The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area, is a group of 37 postcode districts in north-west England and north-east Wales, which are subdivisions of thirteen post towns. These districts cover west

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...

(including

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

Neston Neston is a town and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire, England. It is part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The village of Parkgate is located to the north west and the villages of Little Neston and Ness ...

and

Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south ...

), south-west

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral ...

(including

Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; Historic counties of England, historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the R ...

Prenton Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within ...

Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ...

and Wirral) and east

Flintshire , settlement_type = County , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_shield = Arms of Flint ...

(including

Deeside Deeside ( cy, Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neigh ...

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

, Buckley,

Bagillt Bagillt (; ) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. The town overlooks the Dee Estuary and is between the towns of Holywell and Flint. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 3,918, increasing to 4,165 at the 2011 censu ...

, Holywell and

Mold A mold () or mould () is one of the structures certain fungi can form. The dust-like, colored appearance of molds is due to the formation of spores containing fungal secondary metabolites. The spores are the dispersal units of the fungi. Not ...

). The postcodes for the

Wirral Peninsula Wirral (; ), known locally as The Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about long and wide and is bounded by the River Dee to the west (forming the boundary with Wales), the River Mersey to th ...

were originally covered by the L postcode area, until they were transferred to the CH postcode area in 1999. The postcode numbers were unchanged, so L41 became CH41 and so on. __TOC__

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! CH1 , CHESTER ,

Blacon Blacon is a council estate on the outskirts of Chester, England. It was once one of the largest council housing estates in Europe. Geography Blacon is next to the Welsh border, on a hill one mile north-west of and overlooking Chester. The vill ...

Higher Ferry Higher may refer to: Music * The Higher, a 2002–2012 American pop rock band Albums * Higher (Ala Boratyn album), ''Higher'' (Ala Boratyn album) or the title song, 2007 * Higher (Ezio album), ''Higher'' (Ezio album) or the title song, 2000 * Hig ...

Capenhurst Capenhurst is a village and civil parish in Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire England. According to the 2001 Census, Capenhurst had a population of 237, increasing to 380 at the 2 ...

, Backford ,

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Governm ...

Flintshire , settlement_type = County , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_shield = Arms of Flint ...

, - ! CH2 , CHESTER , Backford,

Elton Elton may refer to: Places England * Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village ** Elton Hall, a baronial hall * Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Elton, Derbyshire ...

Hoole Hoole is a suburb in the east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The area is contiguous with Newton to the north and Vicars Cross to the south. The A41 road mark ...

, Ince, Mickle Trafford, Moston, Newton by Chester, Upton-by-Chester , Cheshire West and Chester , - ! CH3 , CHESTER , Boughton,

, Huntington,

Mouldsworth Mouldsworth is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about 8 miles north east of Chester city centre on the B5393 road ...

, Tarvin,

Tattenhall Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 census, ...

, Farndon, Waverton, Saighton, Upton-by-Chester , Cheshire West and Chester , - ! CH4 , CHESTER ,

, Curzon Park, Handbridge, Lache, Pulford, Penyffordd, Broughton,

Saltney Saltney is a cross-border town, split between Flintshire, Wales and Cheshire, England. The town is intersected by the England–Wales border, with its larger part being a community of Wales in the historic county of Clwyd. The town forms par ...

, Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire , - ! CH5 , DEESIDE , Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry,

Sealand SeaLand, a division of the Maersk Group, is an American intra-regional container shipping company headquartered in Miramar, Florida with representation in 29 countries across the Americas. The company offers ocean and intermodal services using ...

, Garden City,

Sandycroft Sandycroft is a village in Flintshire, Wales, approximately southeast of Queensferry and southwest of Chester, on the B5129 road between Queensferry and Broughton. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 6,724. Railway st ...

Hawarden Hawarden (; cy, Penarlâg) is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border and is home to Hawarden Castle. In the 2011 census the ward of the same name ha ...

Ewloe Ewloe (; cy, Ewlo, ) is a village and electoral ward in the community of Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated close to the Flintshire/Cheshire sector of the Wales-England border. The A55 expressway passes through Ewloe and its most ...

, Mancot , Flintshire , - !rowspan=2, CH6 , BAGILLT ,

, rowspan=2, Flintshire , - , FLINT ,

, Oakenholt,

Flint Mountain Flint Mountain (Welsh: Mynydd-y-Fflint) is a small village seated in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway ...

, - !rowspan=2, CH7 , BUCKLEY , Buckley , rowspan=2, Flintshire,

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnew ...

, - , MOLD ,

Leeswood Leeswood ( cy, Coed-llai) is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, about four miles from the historic market town of Mold. At the 2001 Census, the population was 2,143, reducing slightly to 2,135 at the 2011 Census. It ...

, Treuddyn, Llanarmon-yn-Ial,

Caerwys Caerwys is a town in Flintshire, Wales. It is just under two miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway and one mile from the A541 Mold-Denbigh road. At the 2001 Census, the population of Caerwys community was 1,315, with a total ward populati ...

Northop Hall Northop Hall ( cy, Neuadd Llaneurgain) is a large village and community near Mold, in Flintshire, Wales. Located to the east of Northop, near the A55 North Wales Expressway, the village is largely residential in character. At the 2001 Census, t ...

, - ! CH8 , HOLYWELL , Holywell, Milwr, Holway,

Carmel Carmel may refer to: * Carmel (biblical settlement), an ancient Israelite town in Judea * Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea * Carmelites, a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order Carmel may also ...

