NE postcode area

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Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area
NE
Postcode area	NE
Postcode area name	Newcastle upon Tyne
Post towns	34
Postcode districts	66
Postcode sectors	210
Postcodes (live)	32,980
Postcodes (total)	41,481
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area ^[2] or the North East Postcode Area (North East), is a group of postal districts around Alnwick, Ashington, Bamburgh, Bedlington, Belford, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Blyth, Boldon Colliery, Chathill, Choppington, Corbridge, Cramlington, East Boldon, Gateshead, Haltwhistle, Hebburn, Hexham, Jarrow, Morpeth, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Shields, Prudhoe, Riding Mill, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Seahouses, South Shields, Stocksfield, Wallsend, Washington, Whitley Bay, Wooler and Wylam in England.

The original NE district created in 1858 was in North East London, but this was abolished in 1866; parts were transferred to the N and E districts, while others were removed from the London postal district altogether.

Contents 1 Coverage 2 Adjacent areas 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
NE1	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	City Centre	Newcastle
NE2	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Jesmond & Spital Tongues	Newcastle
NE3	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Gosforth, Fawdon & Kingston Park	Newcastle
NE4	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Newcastle West, Fenham	Newcastle
NE5	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Westerhope & Newcastle West	Newcastle
NE6	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Byker & Heaton	Newcastle
NE7	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	High Heaton & Benton	Newcastle
NE8	GATESHEAD	Gateshead & Bensham	Gateshead
NE9	GATESHEAD	Low Fell, Springwell	Gateshead & Sunderland
NE10	GATESHEAD	Felling	Gateshead
NE11	GATESHEAD	Dunston, Metro Centre & Team Valley	Gateshead
NE12	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Killingworth	North Tyneside
NE13	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Airport, Wideopen & Dinnington	Newcastle, North Tyneside
NE15	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Lemington & Throckley	Newcastle
NE16	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Whickham, Sunniside & Burnopfield	Gateshead, Derwentside
NE17	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Chopwell & Western Chopwell Wood	Gateshead
NE18	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Stamfordham	Castle Morpeth
NE19	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Otterburn & Catcleugh
NE20	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Ponteland	Castle Morpeth
NE21	BLAYDON-ON-TYNE	Blaydon & Winlaton	Gateshead
NE22	BEDLINGTON	Bedlington & Hartford Bridge	Wansbeck
NE23	CRAMLINGTON	Cramlington	Blyth Valley
NE24	BLYTH	Blyth & Newsham	Blyth Valley
NE25	WHITLEY BAY	Monkseaton, New Hartlet & Seaton Delaval	North Tyneside
NE26	WHITLEY BAY	Whitley Bay	North Tyneside
NE27	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Shiremoor	North Tyneside
NE28	WALLSEND	Battle Hill, Willington, Wallsend & North Tyne Tunnel	North Tyneside
NE29	NORTH SHIELDS	North Shields, Royal Quays, Billy Mill & New York	North Tyneside
NE30	NORTH SHIELDS	Marden, Tynemouth & Cullercoats	North Tyneside
NE31	HEBBURN	Hebburn	South Tyneside
NE32	JARROW	Jarrow, Fellgate & South Tyne Tunnel	South Tyneside
NE33	SOUTH SHIELDS	Town Centre, Deans & High Shields	South Tyneside
NE34	SOUTH SHIELDS	Harton, Horsley Hill, Marsden, Simonside & Brockley Whins	South Tyneside
NE35	BOLDON COLLIERY	Boldon Colliery	South Tyneside
NE36	EAST BOLDON	East & West Boldon	South Tyneside
NE37	WASHINGTON	Usworth, Sulgrave & Albany	Sunderland
NE38	WASHINGTON	Town Centre, Oxclose & Fatfield	Sunderland
NE39	ROWLANDS GILL	Rowlands Gill, High Spen, Hamsterley Mill & Eastern Chopwell Wood	Gateshead & Derwentside
NE40	RYTON	Ryton, Crawcrook & Greenside	Gateshead
NE41	WYLAM	Wylam	Gateshead & Tynedale
NE42	PRUDHOE	West Wylam, Prudhoe, Ovingham & Ovington	Gateshead & Tynedale
NE43	STOCKSFIELD	Stocksfield, Painshawfield & Newton	Tynedale
NE44	RIDING MILL	Riding Mill & Broomhaugh	Tynedale
NE45	CORBRIDGE	Corbridge, Dilston, Aydon & Halton	Tynedale
NE46	HEXHAM	Hexham, Anick, Oakwood & Acomb	Tynedale
NE47	HEXHAM	Allendale Town, Allenheads, Haydon Bridge & Bardon Mill
NE48	HEXHAM	Bellingham, Kielder & Wark
NE49	HALTWHISTLE	Haltwhistle
NE61	MORPETH	Morpeth, Tranwell, Clifton Hepscott	Castle Morpeth & Wansbeck
NE62	CHOPPINGTON	Choppington & Scotland Gate	Wanbeck & Castle Morpeth
NE63	ASHINGTON	Ashington	Wansbeck
NE64	NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA	Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	Wansbeck
NE65	MORPETH	Rothbury, Longhorsley, Felton & Amble
NE66	ALNWICK	Alnwick, Alnmouth, Embleton & Powburn
NE67	CHATHILL	Benthall
NE68	SEAHOUSES	Seahouses & North Sunderland
NE69	BAMBURGH	Bamburgh
NE70	BELFORD	Belford
NE71	WOOLER	Wooler
NE82	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	non-geographic
NE83	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	non-geographic
NE85	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	non-geographic
NE88	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	non-geographic
NE98	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	non-geographic - used for bulk mail purposes
NE99	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Used for "PO Box" addresses and other bulk mail purposes

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - SR (Sunderland) - DH (Durham) - DL (Darlington) - CA (Carlisle) - TD (Galashiels) .

Adjacent postcode areas TD CA NE DL DH SR

[edit] References

1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom