Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF) can be supplied at the Street
Name level, in other words without the
Property and House Names. The rest of the record remains the
same.
If you need the full address including the house name and number then
follow this link.
This is to firstly reduce the size of the file and
secondly significantly reduce the licence fee associated with the
file.
The file size drops from 28 million rows to around 1.9 million rows (street
name and postcode level).
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is without any contention the
definitive most up-to-date and complete address database in the UK.
The Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF), is often used to capture, create and or
maintain your in-house address lists. This includes web site registrations, forms
and customer databases to reduce the number of returned or undelivered items from
mailing programs. Obviously there are many more applications that you can use the
Postcode Address File (PAF) file for including mailing, planning leaflet distribution,
door dropping logistics and navigation to name just a few of the
applications!
Postcode Address File (PAF) Applications
The Royal Mail
Postcode Address File (PAF), is often used to capture, create and or maintain your in-house
address lists
or planning leaflet door drops, but also in website registrations, forms and customer
databases to reduce the number of returned or undelivered items from mailing
programs. Obviously there are many more applications that you can use the
Postcode Address File (PAF) file for including mailing, planning leaflet distribution,
logistics, navigation to name just a few!
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Reduce postage costs through Mailsort, Presstream and
Cleanmail
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Reduce the amount of undelivered mail
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Preservation of brand image
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Improved accuracy of customer and prospect analysis
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Door Drop Planning
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Distribution Analysis
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Mailings
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Address
Validation & Correction
Fields
- PO Box
- Thoroughfare
- Street Name
- Double Dependent Locality
- Dependent Locality
- Post Town
- Postcode
- Postcode Type
- Mailsort SSC
Coverage
The Postcode Address File (PAF) file covers every known
street name and postcode in the UK. A sample of the
Postcode Address File (PAF) can be found above, this will also provide you with the data
fields that are provided for each record.
Licensing
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is licenced
by the year. Various options are available including single, corporate,
multi user and internet licences.
Updates
The Postcode Address File (PAF)
file is the most up-to-date and complete address database available for UK addresses,
containing a mixture of business and residential sites and over 28 million
addresses. For your licence fee you will receive the very latest file which will
be valid for 12 months use and this includes quarterly updates to ensure it
stays up to date.
Still undecided -
download a
comparison between the full and partial PAF file.