Worcester | |
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Coordinates:52°10′01″N2°11′17″W / 52.167°N 2.188°W /52.167; -2.188 | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | WR |
Postcode area name | Worcester |
Post towns | 7 |
Postcode districts | 17 |
Postcode sectors | 50 |
Postcodes (live) | 8,733 |
Postcodes (total) | 12,461 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
TheWR postcode area, also known as theWorcester postcode area,[2] is a group of fifteen postcode districts inEngland, within sevenpost towns. These cover central and southernWorcestershire (includingWorcester,Broadway,Droitwich,Evesham,Malvern,Pershore andTenbury Wells), plus very small parts ofHerefordshire,Shropshire,Warwickshire andGloucestershire.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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WR1 | WORCESTER | Worcester | Worcester |
WR2 | WORCESTER | Powick,Hallow | Worcester,Malvern Hills |
WR3 | WORCESTER | Fernhill Heath,Claines | Worcester,Wychavon |
WR4 | WORCESTER | Warndon,Long Meadow | Worcester, Wychavon |
WR5 | WORCESTER | Kempsey,Broomhall | Worcester, Wychavon, Malvern Hills |
WR6 | WORCESTER | Martley,Clifton on Teme,Abberley | Malvern Hills,Wyre Forest,Herefordshire |
WR7 | WORCESTER | Inkberrow,Crowle,Upton Snodsbury | Wychavon |
WR8 | WORCESTER | Upton upon Severn,Hanley Castle,Hanley Swan | Malvern Hills, Wychavon |
WR9 | DROITWICH | Droitwich,Ombersley,Wychbold,Rushock | Wychavon,Wyre Forest |
WR10 | PERSHORE | Pershore,Eckington,Drakes Broughton | Wychavon |
WR11 | BROADWAY | non-geographic[3] | |
WR11 | EVESHAM | Evesham,Harvington,Badsey,Sedgeberrow,Ashton under Hill | Wychavon,Stratford-on-Avon,Tewkesbury,Cotswold |
WR12 | BROADWAY | Broadway,Willersey,Childswickham | Wychavon, Tewkesbury, Cotswold |
WR13 | MALVERN | Colwall,Cradley,Welland | Malvern Hills, Herefordshire,Forest of Dean |
WR14 | MALVERN | Malvern,Upper Welland | Malvern Hills, Herefordshire |
WR15 | TENBURY WELLS | Tenbury Wells,Burford,Newnham Bridge,Bockleton | Malvern Hills,Wyre Forest, Shropshire, Herefordshire |
WR78 | WORCESTER | Kays Ltd | non-geographic[4] |
WR99 | WORCESTER | Kays Ltd | non-geographic[4] |