CH postcode area

Coordinates: 53°18′N 2°56′W / 53.30°N 2.94°W / 53.30; -2.94

Chester postcode area
CH
Postcode area	CH
Postcode area name	Chester
Post towns	13
Postcode districts	36
Postcode sectors	212
Postcodes (live)	18,857
Postcodes (total)	22,269
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area,^[2] is a group of postcode districts near the England/Wales border. Having previously roughly covered the former Chester district and present-day Flintshire county, postcodes for the Wirral Peninsula (CH41-CH66) were transferred to it in 1999 from the L postcode area.^[3] It includes Birkenhead, Chester, Ellesmere Port, Neston, Prenton and Wallasey in England and Bagillt, Buckley, Connah's Quay, Flint, Holywell and Mold in Wales.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
CH1	CHESTER	Blacon, Chester, Higher Ferry, Capenhurst, Backford	Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire County Council
CH2	CHESTER	Backford, Chester, Elton, Hoole, Ince, Mickle Trafford, Moston	Cheshire West and Chester
CH3	CHESTER	Boughton, Chester, Huntington, Mouldsworth, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Farndon	Cheshire West and Chester
CH4	CHESTER	Chester, Handbridge, Lache, Pulford, Penyffordd, Broughton, Saltney	Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire County Council
CH5	DEESIDE	Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Sealand, Sandycroft, Dobshill, Ewloe	Flintshire
CH6	BAGILLT, FLINT	Flint, Oakenholt, Flint Mountain, The Nant, Bagillt	Flintshire
CH7	BUCKLEY, MOLD	Buckley, Leeswood, Treuddyn, Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Caerwys, Mold, Northop Hall, Drury	Flintshire, Denbighshire council
CH8	HOLYWELL	Holywell, Milwr, Holway, Carmel, Lloc, Bryn Celyn, Greenfield, Halkyn, Lixwm, Talacre	Flintshire
CH25	BIRKENHEAD	PO Boxes	Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
CH26	PRENTON	PO Boxes	Wirral
CH27	WALLASEY	Wallasey[nb 1]	Wirral
CH28	WIRRAL	PO Boxes in Moreton	Wirral
CH29	WIRRAL	PO Boxes in Hoylake	Wirral
CH30	WIRRAL	PO Boxes in Upton	Wirral
CH31	WIRRAL	PO Boxes in Heswall	Wirral
CH32	WIRRAL	PO Boxes in New Ferry	Wirral
CH33	NESTON	PO Boxes	Cheshire West and Chester
CH34	ELLESMERE PORT	PO Boxes	Cheshire West and Chester
CH41	BIRKENHEAD	Birkenhead, Claughton, Seacombe, Tranmere, Woodside	Wirral
CH42	BIRKENHEAD	Birkenhead, Oxton, Prenton, Rock Ferry,	Wirral
CH43	PRENTON	Bidston, Noctorum, Oxton, Prenton	Wirral
CH44	WALLASEY	Egremont, Liscard, Poulton, Seacombe, Wallasey,	Wirral
CH45	WALLASEY	New Brighton, Wallasey, Wallasey Village	Wirral
CH46	WIRRAL	Leasowe, Moreton	Wirral
CH47	WIRRAL	Hoylake, Meols, Saughall Massie, West Kirby	Wirral
CH48	WIRRAL	Caldy, Frankby, Grange, Greasby, Hoylake, Meols, Newton, Saughall Massie, West Kirby	Wirral
CH49	WIRRAL	Greasby, Landican, Upton, Woodchurch	Wirral
CH60	WIRRAL	Gayton, Heswall	Wirral
CH61	WIRRAL	Barnston, Heswall, Irby, Pensby, Thingwall, Thurstaston	Wirral
CH62	WIRRAL	Bromborough, Eastham, New Ferry, Port Sunlight, Spital,	Wirral
CH63	WIRRAL	Bebington, Brimstage, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Higher Bebington, Raby, Raby Mere, Spital, Storeton, Thornton Hough,	Wirral
CH64	NESTON	Little Neston, Ness, Neston, Parkgate, Puddington, Willaston,	Cheshire West and Chester
CH65	ELLESMERE PORT	Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Whitby, Wolverham	Cheshire West and Chester
CH66	ELLESMERE PORT	Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Hooton, Ledsham, Little Sutton, Overpool, Whitby,	Cheshire West and Chester
CH70	CHESTER	Department for Work and Pensions[4]
CH88	CHESTER	North West Securities Bank[4]
CH99	CHESTER	Benefits Agency[4], St. Michaels Financial Services & Chargecard[4]

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
	L	WA
LL	CH	CW
	SY

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: CW (Crewe), SY (Shrewsbury), LL (Llandudno), L (Liverpool), WA (Warrington).

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
• GeoNames database

Notes

1. ^ This may only be used for PO Boxes now. There are live geographical postcodes, but (for example) Wallasey Town Hall is usually given the postcode CH44 8ED rather than CH27 9ZZ.

References

1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
3. ^ "Why we are changing postcodes \u2013 Royal Mail". Wirral Globe website. Newsquest Media Group. 1999-03-18. http://archive.wirralglobe.co.uk/1999/3/18/15609.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "RM non-geographical postcode list". ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/cmwalk/doc/active/doc41700003/09sep%20current%20non%20geographical%20postcodes.pdf.