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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=WS}}<br />
The '''WS postcode area''', origin is West Staffordshire from when all the areas were part of West Staffordshire until 1974 when the West Midlands was formed. WS postcode is also now known as the '''Walsall postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of fifteen postcode districts in [[England]], within six [[post town]]s. These cover the northern part of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] (including [[Walsall]] and [[Wednesbury]]) and much of south-east [[Staffordshire]] (including [[Lichfield]], [[Cannock]], [[Burntwood]] and [[Rugeley]]).<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 />
! WS1<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Walsall]] town centre, [[Caldmore]]<br />
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Walsall|Walsall]]<br />
|-<br />
! WS2<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Pleck]], [[Bentley, West Midlands|Bentley]], [[Leamore]]<br />
| Walsall<br />
|-<br />
! WS3<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Bloxwich]], [[Coal Pool]], [[Pelsall]]<br />
| Walsall<br />
|-<br />
! WS4<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Rushall, West Midlands|Rushall]]<br />
| Walsall<br />
|-<br />
! WS5<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Bescot]], [[Tamebridge]], [[Yew Tree, West Bromwich|Yew Tree]]<br />
| Walsall, Sandwell<br />
|-<br />
! WS6<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Cheslyn Hay]], [[Great Wyrley]]<br />
| [[South Staffordshire]]<br />
|-<br />
! WS7<br />
| BURNTWOOD<br />
| [[Burntwood]]<br />
| [[Lichfield District|Lichfield]]<br />
|-<br />
! WS8<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Brownhills]], [[Walsall Wood]] (north)<br />
| Walsall<br />
|-<br />
! WS9<br />
| WALSALL<br />
| [[Aldridge]], Walsall Wood (south), [[Stonnall]]<br />
| Walsall, Lichfield<br />
|-<br />
! WS10<br />
| WEDNESBURY<br />
| [[Wednesbury]], [[Darlaston]]<br />
| [[Sandwell]], Walsall<br />
|-<br />
! WS11<br />
| CANNOCK<br />
| [[Cannock]], [[Norton Canes]], [[Hatherton, Staffordshire|Hatherton]]<br />
| [[Cannock Chase District|Cannock Chase]], South Staffordshire<br />
|-<br />
! WS12<br />
| CANNOCK<br />
| [[Hednesford]], [[Heath Hayes]], [[Wimblebury]], [[Huntington, Staffordshire|Huntington]]<br />
| Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire<br />
|-<br />
! WS13<br />
| LICHFIELD<br />
| [[Lichfield]] (north and city centre), [[Fradley]], [[Streethay]], [[Croxall]], Farewell, Chorley<br />
| Lichfield<br />
|-<br />
! WS14<br />
| LICHFIELD<br />
| Lichfield (south), [[Shenstone, Staffordshire|Shenstone]], [[Whittington, Staffordshire|Whittington]], [[Wall, Staffordshire|Wall]], [[Weeford]]<br />
| Lichfield<br />
|-<br />
! WS15<br />
| RUGELEY<br />
| [[Rugeley]], [[Brereton, Staffordshire|Brereton]], [[Armitage]], [[Handsacre]], [[Abbots Bromley]], [[Longdon, Staffordshire|Longdon]], [[Mavesyn Ridware]], [[Hill Ridware]], [[Blithbury]], [[Colton, Staffordshire|Colton]], [[Cannock Wood]], [[Gentleshaw]], [[Hamstall Ridware]], [[Admaston, Staffordshire|Admaston]]<br />
| Cannock Chase, Lichfield, [[East Staffordshire]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Map==<br />
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}<br />
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=WS postcode area|size=450x450px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<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 />
*[http://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:Metropolitan Borough of Walsall]]<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the West Midlands (region)]]</div>
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