WA postcode area
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Attached KMLScript error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator. The WA postcode area, also known as the Warrington postcode area,[1] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in North West England, within nine post towns. These cover north Cheshire (including Warrington, Frodsham, Knutsford, Lymm, Runcorn and Widnes), eastern Merseyside (including 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, L and WN postcode areas.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA1 | WARRINGTON | Warrington, Town Centre, Woolston, Paddington, Orford | Warrington |
| WA2 | WARRINGTON | Warrington, Dallam, Longford, Orford, Padgate, Winwick | Warrington |
| WA3 | WARRINGTON | Lowton, Golborne, Birchwood, Rixton with Glazebrook, Culcheth, Astley (part), Lately Common (part) | Wigan, Warrington |
| WA4 | WARRINGTON | Warrington, Latchford, Stockton Heath, Appleton, Grappenhall, Daresbury, Moore, Walton, Preston on the Hill, Whitley, Dutton, Antrobus (part) | Warrington, Halton, Cheshire West and Chester |
| WA5 | WARRINGTON | Warrington, Burtonwood, Westbrook, Penketh, Great Sankey, White Cross | Warrington |
| WA6 | FRODSHAM | Frodsham, Helsby | Cheshire West and Chester |
| WA7 | RUNCORN | Runcorn | Halton |
| WA8 | WIDNES | Widnes, Cronton | Halton, Knowsley |
| WA9 | ST. HELENS | Clock Face, Sutton, Thatto Heath | St Helens |
| WA10 | ST. HELENS | Eccleston, St. Helens, West Park | St Helens |
| WA11 | ST. HELENS | Crank, Haydock, Moss Bank, Rainford | St Helens |
| WA12 | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS | Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown | St Helens |
| WA13 | LYMM | Lymm, Statham, Warburton | Warrington, Trafford |
| WA14 | ALTRINCHAM | Altrincham (centre and west), Bowdon, Broadheath, Dunham Town, Timperley, Dunham Massey, Little Bollington | Trafford, Cheshire East |
| WA15 | ALTRINCHAM | Altrincham (east), Ashley, Hale, Hale Barns, Timperley, Ringway | Trafford, Manchester, Cheshire East |
| WA16 | KNUTSFORD | High Legh, Knutsford, Mobberley, Ollerton, Aston by Budworth (part) | Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester |
| WA55 | WARRINGTON | non-geographic | |
| WA88 | WIDNES | non-geographic |
The Frodsham post town was introduced in June 1999; the post town for WA6 had previously been Warrington.[2]
Map
Template:Attached KML Template:Postcode area imagemap
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ↑ Royal Mail (ftp site)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore - Royal Mail major recode historical information - 1990 to 1999
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
- A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
- Postcodes of Greater ManchesterTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".