The UK Postcode Database

WS12 5UQ

a terminated postcode in Staffordshire

Introduced in January 1980, terminated in March 2003
WS12 5UQ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7011 / 52°42'4"N

Longitude: -2.0067 / 2°0'24"W

UTM Reference: 30U 567116 5839488

OS Easting: 399641

OS Northing: 311494

OS Grid: SJ996114

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 29K.PGL

Mapcode Global: WHBFG.4CNL

Open Location Code: 9C4VPX2V+F8

Maidenhead Locator System: IO82xq98

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

  • major urban conurbation
  • a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Ageing Communities
  • Ageing Independent Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 19782 / 32844

  • 7th decile
  • somewhat less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for WS12 5UQ on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:42
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:59
Sunrise 04:47
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:06
Sunset 21:25
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:13
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:30
Hours of daylight today04:17 to 21:55
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:55 to 04:16
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:55
Moon Rises 23:51

For a full sun and moon calendar for WS12 5UQ, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for WS12 5UQ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Cannock Chase

MP

Josh Newbury Labour

Cannock Chase District Council
District council ward

Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley

Councillors

Hayley Page Green Party (E&W)

Jo Elson Green Party (E&W)

Andrea Muckley Green Party (E&W)

WS12 5UQ also falls within the Civil Parish of Hednesford, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for WS12 5UQ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00149757 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01029393 Cannock Chase 008E Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02006125 Cannock Chase 008 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04008876 Hednesford Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05015750 Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 2 May 2024 DLUHC
E07000192 Cannock Chase Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000028 Staffordshire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000005 West Midlands Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001150 Cannock Chase Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000015 Staffordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000288 Wolverhampton and Walsall Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33021979 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000012 Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E37000032 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E38000028 NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB - 04Y Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000011 Midlands NHS England Regions Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E54000010 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2019 NHS
E56000007 West Midlands Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58001819 Hawks Green, Rawnsley & Cannock Wood ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63009591 Cannock Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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