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UK postcodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Postcodes were devised solely for the purposes of sorting and directing mail and rarely coincide with political boundaries. Almost all postcodes map directly to a geographic area, but there are some which are used simply for routing, mostly for the purposes of direct marketing, and cannot be used for navigation or distance-finding applications. Northern Ireland was the last part of the UK to be postcoded, between 1970 and 1974. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_postcodes   (2762 words)

Tourist Road Accidents in Rural Scotland - Chapter Four : STATS19 and Other Data - Completion of the Postcode Fields ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) A value of "1" indicates that a UK postcode was not available and this was used in a large number of cases. Postcodes for which there was no match were examined individually and obvious typographical errors were identified and rectified, for example where "0" had been input instead of "O" and vice versa. First the recorded postcodes were matched to valid postcodes in the database of all UK postcodes, using a "fuzzy" matching process. www.scotland.gov.uk /cru/kd01/blue/TouristRARS-08.asp   (1646 words)

BBC - h2g2 - UK Postcodes The new additions retained their postcodes, meaning that all or part of the EN Enfield, KT Kingston-upon-Thames, HA Harrow, UB Uxbridge, TW Twickenham, SM Sutton, CR Croydon, TN Tonbridge, DA Dartford, BR Bromley, RM Romford and IG Ilford postal areas are within the boundaries of Greater London. Postcodes are much more important in everyday life than just as a method of routing mail. As they are quick to write, familiar and unique, postcodes have become beloved by statisticians and are sometimes used in the media to demonstrate inequalities throughout the nation. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A12338615   (2020 words)

Postcode Each postcode generally represents a street, part of a street, or a single premises. London postcodes are slightly different, being based on the old system of London postal districts, which predated by many years the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s: Validation is usually performed against a copy of the "Postcode Address File", which is generated by the Royal Mail[?] and contains every UK address and postcode. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Postcode.html   (413 words)

Validating UK postcodes Postcodes in the UK do much more than speed the mail. So, in the postcode RG6 1WG (which happens to be that of Microsoft's UK headquarters), RG6 is the outward code and 1WG is the inward code. The letters represent the 124 UK postal areas (RG, for example, is Reading), while the digits indicate the districts within the areas. www.ml-consult.co.uk /foxst-39.htm   (993 words)

Simon Willison's Weblog UK postcodes have some interesting characteristics: a full six character post code identifies an average of around 14 house holds, and postcodes are mainly hierarchical - W1W will always be contained within W1 for example. The problem is that the postcode database (of nearly 1.8 million postcodes) is owned by the Royal Mail and licensed at a not inconsiderable fee of between £150 and £9,000 per year. Free the postcode was set up a while ago to try to remedy this situation, by asking people to enter their postcode along with the latitude/longitude coordinates collected from a GPS. simon.incutio.com   (1431 words)

Jonathan Rawle’s Website » Postcodes in the UK The system of postcodes in the UK is (almost?) unique as a postcode pinpoints a small number of addresses – usually a street, or part of a street (for example the odd numbers). Postcode areas are determined by distance from sorting offices and do not follow county boundaries at all – in fact, they also cross the boundaries between England, Wales and Scotland. One oddity is the postcode for Girobank, which was formerly part of the Post Office but is now owned by a commercial bank. jonathan.rawle.org /2006/07/03/postcodes-in-the-uk   (1026 words)

British High Commission Here are a selection of the most frequently asked questions relating to UK Postcodes. Answer: There are a range of technical differences between the arrangement and organisation of the codes which cannot be detailed here.  The key operational difference is that Australian codes tend to cover a specific suburb or area and this may result in several hundred homes having the same code. Answer: There are over 27 million postcodes covering the UK and a booklet such as that issued by Australia Post for the Australian system is not feasible. bhc.britaus.net /About_the_UK/aboutukdefault.asp?id=541   (301 words)

UK Postcode lookup service from The Company Merchant Telesales companies have used UK postcode lookups services for many years - it increases accuracy and shortens the length of the phone call. Around 27 to 28 million UK mainland and Northern Ireland postcodes are kept up to date every month, ensuring you have access to the most up to date information available. Prior to internet based postcode lookups, the only way to get access to all this UK postcode data was to purchase the Royal Mail PAF (Postcode Address File) yourself. www.postcodechecker.co.uk   (294 words)

