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Proposed changes to areas/regions UK
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
We're proposing changing the postcode/regions to the following.
Main changes are:
* "East Anglia" introduced and areas like Norwich listed under that rather than East Midlands!
* "North" introduced and places like Huddersfield moved from North West to North (often got lost), Sheffield from East Midlands to North
* East/West Midlands now just Midlands.
Have a look below to see if you think this makes more sense comments here please 
GY Channel Islands
JE Channel Islands
CB East Anglia
CM East Anglia
CO East Anglia
IP East Anglia
NR East Anglia
PE East Anglia
AL London
BR London
E London
EC London
EN London
HA London
IG London
KT London
N London
NW London
RM London
SE London
SM London
SW London
W London
WC London
B Midlands
CV Midlands
DE Midlands
DY Midlands
HR Midlands
LE Midlands
LN Midlands
NG Midlands
NN Midlands
ST Midlands
SY Midlands
TF Midlands
WR Midlands
WS Midlands
WV Midlands
BD North
DN North
HD North
HG North
HU North
HX North
LS North
S North
WF North
YO North
DH North East
DL North East
NE North East
SR North East
TS North East
BB North West
BL North West
CA North West
CH North West
CW North West
FY North West
IM North West
L North West
LA North West
M North West
OL North West
PR North West
SK North West
WA North West
WN North West
BT Northern Ireland
AB Scotland
DD Scotland
DG Scotland
EH Scotland
FK Scotland
G Scotland
HS Scotland
IV Scotland
KA Scotland
KW Scotland
KY Scotland
ML Scotland
PA Scotland
PH Scotland
TD Scotland
ZE Scotland
BN South East
CR South East
CT South East
DA South East
GU South East
HP South East
LU South East
ME South East
MK South East
OX South East
PO South East
RG South East
RH South East
SG South East
SL South East
SO South East
SS South East
TN South East
TW South East
UB South East
WD South East
BA South West
BH South West
BS South West
DT South West
EX South West
GL South West
PL South West
SN South West
SP South West
TA South West
TQ South West
TR South West
CF Wales
LD Wales
LL Wales
NP Wales
SA Wales
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I grew up in the KT postcode which stretches from Kingston (obviously, lol) to where I live (outside the M25) which is classed as South East and certainly not London , but I guess there will be lots of areas which cross borders.
Maybe you could keep the Greater London section you had as well as London? Not overly worried and think the Midlands and further north will certainly be improved (as far as I know anyway!) |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
rather than calling that bunch of postcodes "north".. wouldn't it be easier to just call those ones "yorkshire" (people on humberside won't mind... they use to be yorkies once!!!) |
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hmmmmmm We can see where some people will see an improvement and some will prefer the existing groupings. Maybe users could create a custom seach cluster? As an example for us... PE & NR are going to be East Anglia, LN & DN will be North and NG will be Midlands... all of which are close to us. So we would create our own search grouping... allowing us to do local searches in one hit rather than as 5 seperate searches? |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
" hmmmmmm We can see where some people will see an improvement and some will prefer the existing groupings. Maybe users could create a custom seach cluster? As an example for us... PE & NR are going to be East Anglia, LN & DN will be North and NG will be Midlands... all of which are close to us. So we would create our own search grouping... allowing us to do local searches in one hit rather than as 5 seperate searches?"
actually you have a good point there... just had a look at where I use to live, which was RM.....
so for the purposes of a search it would be london, but the closest 2 are SS which would be classed as South East, and CM would would be classed as East Anglia
so the 5 postcode search might be a good idea |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"rather than calling that bunch of postcodes "north".. wouldn't it be easier to just call those ones "yorkshire" (people on humberside won't mind... they use to be yorkies once!!!) "
Some of the "North" postcodes cross county borders e.g. some of DN are in Lincolnshire and some of S are in Derbyshire so it can't be classified as Yorkshire.
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"I'm glad I live in a tiny village!  "
I was just gonna say that Laine! We don't have to worry about what group we're in anyway because we haven't been sectioned!? ... Well, most of us haven't!  lol
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By *riapus4uMan
over a year ago
Charlestown, Cornwall |
"Im just glad we won't be East Midlands now
Nothing against East Midlands but its fooking miles away from where I live  "
I'm sure you hav'nt, but at the moment it includes places like Clacton on Sea!!!  |
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By *riapus4uMan
over a year ago
Charlestown, Cornwall |
"rather than calling that bunch of postcodes "north".. wouldn't it be easier to just call those ones "yorkshire" (people on humberside won't mind... they use to be yorkies once!!!)
Some of the "North" postcodes cross county borders e.g. some of DN are in Lincolnshire and some of S are in Derbyshire so it can't be classified as Yorkshire.
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Thats true. |
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By *riapus4uMan
over a year ago
Charlestown, Cornwall |
"Im just glad we won't be East Midlands now
Nothing against East Midlands but its fooking miles away from where I live "
I wish it was'nt miles away, looking at your pics I wish it was in the next county to mine!!.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think Wales needs dividing into north and south for some of the searches and the LL postcode needs splitting into east and west. I live closer to Hull than some places in my own postcode. Although alround a system that looked at distance rather than area would be best. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We're proposing changing the postcode/regions to the following.
Main changes are:
* "East Anglia" introduced and areas like Norwich listed under that rather than East Midlands!
* "North" introduced and places like Huddersfield moved from North West to North (often got lost), Sheffield from East Midlands to North
* East/West Midlands now just Midlands.
