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Encyclopedia > Postcode Address File

The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a data file available from the Royal Mail. Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. ...


It is used to validate postal addresses and look up postcodes. It holds the correct and full postal details for over 27 million UK addresses and is available in a variety of formats including Digital Audio Tape and compact disk. A charge is made for lookup services or wholesale supply of PAF data. Look up Address in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Address may refer to— A name for the location of an individual or organization. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... A 90-minute DAT cartridge, size compared to an AAA(LR03) battery. ...

Contents


Structure of the file 

 ELEMENT FIELD NAME MAX LENGTH Organisation Organisation Name 60 Department Name 60 Premise Sub Building Name 30 Building Name 50 Building Number 4 Thoroughfare Dependent Thoroughfare Name 60 Dependent Thoroughfare Descriptor 20 Thoroughfare Name 60 Thoroughfare Descriptor 20 Locality Double Dependent Locality 35 Dependent Locality 35 Post Town 30 Postcode Postcode 7 PO Box PO Box 6

Application

The data is used by a wide range of organisations for a variety of activities other than directing mail, such as marketing, government statistics, calculating insurance premiums and credit referencing.


Alias data

The Alias File is a supplimentary file containing "postally-not-required" data, details that have changed over time, or have been slightly amended by the public, and then used. This file is used to identify these elements and cross-reference with the correct postal address.


See also

A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ...

External links

  • PAF from Royal Mail
  • Alias File from Royal Mail

  Results from FactBites:
 
Postcode Address File - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (465 words)
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a data file available from the Royal Mail.
However, it is important to note that the postal address is not always a geographically accurate description of where a property is located.
This file is used to identify these elements and cross-reference with the official postal address.
UK postcodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2282 words)
In the London area postcodes are slightly different, being based on the old system of 163 London postal districts and predating by many years the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s:
Postcodes were devised solely for the purposes of sorting and directing mail and rarely coincide with political boundaries.
By including the map references of postcodes in the address database, the postcode can be used automatically to pinpoint a postcode area on a map.
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