• Address Listings (PAF)
• Postcode Locations
• Postcode Boundaries
• Postcode Maps

What do you want to do?
Product Types
Product Descriptions & Details
Online Shop for ordering on-lin (with downloads)
Using PAF® on the Web
XYZ Interactive Service
PAF® Price List

Origins of our Postcode Data

The XYZ Digital Map Company is an approved reseller of the Royal Mail address database which will assure you access to the most accurate postal data available. Royal Mail data is updated monthly, and we can provide quarterly updates of the Royal Mail postal information.

How a Postcode Works

A Postcode is split into two parts an outward code and an inward code.

E.g. our Postcode EH22 3NX, EH22 is the outward code which tells the Royal Mail which delivery office the mail has to go to, 3NX is the inward code this combined with the building name or number gives the Royal Mail the location of the delivery point.

EH - The Postcode Area, there are 124 in the UK.

EH22 - The Postcode District, there are approximately 20 postcode districts in an area.

EH22 3 - The Postcode Sector, there are approximately 3,000 addresses in a sector.

EH22 3NX - The Postcode Unit, there are 15 addresses on average per unit.

What do you want to do?

 

"I want a database of Postcodes for planning a direct mail campaign."

Order the PAF® Post Office address file. This is a listing of the 2.1 million postcodes in the UK and the 26 million addresses that they cover. Typically provided as a comma seperated (csv) text file with all the various columns such as street, town, postcode and so forth. Most users have the listings by postcode, i.e. one record per postcode with a house number range, but by address is possible and more suitable for a mail merge.

Download Some Sample Data:
PAF, Comma Seperated by Premise, Version
PAF, Comma Separated by Postcode, Version

PLEASE NOTE: The Sample Data will open in Excel but the Full File or Extracts will be too Large for Excel and you will have to use Microsoft Access or similar.

Download PAF Field Names Guide.

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"I need a database of Postcodes but with National Grid locations as I want to work out distances between Postcodes."

Go to XYZ Post Locator for Point Locations for Postcodes, with Geograpic Coordinates.

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"What type of licence do I need?"

Use of PAF® based data is governed by Royal Mail Licence terms and conditions. All customers are required to hold a Royal Mail Licence with fees paid annually according to the level of postcode data utilised and the number of end-users with access.
Licensing is based on the respect of each End-User (each being a single legal entity) and based on the number of users within each such End-User which access PAF(registered mark), rather than on the systems on which PAF(registered mark) is held.

If you have any questions on Licensing please contact us.

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"I want to use the Postcode Database in my publicly accessible website."

You need the PAF® file, but you also need a Royal Mail Web Use Licence. For the per click option blocks of transactions are sold in advance and transaction management software must be in place to report the number of transactions to the Royal Mail via XYZ, an internet system licence is also available giving you unlimited transactions in the year. The internet system licence is more economic if you expect 250 000 or more look-ups in a year (based on the PAF file).

If you want to use PAF on the Web please contact us or call on 0131 454 0426

1. A 'Per Click' Web Licence:
Blocks of transactions are sold as follows:

2. An Internet System Licence:
If you think that your total number of 'clicks' in a year might exceed 250 000 for PAF, then it would be worthwhile to operate on an Internet System Licence rather than a 'per click' licence as above. The cost of this is £5000 for PAF.

XYZ Interactive Postcode Look-Up Service

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Product Types

You can purchase the data for the whole U.K. or just your Area of Interest.

Our postcode data is available in a variety of product combinations.

PAF Data Updates Available

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Product Description & Details

Postcode Address File (PAF®)

The PAF can provide Tabular Data for about 27 million Unique Postal Addresses and over 1.5 million Unique Postcodes in the UK.

Possible uses:

Output:

Attributes:

Download Some Sample Data:

Prices from £475 for the Whole of the UK.

New PAF Prices

PAF Data Updates Available.

Using PAF on the web

XYZ Interactive Postcode Look-Up Service

This is especially appropriate for the Person or Organisation with the occasional need to Look-Up Postcode Data, where there are a Large Number of Potential Users within the Organisation, or where there aren’t the appropriate Technical Skills to be able to Interpret and Work with the Large Royal Mail Data Files.

In a Dedicated Section of our Web Site, you will be able to Register for this Service, Receive your User Name and Password, pay the Sign Up Fee and be allocated an initial Batch of 1,000 Look-ups. This means that Anyone in your Organisation can be given access without you needing to worry about Per-User Licences, etc. On the Web Site Users can enter a Postcode and receive back the National Grid Reference and / or the Full Address Information as they prefer. Once your initial batch of look-ups runs out, it is a simple process to Purchase Additional blocks of 1,000 look-ups. There is no need for you to worry about Annual Renewals, Quarterly or Annual Updates, etc as we Maintain the Database and deal with all of those Issues.

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