Download UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude

Download a list of UK out code postcodes with their latitude and longitude coordinates.

Introduction

The UK postal system uses postcodes to help with automating the sorting and delivery of mail. This is made up of a 2-part code, an out code and an in code. As the out code is the most significant part of the system, it can be used to obtain a rough area level break up of the UK. There are approximately 2971 out codes and approximately 1.74M full postcodes (out code + in code).

Purpose

The uses of these out codes and lat/long values include mapping applications such as:

Rough distance calculation
Plot the rough location of a postcode on a map
Simple postcode validation for input forms

List Status

Outcode Postcodes Current List : 2974

Full UK Postcode Current List : 1741532

Non Geographic Postcodes

Non geographic postcodes are listed below. Note these will have a latitude and longitude of an empty string

AB99, BT58, CA99, CM92, CM98, CR44, CR90, GIR, IM99, IV99, JE5, M61, ME99, N1C, N81, NR99, NW26, PA80, PE99, RH77, SL60, SO97, SW95, SY99, WD99, WF90

Downloads

Full UK Postcode Latitude Longitude Download

MSSQL ukpostcodesmssql.zip (32MB zipped, 228MB unzipped)
- Uses a table called [postcodelatlng]
- Script to create table ukpostcodes_tablemssql.sql (1 KB)
MySQL ukpostcodesmysql.zip (37MB zipped, 234MB unzipped)
- Uses a table called postcodelatlng
- Script to create table ukpostcodes_tablemysql.sql (1 KB)
CSV ukpostcodes.zip (33MB zipped, 96MB unzipped)
- Header is in the first row : id,postcode,latitude,longitude

Outcode Area Postcodes (AB1,B2,BT7 etc..)

MSSQL postcode-outcodes-mssql.sql (293 KB)
- Uses a table called [postcodelatlng]
- Script to create table postcode-outcodes_tablemssql (1 KB)
MySQL postcode-outcodes-mysql (280 KB)
- Uses a table called postcodelatlng
- Script to create table postcode-outcodes_tablemysql.sql (1 KB)
CSV postcode-outcodes.csv (82 KB)

Header is in the first row : id,outcode,latitude,longitude

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2017

Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2017

Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2017

Using This Data

To import to a web based MySQL database we would recommend BigDump: Staggered MySQL Dump Importer

Relevant Links

Version History

19th May 2017 - General Updates. All non-geo postcoces now have an empty latitude,longitude e.g. VALUES (1682513, 'EN77 1AB', '','');
4th January 2017 - Updates 54 lat/lng previously set to 99.9,0
23rd December 2016 - Updates to data - Remove some instances of ??? O?? (O is letter O)
17th October 2016 - Updates to data files
11th August 2016 - Updates to B9 4AU, MK11 4AL & DN189AH
22nd July 2016 - Updates to SW11 7AS, EX6 9AA, EN77 & WV98
16th November 2015 - November 2015 update
19th October 2015 - Removed some duplicates
23rd September 2015 - Postcode column now has a space in the appropriate place
7th May 2015 - Some no loner used postcodes removed. Around 3000 corrections based on feedback
29th April 2015 - New update engine in place. Now provides MS SQL and MySQL script
5th March 2015 - Added B37 7FP
16th July 2014 - Added BB12 7BF
9th February 2014 - Added S1 4DE
9th February 2014 - Updated Full postcode list. 222 duplicates removed
9th February 2014 - Updated Outcode data. SQL script is for MSSQL
20th January 2014 - Removed 2 rows of incorrect data. Rows 1699835 and 1699836
11th September 2013 - Removed Duplicate BD98 And M60
1st August 2013 - Added full postcode list CSV and SQL (SQL insert) format with 1703751 rows
15th September 2011 - Added E20 (Olympic Park Postcodes)
23rd February 2011 - Added AB24, B99, BB94, BD97, BD98, BD98, BD99, BL11, BL78, BN50, BN51, BN52, BN88, BN99, BS80, BS98, CA95, CF30, CF91, CF95, CF99, CH25, CH26, CH27, CH28, CH29, CH30, CH31, CH32, CH33, CH34, CH70, CH88, CH99, CM77, CM99, CR9, CT50, CW98, DE99, DH97, DH98, DH99, DN55, E77, E98, EC1P, EC2P, EC4P, EC50, EH91, EH95, EH99, FY0, G58, G70, G75, G79, G9, G90, GU95, IP98, KY99, L67, L68, L71, L72, L73, L74, L75, LE19, LE21, LE41, LE55, LE87, LE94, LE95, LS88, LS98, LS99, M50, M60, M99, MK77, N1P, NE82, NE83, NE85, NE88, NE92, NE98, NG70, NG80, NG90, NW1W, OL95, PL95, PR0, PR11, S49, S96, S97, S98, S99, SA80, SA99, SE1P, SL95, SN38, SN99, SS22, SS99, ST55, SW99, TR93, UB18, W1A, WA55, WA88, WR78, WR99, YO90, YO91
27th June 2009 - Added NR7
22nd October 2008 - Added some Isle of Man and Jersey Postcodes. XLS format is no longer provided.
24th August 2008 - Added some new postcodes
1st July 2008 - Added List Status
10th June 2008 - Added SQL, CSV and XLS formats each with 2821 rows

Comments For This Page

Could you include postcode town and county in the postcode table?
By Francis on 18th March 2018

Hi, great, many thanks
By Kate on 13th March 2018

Hi Kate [Free Map Tools] and [https://www.freemaptools.com] is all we ask for.
By Free Map Tools on 12th March 2018

Hi, I want to use this data for a research study - what is the best way to cite it?
By Kate on 12th March 2018

Dave, fair comment. These have been removed from the MySQL create table scripts.
By Free Map Tools on 2nd March 2018

You should remove the collation and engine commands from the create table scripts and let the user go with the default for his own server.
By Dave on 2nd March 2018

12,000 entries with lat 99.99999 long 0.0000 example BT19 7BF
By Simon on 2nd December 2017

Could you please include postcode town and county as strings in the postcode table?
By Francis on 10th October 2017

Hi Ryan, yes thats correct.
By Free Map Tools on 14th July 2017

is the latitude/longitude the geometric centre of postcode?
By Ryan on 13th July 2017

Excellent! Thank you for you fast response and for excellent dataset!
By Raphi on 22nd May 2017

Raphi, they are free to use. They come with these credits [https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/using-creating-data-with-os-products/os-opendata.html] and this license [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/]
By Free Map Tools on 22nd May 2017

Hi, are these datasets free of re-use in a commercial product? Thank you!
By Raphi on 22nd May 2017

No actual streets given.
On 21st May 2017

Hi Robert, yes there are no (little) Isle of Man postcodes. This is something we are looking to get sorted.
By Free Map Tools on 13th April 2017

Brilliant resource, thank you. Seems to be missing IM7 (Isle-of-Man) data. Many thanks, Robert
By Robert on 12th April 2017

James, point taken. Thanks for the feedback.
By Free Map Tools on 5th April 2017

Hi, great site thanks. Is it worth adding an extra bullet point note under the full postcodes files to state that it includes non geographic postcodes and what their long lat values show as?
By James on 5th April 2017

IS there anywhere that provides mapping for historic/discontinued postcodes to their replacement?
By Mark on 4th April 2017

Hi, there is no charge.
By Free Map Tools on 24th March 2017

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