The UK Postcode System Explained, UK Postcodes & Post Towns : ListMasters Below is listed every possible Outward Postcode prefix, the town, city, or area they are derived from, the county where that town, city, or area is located, and the usual abbreviation for the county. The rules regarding undeliverable UK mail without a return address described below do not apply to these authorities because their mail is returned to them for disposal, as they are regarded as independent mail authorities, despite the fact that they are part of the United Kingdom. Everyone should now have a better understanding of how the UK postcode system works, which was one of the reasons why this website was conceived in the first place by ex-Royal Mail staff. www.listmasters.co.uk /postcodes.php   (2199 words)

InterSites: UK Postcodes Every house and business in the UK has been allocated a specific postal address and postcode by Royal Mail to enable them to sort and deliver mail quickly and accurately. The UK postcode system was introduced over a number of years between 1959 and 1974 and is based on a set of alphanumeric codes; generally in the format AA99 9AA. You can find any postcode or address within the UK through the Royal Mail web site using their database of 27 million addresses. www.intersites.co.uk /78126   (199 words)

FMPro.org - Productive IT (UK) Ltd release "Postcode PA" for FileMaker Pro 6 & 7, Productive IT Ltd. Postcode PA is a database of the UK's 1.75 million postcodes with details down to street level in addition to geographic co-ordinates. Postcode PA is available with a 'Standard' or 'Full' licence. Postcode PA is also available bundled with FileMaker Pro licences from £206 per user - effectively providing a FileMaker Pro licence for just £130. fmpro.org /news/219662360218/productive-ltd-release-postcode-for-fil...   (504 words)

UK postcodes for PHP - ideal for find nearest solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) UK postcodes for PHP is a function which you can include into your PHP web application to calculate the distance between any two postcodes within the United Kingdom. Buro De Funk utilised our postcode script to develop a Quick Search and Super Search enabling UK anglers to locate their nearest event for National Fishing Week 2005. With their bespoke development services it also meant that we were able to outsource the tailoring of the script to our requirements and have a fully working solution in under 24 hours freeing up our own developers to get on with finishing the project on time and bug free.. www.cgi-interactive-uk.com /uk_postcodes.html   (430 words)

TNT Magazine, jobs, flats, flights for the UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) UK postcodes may seem tiresome at first, but they are an excellent way of ensuring that items get to their intended destinations. Postcodes follow a standard format: letter + (letter) + number + (number/letter) [space] number + letter + letter... London postcodes begin with a compass direction in London, then take the city or town name as their initial letter (eg. www.tntmagazine.com /uk/gettingstarted/displayPage.asp?ID=useful   (938 words)

Postal code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In some countries (for instance continental Europe, where many countries use the same postcode format of four or five numeric digits) it is advisable to prefix the numeric postal code with a country code to avoid confusion when sending international mail to or from that country. Turkey postcodes are five numeric characters in length.First two digits are the same with province code in ISO 3166-2:TR(also first two digits of car licence codes). UK postcodes are alphanumeric and between six and eight characters in length (including a single space character used to separate the outward and inward parts of the code). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Postcodes   (2504 words)

Nearby.org.uk Geocoder - UK Postcodes - GB Grid References - Lat/Long The postcodes are also useable in reverse geocoding fashion in that you can lookup the nearest postcode to a location. UK Landranger (center of a given map, or which maps a point is on) UK Explorer (center of a given map, or which maps a point is on) www.nearby.org.uk /api/convert-help.php   (841 words)

antoin@eire.com » Irish Government moves forward on Postcodes Alphanumeric UK postcodes narrow it right down to an individual road (or a short stretch of a longer road). In practice most postcode system internationally are used for a wide variety of purposes, but this is often made more difficult than it really needs to be, because the system is not administered as an open standard. In London a primitive postcode had already been in use for decades and this was not abolished but incorporated into the new postcode. www.eire.com /2005/05/23/irish-government-moves-forward-on-postcodes   (2043 words)

osCommerce: UK Postcode based carrier shipping UK postcodes are split into two character sets, this module does a search against the first section of the postcode which is stored in your mysql database and matches it against the is to use the UK postcode checking module and this is bundled here (form_check.js.php). www.oscommerce.com /community/contributions,4712   (318 words)

Postcode Lookup - UK Postcodes - Find Addresses Using PostCoder to create an integrated system of address management at all levels of the business is certain to improve delivery time and accuracy. Our ready to use PostCoder API means you can incorporate a Postcode or address lookup seamlessly into your own software. PostCoder Web offers a low cost way to include a rapid Postcode to address lookup in any web form. www.allies-computing.co.uk /onlinetrial.html   (345 words)

