[Talk-GB] UK suburbs

[Colin Smale]

Royal Mail would agree with the residents. The postcode finder returns: 

Lloyds Pharmacy
2-4 West Street
Rottingdean
BRIGHTON
BN2 7HP

What do you mean with "it is technically..."? 

The current OSM tagging for addresses doesn't cater very well with the
UK address model, which can get really messy in extreme situations. 

I would probably use addr:city=Brighton, addr:locality=Rottingdean.
According to this page it would be a "dependent locality": 

http://support.qas.com/all_you_need_to_know_about_uk_address_elements_1478.htm


//colin 

On 2016-10-06 18:48, Jez Nicholson wrote:

> I was just looking at the address for Lloyds Pharmacy in Rottingdean whilst adding the fhrs:id. It is technically "2-4 West St, Brighton, BN2 7HP". There is a West Street in the centre of Brighton, so residents would probably put "2-4 West St, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HP"
> 
> Seems like a silly question, but which tag do we commonly use in the UK for suburbs? addr:place? 
> 
> Regards, 
> Jez 
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