Dudley, [[Wyre Forest District|Wyre Forest]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY10<br />
| KIDDERMINSTER<br />
| [[Kidderminster]] (east), [[Chaddesley Corbett]], [[Blakedown]], [[Wolverley]], [[Cookley]]<br />
| Wyre Forest, [[Wychavon]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY11<br />
| KIDDERMINSTER<br />
| [[Kidderminster]] (west), [[Hartlebury]], [[Wolverley]]<br />
| Wyre Forest, Wychavon<br />
|-<br />
! DY12<br />
| BEWDLEY<br />
| [[Bewdley]], [[Arley, Worcestershire|Arley]], [[Kinlet]]<br />
| Wyre Forest, [[Shropshire Council|Shropshire]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY13<br />
| STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN<br />
| [[Stourport-on-Severn]], [[Areley Kings]], [[Astley, Worcestershire|Astley]], [[Dunley, Worcestershire|Dunley]], [[Crossway Green]], [[Dunhampton]]<br />
| [[Wyre Forset District|Wyre Forest]], [[Malvern Hills District|Malvern Hills]], [[Wychavon]]<br />
|-<br />
! DY14<br />
| KIDDERMINSTER<br />
| [[Cleobury Mortimer]], [[Rock, Worcestershire|Rock]], [[Far Forest]], [[Bayton]], [[Mamble]]<br />
| Shropshire, [[Wyre Forest District|Wyre Forest]], [[Malvern Hills District|Malvern Hills]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Map==<br />
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}<br />
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=DY postcode area|size=500x400px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[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)]<br />
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
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[[Category:Dudley]]<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the West Midlands (region)]]</div>
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