Rapid Addressing

Put in the postcode - Get the address

Address Management

Rapid addressing; postcode identification and more

Mailing List Generation

Build mailing lists for bulk mailing for free

Gazetteer

A list of all towns and villages in the UK,
with their size and position

Where's My Nearest?

Find the local branches of a business

Map Referencing

Pinpoint the map position of a postcode

Web Use

Get a visitor's address and position from their postcode

Where's My Nearest?

The expression "Where's my Nearest?" is used to denote finding a generic facility nearest to your location. Almost always, this is a web-based application.

For example, a local council might show recycling centres, local chemists and so on.

When setting up the website it is necessary to find the grid reference of the facilities. This can be done easily by using our Postzon data to find the grid reference for each postcode.

In use, the user would type in their postcode, the grid reference would be found using our online lookup service and a simple distance function can take the nearest facility from a database.

Example of finding a generic facility nearest to your location

Above: Example of finding a generic facility nearest to your location

Many sites also allow the user to input a town or village name, in case the postcode is not known. This part of the problem can be addressed using our Gazetteer product.