, Lloc,

Bryn Celyn Bryn Celyn is an area in the community of Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales, which is 131.2 miles (211.1 km) from Cardiff and 207.8 miles (334.4 km) from London. Notable people * Mary Dendy (1855–1933) a promoter of residential schoo ...

, Greenfield,

Halkyn Halkyn ( cy, Helygain ; Flintshire Welsh: ''Lygian '') is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increas ...

Lixwm Licswm is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysceifiog. Licswm was formerly a mining village, and one explanation of its unusual name was that it was given to it by miners who moved to the area from Derbyshire: ...

, Talacre , Flintshire , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH25 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", BIRKENHEAD , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' PO Boxes'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH26 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", PRENTON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH27 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WALLASEY , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH28 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WIRRAL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes in Moreton'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH29 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WIRRAL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes in

Hoylake Hoylake is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee meets the Irish Sea. Historically part of Cheshire, the Domesday Bo ...

'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH30 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WIRRAL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes in Upton'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH31 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WIRRAL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes in

Heswall Heswall is a town on the Wirral, Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census, the population was 16,012, including the nearby villages of Barnston and Gayton. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 it was part of the administr ...

'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH32 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", WIRRAL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes in New Ferry'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH33 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", NESTON , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH34 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ELLESMERE PORT , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''PO Boxes'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! CH41 , BIRKENHEAD ,

, Claughton,

Seacombe Seacombe () is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, Seacombe is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part ...

, Tranmere, Woodside , Wirral , - ! CH42 , BIRKENHEAD ,

, Oxton,

Rock Ferry Rock Ferry is an area of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the county of Cheshire. At the 2 ...

, Wirral , - ! CH43 , PRENTON , Beechwood, Bidston,

Noctorum Noctorum is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively it is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral as part of Claughton Ward. Noctorum is in the north east of the Wirral Peninsula, bounded by the Beechwood estate to ...

, Oxton,

, Wirral , - ! CH44 , WALLASEY , Egremont,

Liscard Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Sho ...

, Poulton,

, Wirral , - ! CH45 , WALLASEY ,

New Brighton New Brighton is the name of several places, sports teams etc.: Australia * New Brighton, New South Wales, a town near Ocean Shores Canada * New Brighton, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood * New Brighton (Gambier Island), a settlement in British ...

, Wallasey Village , Wirral , - ! CH46 , WIRRAL , Leasowe, Moreton, Saughall Massie , Wirral , - ! CH47 , WIRRAL ,

, Meols , Wirral , - ! CH48 , WIRRAL ,

Caldy Caldy is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At ...

, Frankby, Grange,

, Newton,

West Kirby West Kirby is a resort town on the north-west corner of the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, to the north-east lies Hoylake, to the east Grange ...

, Wirral , - ! CH49 , WIRRAL , Greasby, Landican, Saughall Massie, Upton, Woodchurch , Wirral , - ! CH60 , WIRRAL ,

, Gayton , Wirral , - ! CH61 , WIRRAL , Barnston,

(part), Irby,

Pensby Pensby () is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England. It is located to the north of the town of Heswall and approximately to the south west of Thingwall. Historically within Cheshire, the area is part of the Pensby ...

, Thingwall,

Thurstaston Thurstaston is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is part of the West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. The village lies on the A540 roa ...

, Wirral , - ! CH62 , WIRRAL ,

Bromborough Bromborough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south east of Bebington and to the north of Easth ...

Eastham Eastham or East Ham, may refer to: People *Ashley Eastham (born 1991), English footballer * George R. Eastham (1914–2000), English footballer * George E. Eastham (born 1936), English footballer and son of the George R. Eastham *Harry Eastham (19 ...

, New Ferry,

Port Sunlight Port Sunlight is a model village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its ...

, Spital , Wirral , - ! CH63 , WIRRAL ,

Brimstage Brimstage () is a village in the centremost part of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is approximately east of Heswall and south west of Bebington. Administratively, it is within the Clatterbridge Ward of the Metropolitan Borough ...

Clatterbridge Clatterbridge is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is to the south-west of Bebington and close to the M53 motorway. Clatterbridge is also the name of a local government ward, which ...

, Higher Bebington,

Lower Bebington Bebington () is a town and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsu ...

, Raby, Raby Mere, Spital,

Storeton Storeton is a small village on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated to the west of the town of Bebington and is made up of Great Storeton and Little Storeton, which is classified as a hamlet. At the 2001 Census the population of Storeto ...

Thornton Hough Thornton Hough () is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, of pre- Conquest origins. The village grew during the ownership of Joseph Hirst into a small model village and was later acquired by William Lever, founder of L ...

, Wirral , - ! CH64 , NESTON , Parkgate,

, Willaston,

Little Neston Little Neston is a village south of Neston and situated on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. Little Neston is administratively part of Cheshire West and Chester and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census. The settlement was mention ...

, Ness, Puddington,

Burton Burton, Burtons, or Burton's may refer to: Companies * Burton (retailer), a clothing retailer ** Burton's, Abergavenny, a shop built for the company in 1937 **The Montague Burton Building, Dublin a shop built for the company between 1929 and ...

, Cheshire West and Chester , - ! CH65 , ELLESMERE PORT ,

, Great Sutton,

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...

, Wolverham , Cheshire West and Chester , - ! CH66 , ELLESMERE PORT , Childer Thornton,

, Great Sutton, Hooton, Ledsham, Little Sutton, Overpool,

, Cheshire West and Chester , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH88 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CHESTER , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' North West Securities Bank'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", CH99 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", CHESTER , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' Benefits Agency, St. Michaels Financial Services & Chargecard'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

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