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SO24

SO24 is a postcode district in the United Kingdom, part of the Southampton postcode area (SO). It is used by Royal Mail for mail sorting and delivery and serves as a geographic reference within the national postal system. The district lies in Hampshire, on the north-western outskirts of the city of Southampton, and covers a mix of suburban housing and surrounding countryside. The boundaries are primarily defined for mail routing rather than by local government, which means the area overlies parts of the city's administrative footprint and adjacent rural parishes.

Historically, the Southampton postcode area was extended and reorganized as population and housing developed in the

In practical terms, SO24 is used in addresses, property listings, and logistics planning. It also appears in

region;
SO24
is
one
of
the
districts
created
or
refined
through
these
changes.
Today,
residents
and
businesses
within
SO24
use
the
same
postal
town
designation
as
other
Southampton
districts,
with
street-level
addressing
completing
the
delivery
address.
statistical
datasets
and
geocoding
as
a
coarse
geographic
unit
that
helps
identify
location
within
Hampshire
and
the
Southampton
region.
The
district
does
not
correspond
to
a
single
civil
parish
or
unitary
authority
boundary,
reflecting
the
flexible
nature
of
UK
postcode
geography.