The WV postcode area, also known as the Wolverhampton postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of sixteen postcode districts in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, within four

post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in the address increases ...

s. These cover

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 United ...

Willenhall Willenhall is a market town situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England, with a population taken at the 2011 census of 28,480. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of ...

and

Bilston Bilston is a market town, ward, and civil parish located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The nearest towns are Darlaston, Wednesbury, and Willenhall. Historically in Staffordshir ...

in the West Midlands, plus parts of south-west Staffordshire and south-east

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

(including

Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ...

). Mail for this area is sorted, along with mail for the adjacent

DY postcode area The DY postcode area, also known as the Dudley postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, within eight post towns. These cover the south-western part of the West Midland ...

, at the North West Midlands Mail Centre in Wolverhampton. __TOC__

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! WV1 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Wolverhampton City Centre, Horseley Fields, East Park ,

, - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", WV1 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WILLENHALL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''

PO Box A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office. In some regions, particularly in Africa, there is no door to door delivery ...

es'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' non-geographic'' , - ! WV2 , WOLVERHAMPTON , All Saints,

Blakenhall Blakenhall is a suburb and ward in Wolverhampton, England. Toponymy and history Blakenhall's name, according to toponymists comes from the Old English 'blæc', meaning 'black' or dark coloured, & 'halh' meaning 'nook' or 'corner'. It was deve ...

, Parkfields , Wolverhampton , - ! WV3 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Finchfield, Compton,

Castlecroft Castlecroft is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, located on the edge of the city, WSW of the city centre. It is situated where the Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, Merry Hill, and Tettenhall Wightwick ward (politics), w ...

, Wolverhampton , - ! WV4 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Penn, Warstones, Merry Hill, parts of Goldthorn Park and Parkfields , Wolverhampton,

South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains notable settleme ...

, - ! WV5 , WOLVERHAMPTON ,

Wombourne Wombourne is a large village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Wolverhampton and just outside the county and conurbation of the ...

, Claverley , South Staffordshire,

, - ! WV6 , WOLVERHAMPTON ,

Whitmore Reans Whitmore Reans is in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the north-west of the city centre, in the city council's Park and St Peter's wards. History The name 'Whitmore' is said by toponymists to come from the Old Eng ...

Perton Perton is a large village and civil parish located in the South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, England. It lies 3 miles to the south of Codsall and 4 miles west of Wolverhampton, where part of the village is almost contiguous with ...

, Pattingham,

Tettenhall Tettenhall is an historic village within the City of Wolverhampton, England. Tettenhall became part of Wolverhampton in 1966, along with Bilston, Wednesfield and parts of Willenhall, Coseley and Sedgley. History Tettenhall's name derives f ...

Ackleton Ackleton is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It is in the civil parish of Worfield. Situated some seven miles (11 kilometers) from the market town of Bridgnorth, this village is the home of the two pub and restaurants The Red Co ...

, Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Shropshire , - ! WV7 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Albrighton , Shropshire, South Staffordshire , - ! WV8 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Codsall, Rakegate, Bilbrook, Pendeford (west) , South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wolverhampton , - ! WV9 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Pendeford,

Coven A coven () is a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman ''covent, cuvent'', from Old French ''covent'', from Latin ''conventum'' = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promot ...

, Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire , - ! WV10 , WOLVERHAMPTON , Low Hill, Bushbury,

Heath Town Heath Town is a district of the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, located east of the city centre. It is also a ward of City of Wolverhampton Council. The ward forms part of the Wolverhampton North East constituency. Heath Tow ...

, Fordhouses,

Fallings Park Fallings Park is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. It is situated in the northeast of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Wednesfield North, Heath Town, Bushbury South and Lo ...

Featherstone Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway stati ...

Shareshill Shareshill is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population as measured in the 2011 census was 759. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Luke, Shareshill. Sha ...

, parts of

Wednesfield Wednesfield is a town and historic village in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, It is east-northeast of Wolverhampton city centre and about from Birmingham and is part of the West Midlands conurbation. It was historically w ...

and Brinsford , Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire , - ! WV11 , WOLVERHAMPTON ,

, Essington , Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire , - ! WV12 , WILLENHALL , Short Heath, Lodge Farm ,

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is t ...

, Wolverhampton , - ! WV13 , WILLENHALL ,

Town, Shepwell Green , Walsall, Wolverhampton , - ! WV14 , BILSTON , Bradley,

Town,

Coseley Coseley ( ) is a village in the north of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the English West Midlands. Part of the Black Country, it is situated approximately north of Dudley itself, on the border with Wolverhampton. Though it is a part of ...

, Wolverhampton,

Dudley Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...

, - ! WV15 , BRIDGNORTH ,

(Low Town) , Shropshire , - ! WV16 , BRIDGNORTH , Bridgnorth (High Town), Ditton Priors , Shropshire , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", WV98 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WOLVERHAMPTON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''

Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus ( cy, Canolfan byd Gwaith; gd, Ionad Obrach is Eile) is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2011, Jobcentre Plus was an executive agency which reported directly to the Minis ...

'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", WV99 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WOLVERHAMPTON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''Jobcentre Plus'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

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References

External links

Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom Wolverhampton Postcode areas covering the West Midlands (region) Shropshire

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See also

References

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