Have a look below to see if you think this makes more sense comments here please
GY Channel Islands
JE Channel Islands
CB East Anglia
CM East Anglia
CO East Anglia
IP East Anglia
NR East Anglia
PE East Anglia
AL London
BR London
E London
EC London
EN London
HA London
IG London
KT London
N London
NW London
RM London
SE London
SM London
SW London
W London
WC London
B Midlands
CV Midlands
DE Midlands
DY Midlands
HR Midlands
LE Midlands
LN Midlands
NG Midlands
NN Midlands
ST Midlands
SY Midlands
TF Midlands
WR Midlands
WS Midlands
WV Midlands
BD North
DN North
HD North
HG North
HU North
HX North
LS North
S North
WF North
YO North
DH North East
DL North East
NE North East
SR North East
TS North East
BB North West
BL North West
CA North West
CH North West
CW North West
FY North West
IM North West
L North West
LA North West
M North West
OL North West
PR North West
SK North West
WA North West
WN North West
BT Northern Ireland
AB Scotland
DD Scotland
DG Scotland
EH Scotland
FK Scotland
G Scotland
HS Scotland
IV Scotland
KA Scotland
KW Scotland
KY Scotland
ML Scotland
PA Scotland
PH Scotland
TD Scotland
ZE Scotland
BN South East
CR South East
CT South East
DA South East
GU South East
HP South East
LU South East
ME South East
MK South East
OX South East
PO South East
RG South East
RH South East
SG South East
SL South East
SO South East
SS South East
TN South East
TW South East
UB South East
WD South East
BA South West
BH South West
BS South West
DT South West
EX South West
GL South West
PL South West
SN South West
SP South West
TA South West
TQ South West
TR South West
CF Wales
LD Wales
LL Wales
NP Wales
SA Wales
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i notice you havent divided northern ireland and the republic of ireland?two seperate countries.fact |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"i notice you havent divided northern ireland and the republic of ireland?two seperate countries.fact"
These are UK regions which is why we've included Northern Ireland and the BT postcode. Ireland is listed as a seperate country on the site and has its own regions.
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While you are looking at the regions...
May I suggest that if possible you find away for people to define what regions they consider to be "local" when it comes to things like "local updates"?
For example, although we are and ME postcode, we are actualy located a lot closer to CT members than most of our fellow ME's!!
It would be very helpful to see the CT updates as we do the ME's. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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it would be gret if you could select multiply postcodes when you are doing a regional search, I'm in the North West which is a pretty big region and I'm only looking to meet people local to me.
Or better still could you do a "distance from me" search...so you could select that you are looking for someone up to 5, 10, 15, 20 etc miles away. That works really well on a diff site I sometimes use. |
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By *riapus4uMan
over a year ago
Charlestown, Cornwall |
"i am sorry, but East Midlands is huge without it being merged with West Midlands.
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I agree, the East Midlands group area is far to big at the moment taking in places that are 'so not' in EM like Norwich, Colchester, Peterborough etc. etc. etc..
Having all the county's that constitute the East Midlands lumped in with a new grouping called the 'Midlands' will make an area that is so huge.
Far better to have a tick list of postcode areas you want to 'explore' & only those area's would come up when you open the browse page. That way you could expand your search area to include holiday destinations etc.. |
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By *pikerubyCouple
over a year ago
bournemouth |
I'd agree with having a list of postcodes to choose from, especially for those of us who live on the boarder of two regions.
Also would be helpful when being away.
The regions south west & south east are massive too, so this is a common problem, and short of going to county level will be hard to sort to please everyone! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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would it not be an idea if you could search by distance from your own postcode. i myself have 4 postcodes i have to search under due to living on the edge of a district. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We live in Worthing, on the South coast, near Brighton, in the SE area which is HUGE. Some parts of the "South East" are 200 miles away from us or a 4hour plus drive....It's a bit big! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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seeing as this was started over a year ago.. maybe they have forgotten about it!! lol... although how anyone thought that Sheffield was in East Midlands is beyond me lol.. and I thought I was rubbish at geography. Sheffield is in South Yorkshire.. so myabe we could have the 4 yorkshire area towns listed in there correct county?? |
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By *arrenPeaceMan
over a year ago
lwork in Ibrox live in Ayr |
On a possibly related point, would it be possible to add, perhaps by way of a 2 letter code, a region next to peoples' names in the chatroms-makes it easier to see if you might want to look at their profile as they are local, rather than clicking on it and seeing they are 400 miles away.
Not usually a problem in the Scotland room I know but in busy directing rooms it could be a boon. |
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"I know this is an old thread but please can we have an East Anglia. Pleaseeeeeeeee!"
If you use the advanced search you can create your own personal set of postcodes, we use PE, LN and NG, but for yourself you could select NR and IP.
We feel this is far better than preselcted regions, as that way you will always get people that are on the edge of two regions. This way you can customise your searches to exactly what you want. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"Would it be so difficult to list the searches by county.
Surely everyone knows which county they are in, and what counties surround it."
Just a quick update on this. It has effectively been surpassed by the new work we've done on postcodes. At some point in the near future searches will be proximity-based, e.g. within 20 miles of NN1 might be a search.
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I think that's handy being able to search in distance but could we not just have regions instead of post codes? I don't know all the postcodes around me anyway ;-(
I am in FIFE Scotland but would like to search for example: tayside / edinburgh & Lothians / central BUT DO NOT WANT TO SEARCH FIFE as want to meet outwith area I stay.
You could always have a click box to include or exclude your own region |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think you should keep east and west midlands seperate. Places like Nottingham and Leicester are quite a distance from Birmingham. At least if it says West Midlands on a profile then I know that they are fairly local. |
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I don't think you should split the current areas any further, where will it end???, I suspect some people will only be happy if they get a room just for their street as it appears lots of them are not willing to go more than a hundred yards for a meeting, lol.
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