WS postcode area
{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=WS}}
Until the West Midlands was formed in 1974, the whole of the WS postcode area was in West Staffordshire. Since then it has also come to be known as the Walsall postcode area.Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) It is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, with six post towns. These cover the northern part of the West Midlands (including Walsall and Wednesbury) and much of south-east Staffordshire (including Lichfield, Cannock, Burntwood and Rugeley).
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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! WS1
| WALSALL
| Walsall town centre, Caldmore
| Walsall
|-
! WS2
| WALSALL
| Walsall
|-
! WS3
| WALSALL
| Bloxwich, Coal Pool, Pelsall
| Walsall
|-
! WS4
| WALSALL
| Rushall
| Walsall
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! WS5
| WALSALL
| Bescot, Tamebridge, Yew Tree
| Walsall, Sandwell
|-
! WS6
| WALSALL
|-
! WS7
| BURNTWOOD
|-
! WS8
| WALSALL
| Brownhills, Walsall Wood (north)
| Walsall
|-
! WS9
| WALSALL
| Aldridge, Walsall Wood (south), Stonnall
| Walsall, Lichfield
|-
! WS10
| WEDNESBURY
| Sandwell, Walsall
|-
! WS11
| CANNOCK
| Cannock, Norton Canes, Hatherton
| Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire
|-
! WS12
| CANNOCK
| Hednesford, Heath Hayes, Wimblebury, Huntington
| Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire
|-
! WS13
| LICHFIELD
| Lichfield (north and city centre), Fradley, Streethay, Croxall, Farewell, Chorley
| Lichfield
|-
! WS14
| LICHFIELD
| Lichfield (south), Shenstone, Whittington, Wall, Weeford
| Lichfield
|-
! WS15
| RUGELEY
| Rugeley, Brereton, Armitage, Handsacre, Abbots Bromley, Longdon, Mavesyn Ridware, Hill Ridware, Blithbury, Colton, Cannock Wood, Gentleshaw, Hamstall Ridware, Admaston
| Cannock Chase, Lichfield, East Staffordshire
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Map
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
- [http://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]
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