Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF®) is a comprehensive list of the full address and geographic information for every delivery point in the UK.
Taking raw PAF® data directly allows you to handle and manipulate the data to suit your needs. We offer a range of formats and a bespoke option that gives you a dataset tailored exactly to your requirements.
- Full range of address data - from the full UK PAF®
- Only pay for the data you need - tailoring options to suit your requirements
- Build your own application - buying the raw data allows you to custom build your own search mechanism
- Add a "Find my nearest" facility to your website - with just a Postcode and grid reference dataset
- Ready randomised data for surveys or market research - we can randomise the data from your selected areas, exactly to your specifications, if required
- Technical Support and at least annual updates of PAF® data are included. Customer Service is at the end of a telephone line with no automated answer machine service. All of our products have been quality tested and checked by us.
- The full range of PAF® fields - with tailored subset available (see the list of available fields here)
- Data for the whole UK or a specified local dataset - to match your needs
- Geographic data as an optional extra - add Ordnance Survey 100m grid references, NHS and Local Authority information, if needed
- A range of formats available - to match the way you plan to use the data
- Licencing from Single User to Website, Site and Multi-site type licences - see our Licences page for more information on the type of licence you would require
Here you can download a range of datasets to see which would best match your requirements. If none of the standard datasets completely meet your specification, tailored datasets are available. Call us on +44 (0)1508 494488 for details.
Click here to see a key to the field names.
| Premise level data with Postzon | |
| This is the full PAF® Dataset and includes all elements of the address along with the full set of geographic information for each Postcode. |
Download - One record per Postcode
Download - One record per Premise |
| Premise level data only | |
| The full PAF® Dataset including all the address information, but at a lower cost as the geographic data is not included. |
Download - One record per Postcode
Download - One record per Premise |
| Thoroughfare level data with Postzon | |
| A street level dataset without premise information or PO Box details. Useful for rapid addressing applications. The geographic data included here can add multiple other uses such as "Find my nearest" functionality. | Download - One record per Postcode |
| Thoroughfare level address data only | |
| A street level dataset without premise level, PO Box or geopraphical information. A low cost solution, ideal for use in a rapid addressing application on your website or in your call centre, for example. | Download - One record per Postcode |
| Postcodes with OS 100m grid references | |
| A simple file that can be used to build a fast "Find my nearest store" type feature on your website or for your call centre staff. | Download - One record per Postcode |
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Magicalia.com operates a range of seven passionate sports communities on the internet, including the UK's largest cycling and fishing websites: On each of their sites they operate large databases of local shops and clubs and destinations to practice the sports. They also offer community membership to their site visitors. The PAF ® data supplied by us allows Magicalia to match local content (including, shops, news, clubs and other riders, fishermen etc) to each specific site visitor. People use the site to communicate and exchange information with other like minded enthusiasts in their area, and Magicalia benefits by selling "geo-targeted" advertising campaigns to local businesses. |
- Postcoder API Professional - Provides all search functions and examples
PostCoder API Professional allows address finding to be embedded within your applications. It supports Rapid Addressing, Address Matching and Basic Search and is fully configurable. Usable examples are included. It supports all standard Windows development languages. Can also be used to build a batch processor, or added to your website for seamless online data retrieval and "Find My Nearest" applications. - PostCoder Web SOAP - Pay per click service
PostCoder Web SOAP offers a range of per click options for adding premise level address completion and other geographic information searching to your website and applications. The service includes address validation against the latest edition of Royal Mail's PAF® data. It is fully configurable, easy to set up and comes with a full range of examples including PHP, ASP, ASP.NET (C#,VB), JAVA/JSP, Perl and ColdFusion. - Postcoder API Compact - Provides search functions with street level data
PostCoder API Compact allows Rapid Addressing to be embedded within your applications and on your website. It includes an 11Mb Thoroughfare Level PAF® database.
| ORD | Department | SCD | Sortcode |
| ORG | Organisation | CAT | User Category |
| SBN | Sub-building Name | NDP | Delivery Points |
| BNA | Building Name | DPS | Delivery Points Suffix |
| POB | PO Box | GRE | Grid Eastings |
| Num | Number | GRN | Grid Northings |
| DST | Dependent Street | WCD | Local Authority Ward Code |
| STR | Main or only Street | WNW | Local Authority Ward Name |
| DDL | Double-dependent Locality | WNA | Local/Unitary Authority Name |
| DLO | Dependent Locality | NHS | NHS Health Authority Code |
| TWN | Post Town | NNH | NHS Health Authority Name |
| PCD | Postcode | PCT | Primary Care Trust Code |
| CTA | County - Administrative | PNP | Primary Care Group Name |
| CTP | County - Postal | PNH | Primary Care Group HA |
| CTT | County - Traditional | URN | UDPRN |
