title: DD postcode area
text: # DD postcode area
  
  The DD postcode area, also known as the Dundee postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in eastern Scotland, within nine post towns. These cover Dundee and Angus (including Forfar, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir and Montrose), plus part of north-east Fife (including Newport-on-Tay and Tayport) and small parts of Perth and Kinross and Aberdeenshire.
  
  ## Coverage
  
  The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
  
  | Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | DD1 | DUNDEE | Most of the city centre, the University and the Riverside | Dundee |
  | DD2 | DUNDEE | The West of the city including Lochee, Blackness, Ninewells, Menzieshill, Charleston, Balgay, Ardler and Logie | Dundee, Perth and Kinross |
  | DD3 | DUNDEE | The northwest of the city including St Marys, Downfield and Kirkton, and the inner city areas of Strathmartine, Coldside and the Hilltown | Dundee, Angus |
  | DD4 | DUNDEE | The inner city area of Stobswell and Craigie, and the northeast of the city including Pitkerro, Douglas, Fintry and Whitfield | Dundee, Angus |
  | DD5 | DUNDEE | The east of the city including Broughty Ferry, Barnhill and Monifieth | Dundee, Angus |
  | DD6 | NEWPORT-ON-TAY | Newport-on-Tay, Wormit, Balmerino, Gauldry | Fife |
  | DD6 | TAYPORT | Tayport | Fife |
  | DD7 | CARNOUSTIE | Carnoustie | Angus |
  | DD8 | FORFAR | Forfar, Glamis, Letham | Angus |
  | DD8 | KIRRIEMUIR | Kirriemuir | Angus |
  | DD9 | BRECHIN | Brechin, Edzell | Angus |
  | DD10 | MONTROSE | Montrose, St Cyrus, Inverbervie, Hillside, Gourdon | Angus, Aberdeenshire |
  | DD11 | ARBROATH | Arbroath, Friockheim | Angus |
  