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National Statistics Postcode Lookup (May 2025) User Guide

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
9 December 2025
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Summary

This User Guide contains information about the NSUL including: directory content; data currency; the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes; data formats; data quality and limitations and details of recent changes that have impacted on the data. Various annexes and tables provide more detailed supporting information. The download includes PDF and ODT versions of the user guide. (File size - 621 KB)

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