# SS postcode area > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SS_postcode_area > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SS_postcode_area.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_postcode_area > Source revision: 1327856420 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Postcode area within the United Kingdom "SS0" redirects here. Not to be confused with SSO, for which see [SSO (disambiguation)](/source/SSO_(disambiguation)). [Template:Attached KML/SS postcode area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Attached_KML/SS_postcode_area) KML is from Wikidata Postcode area in United Kingdom Southend-on-Sea Postcode area SS Coordinates: 51°33′47″N 0°35′53″E / 51.563°N 0.598°E / 51.563; 0.598 Country United Kingdom Postcode area SS Postcode area name Southend-on-Sea Post towns 11 Postcode districts 19 Postcode sectors 81 Postcodes (live) 11,891 Postcodes (total) 17,265 Statistics as at May 2020[1] The **SS postcode area**, also known as the **Southend-on-Sea postcode area**,[2] is a group of seventeen postcode districts in [England](/source/England), within eleven [post towns](/source/Post_town). These cover south-east [Essex](/source/Essex), including [Southend-on-Sea](/source/Southend-on-Sea), [Basildon](/source/Basildon), [Benfleet](/source/South_Benfleet), [Canvey Island](/source/Canvey_Island), [Hockley](/source/Hockley), [Leigh-on-Sea](/source/Leigh-on-Sea), [Rayleigh](/source/Rayleigh%2C_Essex), [Rochford](/source/Rochford), [Stanford-le-Hope](/source/Stanford-le-Hope), [Westcliff-on-Sea](/source/Westcliff-on-Sea) and [Wickford](/source/Wickford). ## Coverage The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s) SS0 WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA Westcliff-on-Sea, Chalkwell Southend-on-Sea SS1 WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA PO Boxes[3] non-geographic SS1 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Southend-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay Southend-on-Sea SS2 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell, Southchurch, Southend Airport Southend-on-Sea, Rochford SS3 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Shoeburyness, Great Wakering, Little Wakering, Barling, Foulness Island Rochford, Southend-on-Sea SS4 ROCHFORD Rochford, Ashingdon, Canewdon, Stambridge, Paglesham Rochford SS5 HOCKLEY Hockley, Hullbridge, Hawkwell Rochford SS6 RAYLEIGH Rayleigh Rochford, Castle Point SS7 BENFLEET Hadleigh, South Benfleet, Thundersley Castle Point, Basildon SS8 CANVEY ISLAND Canvey Island Castle Point SS9 LEIGH-ON-SEA Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood Southend-on-Sea, Rochford SS11 WICKFORD Wickford (north and east), Shotgate, Runwell, Battlesbridge, Rawreth Basildon, Chelmsford, Rochford SS12 WICKFORD Wickford (south and west), North Benfleet Basildon SS13 BASILDON Pitsea Basildon SS14 BASILDON Basildon Basildon SS15 BASILDON Laindon Basildon SS16 BASILDON Langdon Hills, Vange Basildon, Thurrock SS17 STANFORD-LE-HOPE Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Fobbing Thurrock, Basildon SS22 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA International Masters Publishers[3] non-geographic SS99 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA HM Revenue and Customs (VAT),[3] First Data[3] non-geographic ## Map **[KML file](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Attached_KML/SS_postcode_area&action=raw)** ([edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Attached_KML/SS_postcode_area&action=edit) · [help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Attached_KML)) [Template:Attached KML/SS postcode area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Attached_KML/SS_postcode_area) KML is from Wikidata SS postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby [CM](/source/CM_postcode_area), [ME](/source/ME_postcode_area) and [RM](/source/RM_postcode_area) postcode areas. ## See also - [Postcode Address File](/source/Postcode_Address_File) - [List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes"](https://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/postcode-directories/-nspp-/onspd-user-guide-and-version-notes.zip) (ZIP). *National Statistics Postcode Products*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, ["Code-Point Open"](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/). *OS OpenData*. [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey). February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Royal Mail, *Address Management Guide*, (2004) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nongeo1207_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nongeo1207_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nongeo1207_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-nongeo1207_3-3) ["Non Geographic Codes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf) (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf) (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013. v t e Postcode areas in the United Kingdom and its dependencies AB AL B BA BB BD BH BL BN BR BS BT CA CB CF CH CM CO CR CT CV CW DA DD DE DG DH DL DN DT DY E EC EH EN EX FK FY G GL GU HA HD HG HP HR HS HU HX IG IP IV KA KT KW KY L LA LD LE LL LN LS LU M ME MK ML N NE NG NN NP NR NW OL OX PA PE PH PL PO PR RG RH RM S SA SE SG SK SL SM SN SO SP SR SS ST SW SY TA TD TF TN TQ TR TS TW UB W WA WC WD WF WN WR WS WV YO ZE Crown Dependencies GY IM JE British Overseas Territories AI ASCN BBND BIQQ FIQQ GX KY MSR PCRN SIQQ STHL TDCU TKCA VG Non-geographic BF BX GIR XX Related UK lists: Postcode districts Post towns Postal counties London postal district --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [SS postcode area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_postcode_area) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_postcode_area?action=history)). 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