BB postcode area
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Blackburn | |
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Coordinates: 53°47′06″N 2°20′06″W / 53.785°N 2.335°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | BB |
Postcode area name | Blackburn |
Post towns | 9 |
Postcode districts | 15 |
Postcode sectors | 79 |
Postcodes (live) | 13,200 |
Postcodes (total) | 18,833 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The BB postcode area, also known as the Blackburn postcode area,[2] is a group of thirteen postcode districts in north-west England, within nine post towns. These cover east Lancashire, including Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Barnoldswick, Clitheroe, Colne, Darwen, Nelson and Rossendale.
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
The BB18 district was formed out of the BB8 district in 1997.[4]
Map
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![BB postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BB_postcode_area_map.svg/300px-BB_postcode_area_map.svg.png)
See also
[edit]- List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
- Centre points of the United Kingdom
- Postcode Address File
References
[edit]- ^ "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)
- ^ a b "Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes" (PDF). Royal Mail. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Which districts have been recoded by the Royal Mail?". Experian Data Quality Support. Retrieved 22 April 2017.