The FY postcode area, also known as the Blackpool postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of eight postcode districts in

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. The districts cover the entire

borough of Blackpool The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, ...

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

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s are

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

Fleetwood Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830 ...

Lytham St Annes Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the The Fylde, Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population of the built-up area at the 2021 United Kingdom census, ...

Poulton-le-Fylde Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,115. There is evidence of human habitatio ...

Thornton-Cleveleys Thornton-Cleveleys is a conurbation consisting of the village of Thornton and the town of Cleveleys. The two settlements formed a joint urban district from 1927 until 1974, before becoming part of Wyre. Political geography The civil parish ...

. 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

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; 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. Mail for the FY postcode area is processed at Preston Mail Centre, along with mail for the PR, BB and LA postcode areas. __TOC__

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", FY0 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", BLACKPOOL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' non-geographic'' , - ! FY1 , BLACKPOOL , Blackpool Town Centre, North Shore, South Shore ,

, - ! FY2 , BLACKPOOL , Bispham, Moor Park , Blackpool , - ! FY3 , BLACKPOOL , Grange Park, Layton, Marton,

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, Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre , - ! FY4 , BLACKPOOL , Marton,

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, South Shore, Squires Gate,

Starr Gate Starr Gate is a suburb in the South Shore district of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It is located at the southwest end of Blackpool on the Fylde coast, adjacent to the Squires Gate district of Blackpool. The place is name ...

, Blackpool, Fylde , - ! FY5 , THORNTON-CLEVELEYS , Anchorsholme, Little Bispham, Skippool,

, Wyre, Blackpool , - ! FY6 , POULTON-LE-FYLDE , Carleton, Hambleton,

Knott End-on-Sea Knott End-on-Sea is a village in Lancashire, England, on the southern side of Morecambe Bay, across the Wyre estuary from Fleetwood. Knott End has a pub, the Bourne Arms, county library and golf club. Buses run regularly from Knott End and th ...

Preesall Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in Lancashire, England. The parish (until 1910 known as Preesall with Hackensall) covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End-on-Sea, Pilling Lane and the v ...

, Singleton,

Stalmine Stalmine is a village in the civil parish of Stalmine-with-Staynall, in the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England, in a part of the Fylde known as Over Wyre. The village is located on a small hill on the A588, the main road between Hambleto ...

, Wyre, Fylde, Blackpool , - ! FY7 , FLEETWOOD ,

, Rossall , Wyre , - ! FY8 , LYTHAM ST. ANNES ,

Lytham St. Annes Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population of the built-up area at the 2021 census was 42,695. The town is ...

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, Fylde Some regions of the FY5 postcode area such as Little Bispham and Anchorsholme are generally considered to be suburbs of Blackpool due to being in that town's unitary authority area, despite having the Thornton-Cleveleys post town. The same applies to a small section of the FY8 area adjacent to

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, which has the Lytham St Annes post town but is generally considered to be in Blackpool, including for the 2011 census.

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References

External links

Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom The Fylde Postcode areas covering North West England

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