Undenial - Introduction Calculate the distance between any two UK or US postcodes and even between a UK postcode and a US ZIP Code, and that's not all, there are maps too, nasty. The only reason this application exists is because I found a free CSV containing UK postcode information (shouts to http://www.jibble.org) and felt a rather annoying urge to put it to some use. The Postcode Finder is yet another application that resulted for the same reasons as the previous one. www.undenial.co.uk   (620 words)

extracting UK postcode data for shipping module - osCommerce Community Support Forums There is no module which does this for UK postcodes which are a different format to most- I currently use a regions/county based module which works fine but is not compatible with the info my carrier provides and postcodes is the post office preffered way of dealing with addresses. Because of the size of the postcode data (close to 3000 codes for the first block of characters) I need to store this on the database rather then have as info within the shipping module. She said that they had some mechanism similar to our Canada Post by which we can pull shipping costs from the CP server and display them in a grid for the customer to chose from, regardless of where they were in the world. forums.oscommerce.com /index.php?showtopic=238976   (1076 words)

Address Management Web Service - address and postcode finder using Royal Mail postcodes Postcode Anywhere, the leading web based address management software provides flexible and cost effective access to UK and international addresses, bank data, maps, lifestyle and geographic information. Available as a fully hosted.Net web service or as a local solution which is updated via the web, Postcode Anywhere ensures that you have instant access to the most up-to-date information possible whilst giving you complete control over how you want to use it. Postcode Anywhere is a trademark of Fernhill Solutions Ltd. The Postcode Anywhere address management webservice covers UK, US and international addresses; ACORN® geodemographic data and street level UK mapping from Collins Bartholomew. www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk   (185 words)

UK postal code database - Message Board - ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) I've found links to the PAF (Royal Mail) lists on the web but the charges are quite high and I was wondering if there are alternatives. This is just postcodes, and it doesn't guarantee that it is 100% correct - although it does seem to have a good spread of UK postcodes. I had the postoffice send me all of the data for SL and RG postcodes and then matched it to upmystreet.com for the socio-demographics so I could do a marketing campaign, but that took about 1.5 hours to crawl using an Excel macro. p201.ezboard.com /fcukfrm6.showMessage?topicID=562.topic   (310 words)

"Postcode PA version 2.1" for FileMaker Pro 5, 6, 7 & 8 - FileMaker Postcode PA is a FileMaker database of the UK's 28 million addresses / 1.78 million postcodes (with optional geographic features). Postcode PA is available in four different versions: Basic, Standard, Plus and Premium. Postcode PA is available now for FileMaker 5,6,7 and 8 on Windows and OSX. www.filemaker.com /company/newsroom/releases/130356.html   (737 words)

Postcode / Zipcode Look up UK, US and International. Look up Postcodes and Zipcodes for UK, US and internationally. Enter details of UK address (letter box) to find the full Royal Mail address and postcode for it. If you prefer an offline solution www.listmaster.co.uk have a downloadable demo of their international postcode software. www.copywriter.co.uk /resource/postcodelookup.html   (409 words)

Day-to-Day Essentials It covers day to day essentials such as currency exchange rates, weather, postcodes, telephone directories, biographies and acronym finders. Links to UK train companies, timetables, types of ticket, train running information (for example problems with the rail network in general, delays to services). UK and US based online book stores are displayed separately. www.rba.co.uk /sources/misc.htm   (1005 words)

BBC NEWS | UK | Where is the postal disruption? Special Delivery items were suspended in DA or ME postcodes but will resume on Tuesday. Special Delivery items were suspended in MK postcodes but will resume on Tuesday. Special Delivery items were suspended in SL postcodes but will resume on Tuesday. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3226717.stm   (487 words)

MapMechanics GIS Digital Mapping Data Catalogue:UK Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) In the UK, postcodes are often fundamental to mapping applications. Postcode point locations are used to place your own addressed data on the map. This comprehensive catalogue includes UK and Worldwide digital mapping data sets together with a host of background information and case studies. www.mapmechanics.com /mappingdatacatalogue/ukcatindex.htm   (282 words)

HubLog: GMap Geocoding UK Postcodes If you search Google Maps with a UK postcode, it'll take you straight to the right location. Japan and China have the same restrictions as the UK, according to Mapki; detailed geocoding is available for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and USA; other countries get geocoding for country and city names. This restrictive licensing is because both the Royal Mail (postcodes→long/lat) and Ordnance Survey (addresses→long/lat) hold the copyright on that information and have licensed it to Google under the condition that it not be made available for other purposes. hublog.hubmed.org /archives/001414.html   (368 words)

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