[Talk-GB] postcode mapping (was Re: Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only))
Philip Barnes
phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Tue Jul 30 14:03:22 UTC 2019
Not displaying a house number is particularly prevalent with 'end of cul-de-sac' man where this makes working out where odd and even meet.
Phil (trigpoint)
On Tuesday, 30 July 2019, David Woolley wrote:
> On 30/07/2019 14:19, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
> > Is it typical for post codes to be posted like housenumbers? Either on
> > buildings or postboxes?
>
> Postcodes almost never. The only time you would normally find them is
> where the building is a company's registered office.
>
> Housenumbers seem to be only on (gut feeling) about 30% of houses these
> days, and maybe 5% of commercial premises. (When they are on houses,
> they are typically unreadable after dark. Almost no-one has front gates
> any longer, which might have carried them in the past.)
>
> What appears on street signs and post boxes is the outbound postcode (up
> to the end of the first number).
>
> Businesses are required to provide an address for service in
> advertising, including web sites. This may well be their accountant's.
> Electronically, they need to provide a geographic address, but, on
> paper, I think a PO Box number is acceptable. Non-compliance is
> endemic, e.g. businesses only contactable over mobile phone numbers.
>
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