Postcode district boundaries:
PR postcode area
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Preston | |
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Coordinates: 53°43′23″N 2°45′22″W / 53.723°N 2.756°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | PR |
Postcode area name | Preston |
Post towns | 4 |
Postcode districts | 13 |
Postcode sectors | 83 |
Postcodes (live) | 13,061 |
Postcodes (total) | 19,936 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area,[2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in North West England which together cover northern Merseyside and parts of central and southern Lancashire. Its four post towns are Chorley, Leyland, Southport, and Preston.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
The PR25 and PR26 districts were formed out of the PR5 district in January 2001. Leyland became a new post town at this time, having previously been part of the Preston post town.[4]
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See also
References
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ a b "Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes" (PDF). Royal Mail. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Which districts have been recoded by the Royal Mail?". Experian QAS. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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