[Talk-GB] Errors in Street Names in Addresses
Mark Goodge
mark at good-stuff.co.uk
Mon Jan 29 13:01:42 UTC 2018
On 29/01/2018 12:38, Lester Caine wrote:
>
> UK post codes are based on the postmans walk, so follow the footpaths
> that a postman can follow to deliver mail. Yes a street may have a
> different postcode on each side, and long roads are broken down into
> smaller blocks each with it's own postcode. One rule for postcodes is
> that each will only cover one primary street name and so ignoring the
> 'postal address file', postcodes ARE essentially a list of streets.
For residential streets, that's generally true (although there are
exceptions). It's not at all a reliable guide in commercial areas,
though, where a significant number of properties will have large user
postcodes of their own.
Mark
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