Blackpool | |
|---|---|
  FY | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′37″N 3°01′16″W / 53.827°N 3.021°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | FY |
| Postcode area name | Blackpool |
| Post towns | 5 |
| Postcode districts | 9 |
| Postcode sectors | 42 |
| Postcodes (live) | 7,274 |
| Postcodes (total) | 10,043 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The FY postcode area, also known as the Blackpool postcode area,[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in Lancashire, North West England. The districts cover the entire borough of Blackpool and the western parts of the boroughs of Wyre and Fylde. The letters in the postcode area name refer to the Fylde coastal plain. Its five post towns are Blackpool, Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Poulton-le-Fylde, Thornton-Cleveleys.
The FY1 district covers Blackpool town centre. FY2 covers most of the town's northern areas, primarily Bispham; FY3 covers various suburbs east of the town centre, along with some rural areas east of the town including the village of Staining; and FY4 covers the southern suburbs of Blackpool along with a small rural area to the south-east of the town. FY5 covers Thornton-Cleveleys and some of the northernmost Blackpool suburbs. FY6 covers the town of Poulton-le-Fylde and some rural areas to the east, as well as much of the Over Wyre region. FY7 covers the town of Fleetwood, and FY8 covers Lytham St Annes along with some small rural areas to the north and east.
- ^ "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)