Stockport postcode area
SK
Postcode area	SK
Postcode area name	Stockport
Post towns	11
Postcode districts	19
Postcode sectors	99
Postcodes (live)	16,505
Postcodes (total)	22,832
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area^[2], is a group of postal districts around Alderley Edge, Buxton, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Dukinfield, Glossop, High Peak, Hyde, Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Stockport and Wilmslow in England.

Contents 1 Coverage 2 Adjacent areas 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
SK1	STOCKPORT	Stockport	Stockport
SK2	STOCKPORT	Stockport	Stockport
SK3	STOCKPORT	Stockport, Davenport, Edgeley, Adswood, Bridgehall	Stockport
SK4	STOCKPORT	Stockport, Four Heatons	Stockport
SK5	STOCKPORT	Stockport, Brinnington, Reddish	Stockport
SK6	STOCKPORT	Bredbury, Romiley, Woodley, Marple	Stockport
SK7	STOCKPORT	Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Woodford	Stockport
SK8	CHEADLE	Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green	Stockport
SK9	ALDERLEY EDGE, WILMSLOW	Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal	Cheshire East
SK10	MACCLESFIELD	Macclesfield, Bollington, Prestbury	Cheshire East
SK11	MACCLESFIELD	Macclesfield	Cheshire East
SK12	STOCKPORT	Disley, Poynton	Cheshire East
SK13	GLOSSOP	Glossop, Hadfield	High Peak
SK14	HYDE	Hyde, Broadbottom, Gee Cross, Hollingworth, Mottram	Tameside
SK15	STALYBRIDGE	Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Heyrod, Matley, Millbrook	Tameside
SK16	DUKINFIELD	Dukinfield	Tameside
SK17	BUXTON	Buxton, Tideswell	High Peak
SK22	HIGH PEAK	Birch Vale, Hayfield, Little Hayfield, New Mills, Rowarth	High Peak
SK23	HIGH PEAK	Buxworth, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley, Combs, Furness Vale, Kettleshulme, Whaley Bridge	High Peak

The HIGH PEAK post town (SK22 and SK23 districts) was created in 1996 from part of the STOCKPORT post town (SK12 district).^[3]

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - S (Sheffield) - DE (Derby) - ST (Stoke-on-Trent) - CW (Crewe) - WA (Warrington) - M (Manchester) - OL (Oldham) .

Adjacent postcode areas M OL WA SK S CW ST DE

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

Coordinates: 53°24′28″N 2°9′41″W / 53.40778°N 2.16139°W / 53.40778; -2.16139

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