Royal Mail Postcode List

For a introductory price of £49, you may purchase and download the very latest list of every UK postcode.

The download contains all 1.756 million postcodes in the UK (business & residential) including the last two digits of the postcode (Postmans Walk). The postcode list file includes:

124 post code areas
2,827 post code districts
9,487 post code sectors
1.756 million fully structured post codes
Optional Town Name

Background

As approved distributors for Royal Mail, we have created this subset data file using the Royal Mail PAF (postal postcode address file). The file will be supplied to you under a Royal Mail licence for 12 months unlimited use.

Postcode Areas

Each Postcode Area comprises one or two alpha characters generally chosen to as an extract from the area name e.g. B for Birmingham, CF for Cardiff, CV Coventry etc. In total the UK comprises of one hundred and twenty four postcode areas.

Postcode Districts

Each Postcode Area is made up of dozens of Postcode Districts represented by the first one or two numbers immediately following the postcode area. B7, CV21, SL16 etc. The district's numbers range from 0 to 99. In London a further alpha character is used to divide some London districts into sub divisions (suffixes) e.g. EC1A. There are 2,827 postcode districts.

Postcode Sectors

Sectors are numbered 0-9. It should be noted that when sorting postcodes into order, sector 0 is the tenth sector rather than the first! There are 9,487 postcode sectors in the UK.

Updates

The file is updated every three months and a free update will always be available to you providing your licence remains current.

Format

The file will be supplied in Double Quoted Text format. Please let us know if you would prefer the file supplied in a different format and we will do our best to accommodate you. Sample of the file.

Questions

Please use the "Brief Us" option if you have any questions. Alternatively please call.