ML3 8 postcode sector in the ML3 district
ML3 8 is a sector of the ML3 district: every postcode that starts ML3 8. It has 289 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.
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Every postcode in the ML3 8 sector, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 34
- In use before 2020: 255
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 289 postcodes in the ML3 8 sector that ONS places, 34 are new since 2020 and 255 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
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Postcodes in ML3 8
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources
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