CT postcode area
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Canterbury | |
|---|---|
  CT | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′25″N 1°13′55″E / 51.257°N 1.232°E / 51.257; 1.232 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | CT |
| Postcode area name | Canterbury |
| Post towns | 13 |
| Postcode districts | 22 |
| Postcode sectors | 83 |
| Postcodes (live) | 14,846 |
| Postcodes (total) | 19,715 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The CT postcode area, also known as the Canterbury postcode area,[2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in South East England, within 13 post towns. These cover much of east Kent, including Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Birchington, Broadstairs, Deal, Herne Bay, Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Westgate-on-Sea and Whitstable.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | CANTERBURY | Canterbury (City centre, St Martins, Northgate and Sturry Road, South Canterbury, Thanington) | Canterbury |
| CT2 | CANTERBURY | Canterbury (Hales Place, London Road, St Stephen’s and Broad Oak Road, St Dunstans and Whitstable Road), Harbledown, Rough Common, Sturry, Fordwich, Blean, Tyler Hill, Broad Oak, Westbere | Canterbury |
| CT3 | CANTERBURY | Wingham, Hersden, Ash, Littlebourne | Canterbury, Dover |
| CT4 | CANTERBURY | Canterbury (Nackington Road, Stuppington), Chartham, Bridge, Nackington, Lower Hardres, Patrixbourne, Bekesbourne, Chartham Hatch, Part of Harbledown and Rough Common | Canterbury |
| CT5 | WHITSTABLE | Whitstable, Seasalter, Tankerton, Chestfield, Swalecliffe, Yorkletts | Canterbury |
| CT6 | HERNE BAY | Herne Bay, Herne, Broomfield, Greenhill, Eddington, Beltinge, Reculver | Canterbury |
| CT7 | BIRCHINGTON | Birchington-on-Sea, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Sarre, Acol | Thanet |
| CT8 | WESTGATE-ON-SEA | Westgate-on-Sea | Thanet |
| CT9 | MARGATE | Margate, Cliftonville, Birchington, Garlinge, Westbrook | Thanet |
| CT10 | BROADSTAIRS | Broadstairs, St Peter's | Thanet |
| CT11 | RAMSGATE | Ramsgate, Pegwell | Thanet |
| CT12 | RAMSGATE | Northwood, Minster-in-Thanet, Cliffsend, Monkton, Manston | Thanet |
| CT13 | SANDWICH | Sandwich, Eastry, Woodnesborough, Great Stonar, Richborough | Dover |
| CT14 | DEAL | Deal, Walmer, Kingsdown, Ringwould, Sholden, Great Mongeham, Worth, Ripple, Tilmanstone, Betteshanger | Dover |
| CT15 | DOVER | Alkham, Lydden, Eythorne, St Margaret's at Cliffe, Elvington | Dover |
| CT16 | DOVER | Dover (town centre and roughly east of A256), Whitfield, Temple Ewell | Dover |
| CT17 | DOVER | Dover (roughly west of A256), Tower Hamlets, River | Dover |
| CT18 | FOLKESTONE | Hawkinge, Lyminge, Etchinghill, Capel-le-Ferne, Densole, Newington | Folkestone and Hythe, Dover |
| CT19 | FOLKESTONE | Folkestone (north), Cheriton | Folkestone and Hythe |
| CT20 | FOLKESTONE | Folkestone (south), Sandgate | Folkestone and Hythe |
| CT21 | HYTHE | Hythe, Saltwood, Lympne, Postling, Newingreen, West Hythe, Westenhanger | Folkestone and Hythe |
| CT50 | FOLKESTONE | Saga Group | non-geographic[3] |
Map
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See also
References
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
External links
- Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
- A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)