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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=WA}}
The '''WA postcode area''', also known as the '''Warrington postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of sixteen postcode districts in [[North West England]], within nine [[post town]]s. These cover north [[Cheshire]] (including [[Warrington]], [[Frodsham]], [[Knutsford]], [[Lymm]], [[Runcorn]] and [[Widnes]]), eastern [[Merseyside]] (including [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]] and [[Newton-le-Willows]]) and small parts of south-western [[Greater Manchester]] (including [[Altrincham]]).

Mail for the WA postcode area is processed at Warrington Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[CW postcode area|CW]], [[L postcode area|L]] and [[WN postcode area|WN]] postcode areas.

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

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|-
! WA1
| WARRINGTON
| [[Warrington]], Town Centre, [[Woolston, Warrington|Woolston]], Paddington, Orford
| [[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]]
|-
! WA2
| WARRINGTON
| [[Warrington]], [[Dallam, Warrington|Dallam]], [[Longford, Warrington|Longford]], [[Orford, Cheshire|Orford]], [[Padgate]], [[Winwick, Cheshire|Winwick]]
| Warrington
|-
! WA3
| WARRINGTON
| [[Lowton]], [[Golborne]], [[Birchwood, Cheshire|Birchwood]], [[Rixton with Glazebrook]], [[Culcheth]], [[Astley, Greater Manchester|Astley]] (part), Lately Common (part)
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]], Warrington
|-
! WA4
| WARRINGTON
| [[Warrington]], [[Latchford, Cheshire|Latchford]], [[Stockton Heath]], [[Appleton, Warrington|Appleton]], [[Grappenhall]], [[Daresbury]], [[Moore, Cheshire|Moore]], [[Walton, Cheshire|Walton]], [[Preston on the Hill]], [[Whitley, Cheshire|Whitley]], [[Dutton, Cheshire|Dutton]], [[Antrobus, Cheshire|Antrobus]] (part)
| Warrington, [[Borough of Halton|Halton]], [[Cheshire West and Chester]]

|-
! WA5
| WARRINGTON
| [[Warrington]], [[Burtonwood]], [[Westbrook, Warrington|Westbrook]], [[Penketh]], [[Great Sankey]], White Cross
| Warrington
|-
! WA6
| FRODSHAM
| [[Frodsham]], [[Helsby]]
| Cheshire West and Chester
|-
! WA7
| RUNCORN
| [[Runcorn]]
| Halton
|-
! WA8
| WIDNES
| [[Widnes]], [[Cronton]]
| Halton, [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]]
|-
! WA9
| ST. HELENS
| [[Clock Face, Merseyside|Clock Face]], [[Sutton, Merseyside|Sutton]], [[Thatto Heath]]
| [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]]
|-
! WA10
| ST. HELENS
| [[Eccleston, St Helens|Eccleston]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], West Park
| St Helens
|-
! WA11
| ST. HELENS
| [[Crank, Merseyside|Crank]], [[Haydock]], [[Moss Bank]], [[Rainford]]
| St Helens
|-
! WA12
| NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
| [[Newton-le-Willows]], [[Earlestown]]
| St Helens
|-
! WA13
| LYMM
| [[Lymm]], [[Lymm|Statham]], [[Warburton, Greater Manchester|Warburton]]
| Warrington, [[Trafford]]
|-
! WA14
| ALTRINCHAM
| [[Altrincham]] (centre and west), [[Bowdon, Greater Manchester|Bowdon]], [[Broadheath, Greater Manchester|Broadheath]], [[Dunham Town]], [[Timperley]], [[Dunham Massey]], [[Little Bollington]]
| Trafford, [[Cheshire East]]
|-
! WA15
| ALTRINCHAM
| Altrincham (east), [[Ashley, Cheshire|Ashley]], [[Hale, Greater Manchester|Hale]], [[Hale Barns]], [[Timperley]], [[Ringway, Greater Manchester|Ringway]]
| Trafford, [[Manchester City Council|Manchester]], Cheshire East
|-
! WA16
| KNUTSFORD
| [[High Legh]], [[Knutsford]], [[Mobberley]], [[Ollerton, Cheshire|Ollerton]], [[Aston by Budworth]] (part)
| Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WA55
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WARRINGTON
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WA88
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WIDNES
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|}

The Frodsham post town was introduced in June 1999; the post town for WA6 had previously been Warrington.<ref>[ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/ctf/rm/21sep06_MajorRecodes_to_1999.doc Royal Mail (ftp site)]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - Royal Mail major recode historical information - 1990 to 1999</ref>

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=WA postcode area}}

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

==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)]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060217044257/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/towns/postcodes.html Postcodes of Greater Manchester]}}

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Warrington]]
[[Category:St Helens, Merseyside]]
[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of St Helens]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]

WA postcode area - Revision history

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