M postcode area

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Manchester
M is located in the United Kingdom
M
M
Coordinates: 53°28′37″N 2°16′12″W / 53.477°N 2.270°W / 53.477; -2.270
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
M
Postcode area name
Manchester
Post towns3
Postcode districts48
Postcode sectors302
Postcodes (live)31,686
Postcodes (total)58,623
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area,[2] is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.

The districts are subdivisions of three post towns: Manchester, Salford and Sale and cover parts of all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, primarily the cities of Manchester and Salford and the majority of the borough of Trafford. The M postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.[3]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Royal Mail Address Management Guide Edition 4, (2004)
  3. ^ "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)