The DY postcode area, also known as the Dudley postcode area,[2] is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, within eight post towns. These cover the south-western part of the West Midlands (including Dudley, Tipton, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Kingswinford) and north Worcestershire (including Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn), plus the south-westernmost part of Staffordshire and a small part of south-east Shropshire.
Dudley | |
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United Kingdom postcode area | |
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Coordinates: 52.453°N 2.181°W / 52.453; -2.181 | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | DY |
Postcode area name | Dudley |
Post towns | 8 |
Postcode districts | 14 |
Postcode sectors | 59 |
Postcodes (live) | 10,962 |
Postcodes (total) | 14,419 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
Mail for this area is sorted, along with mail for the adjacent WV postcode area, at the North West Midlands Mail Centre in Wolverhampton.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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DY1 | DUDLEY | Dudley town centre, Woodsetton (part of) | Dudley |
DY2 | DUDLEY | Dudley town centre, Netherton, Woodside | Dudley |
DY3 | DUDLEY | Gornal, Himley, Sedgley, Swindon, Gospel End, Woodsetton (part of) | Dudley, South Staffordshire |
DY4 | TIPTON | Tipton, Coseley (part of), Tividale (part of) | Sandwell, Dudley |
DY5 | BRIERLEY HILL | Brierley Hill, Amblecote (north and east of railway), Quarry Bank, Withymoor Village | Dudley |
DY6 | KINGSWINFORD | Kingswinford, Ashwood, Wall Heath | Dudley, South Staffordshire |
DY7 | STOURBRIDGE | Enville, Kinver, Stourton | South Staffordshire |
DY8 | STOURBRIDGE | Stourbridge town centre, Amblecote, Hagley (part of), Wollaston, Wordsley | Dudley, Bromsgrove, South Staffordshire |
DY9 | STOURBRIDGE | Hagley (part of), Lye, Pedmore, Broome, Drayton | Bromsgrove, Dudley, Wyre Forest |
DY10 | KIDDERMINSTER | Kidderminster (east), Chaddesley Corbett, Blakedown, Cookley | Wyre Forest, Wychavon |
DY11 | KIDDERMINSTER | Kidderminster (west), Hartlebury | Wyre Forest, Wychavon |
DY12 | BEWDLEY | Bewdley, Arley, Hartlebury, Wolverley, Kinlet | Wyre Forest, Shropshire |
DY13 | STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN | Stourport-on-Severn, Areley Kings, Astley, Dunley, Crossway Green, Dunhampton | Wyre Forest, Malvern Hills, Wychavon |
DY14 | KIDDERMINSTER | Cleobury Mortimer, Rock, Far Forest, Bayton, Mamble | Shropshire, Wyre Forest, Malvern Hills |
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