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.
We offer a range of formats and a bespoke option that gives you an address 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
Have a question about this product? Take a look at our Knowledge Base
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.
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.
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.
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.
Not sure which solution is best for you? Try our developer solutions product matrix
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