Newcastle upon Tyne | |
|---|---|
  NE | |
| Coordinates: 55°02′28″N 1°39′04″W / 55.041°N 1.651°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | NE |
| Postcode area name | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Post towns | 34 |
| Postcode districts | 67 |
| Postcode sectors | 230 |
| Postcodes (live) | 33,157 |
| Postcodes (total) | 45,070 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area,[2][3][4] is a group of 61 postcode districts in north-east England covering 34 post towns. These cover most of Tyne and Wear (including Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, Hebburn, Jarrow, Washington, Blaydon-on-Tyne, East Boldon, Boldon Colliery, Rowlands Gill and Ryton) and Northumberland (including Blyth, Morpeth, Hexham, Alnwick, Cramlington, Bedlington, Ashington, Prudhoe, Bamburgh, Riding Mill, Choppington, Corbridge, Seahouses, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Stocksfield, Haltwhistle, Wylam, Chathill, Belford and Wooler), plus a very small part of northern County Durham. The NE postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.[5]
- ^ "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)
- ^ Manger, Warren (26 August 2014). "40 facts about the postcode to mark 40th anniversary as vital part of daily life". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "History of the UK Postcode - Modern Origin". postcodearea.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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