NE postcode area

The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area, is a group of 61 postcode districts in north-east England covering 34 post towns. These cover most of Tyne and Wear (including Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, Hebburn, Jarrow, Washington, Blaydon-on-Tyne, East Boldon, Boldon Colliery, Rowlands Gill and Ryton) and Northumberland (including Blyth, Morpeth, Hexham, Alnwick, Cramlington, Bedlington, Ashington, Prudhoe, Bamburgh, Riding Mill, Choppington, Corbridge, Seahouses, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Stocksfield, Haltwhistle, Wylam, Chathill, Belford and Wooler), plus a very small part of northern County Durham. The NE postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.

History
The original NE postal district was created as part of the London postal district in 1858, covering north east London. It was abolished, along with the S postal district covering south London, in 1866..

Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * City Centre, Newcastle Quayside
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * City Centre, Jesmond, Sandyford, Spital Tongues, Shieldfield
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Gosforth, Fawdon, Kingston Park, Kenton, Great Park
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * City Centre, Arthurs Hill, Elswick, Wingrove, Benwell, Fenham
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Blakelaw, Cowgate, Denton, Westerhope
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Heaton, Byker, Walker, Walkergate
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Heaton, Gosforth, Benton
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * GATESHEAD
 * Gateshead Quayside, Gateshead Town, Bensham
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * GATESHEAD
 * Low Fell, Springwell, Wrekenton, Beacon Lough
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, City of Sunderland
 * GATESHEAD
 * Felling, Whitehills Estate, Leam Lane, Pelaw, Bill Quay
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * GATESHEAD
 * Dunston, Kibblesworth, Team Valley, MetroCentre
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Longbenton, Killingworth, Benton
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Newcastle International Airport, Wideopen, Great Park, Dinnington, Woolsington, Hazlerigg
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Lemington, Throckley, Newburn, Fenham, Benwell, Scotswood
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Whickham, Sunniside, Burnopfield
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, County Durham
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Chopwell, Western Chopwell Wood
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Stamfordham, Dalton
 * Northumberland
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Byrness, Otterburn
 * Northumberland
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Ponteland
 * Northumberland
 * BLAYDON-ON-TYNE
 * Blaydon, Winlaton
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * BEDLINGTON
 * Bedlington, Hartford Bridge
 * Northumberland
 * CRAMLINGTON
 * Cramlington, Seghill
 * Northumberland
 * BLYTH
 * Blyth, Newsham, Cowpen, Cambois
 * Northumberland
 * WHITLEY BAY
 * Monkseaton, Earsdon, New Hartley, Holywell, Seaton Delaval
 * Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Northumberland
 * WHITLEY BAY
 * Whitley Bay, Seaton Sluice
 * Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Northumberland
 * NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
 * Shiremoor, West Allotment, Backworth, Holystone, Murton Village
 * Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
 * WALLSEND
 * Walker, Battle Hill, Willington, Wallsend, North Tyne Tunnel
 * City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
 * NORTH SHIELDS
 * North Shields, Royal Quays, Billy Mill, New York
 * North Tyneside
 * NORTH SHIELDS
 * Marden, Tynemouth, Cullercoats
 * Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
 * HEBBURN
 * Hebburn
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * JARROW
 * Jarrow, Fellgate, South Tyne Tunnel
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * SOUTH SHIELDS
 * Town Centre, Deans, Westoe, High Shields
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * SOUTH SHIELDS
 * Harton, Horsley Hill, Marsden, Simonside, Brockley Whins
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * BOLDON COLLIERY
 * Boldon Colliery
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * EAST BOLDON
 * East Boldon, West Boldon
 * Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
 * WASHINGTON
 * Usworth, Sulgrave, Albany
 * City of Sunderland
 * WASHINGTON
 * Town Centre, Oxclose, Fatfield, Harraton
 * City of Sunderland
 * ROWLANDS GILL
 * Rowlands Gill, High Spen, Hamsterley Mill, Eastern Chopwell Wood
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, County Durham
 * RYTON
 * Ryton, Crawcrook, Greenside
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
 * WYLAM
 * Wylam
 * Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Northumberland
 * PRUDHOE
 * Prudhoe
 * Northumberland
 * STOCKSFIELD
 * Stocksfield
 * Northumberland
 * RIDING MILL
 * Riding Mill, Broomhaugh
 * Northumberland
 * CORBRIDGE
 * Corbridge
 * Northumberland
 * HEXHAM
 * Hexham
 * Northumberland
 * HEXHAM
 * Acomb, Hexhamshire
 * Northumberland
 * HEXHAM
 * Falstone, Kielder
 * Northumberland
 * HALTWHISTLE
 * Haltwhistle
 * Northumberland
 * MORPETH
 * Morpeth, Tranwell, Clifton, Hepscott, Mitford
 * Northumberland
 * CHOPPINGTON
 * Scotland Gate, Guidepost, Stakeford, West Sleekburn, Bomarsund
 * Northumberland
 * ASHINGTON
 * Ashington
 * Northumberland
 * NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA
 * Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
 * Northumberland
 * MORPETH
 * River Coquet
 * Northumberland
 * ALNWICK
 * Alnwick, Shilbottle
 * Northumberland
 * CHATHILL
 * Chathill, Beadnell
 * Northumberland
 * SEAHOUSES
 * Seahouses
 * Northumberland
 * BAMBURGH
 * Bamburgh
 * Northumberland
 * BELFORD
 * Belford
 * Northumberland
 * WOOLER
 * Wooler
 * Northumberland
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