WA16 1 postcode sector in the WA16 district

WA16 1 is a sector of the WA16 district: every postcode that starts WA16 1. It has 18 postcodes in use, 18 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Not sure what a sector is? UK postcode format explained.

Every postcode in the WA16 1 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WA16 1 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 18 postcodes in the WA16 1 sector that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 5 were in use before 2020. Places named: Knutsford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. WA16 1DT: new since 2020 Knutsford Map of every postcode in the WA16 1 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 18 postcodes in the WA16 1 sector that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 5 were in use before 2020. Places named: Knutsford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Knutsford
  • New since 2020: 13
  • In use before 2020: 5

Of the 18 postcodes in the WA16 1 sector that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 5 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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The 5 newest postcodes

WA16 1HHJuly 2026WA16 1HGJune 2026WA16 1HENovember 2025WA16 1GYMay 2025WA16 1GZMay 2025

Postcodes in WA16 1

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

WA16 1ALWA16 1DBWA16 1DTWA16 1EGWA16 1ENWA16 1EPWA16 1FGWA16 1GHWA16 1GSWA16 1GUWA16 1GWWA16 1GXWA16 1GYWA16 1GZWA16 1HAWA16 1HEWA16 1HGWA16 1HH

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

What council am I in? The council, borough or local authority for a postcode, and the county council where there is one. What ward am I in? The ward for a postcode, with its council, constituency and parish.

Check a postcode

Where the facts on this page come from

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.

Something wrong on this page? Report an error and we will check it against the source. All our sources