AddressBase
AddressBase matches 29 million Royal Mail postal address to unique property reference numbers (UPRN), bringing a geographical dimension to the matched records.
This product is updated every six weeks
What AddressBase provides you with
Precision identification
Identify a property and locate it on a map with precision – using the X and Y coordinates we’ve assigned to the Royal Mail Postcode Address File (PAF)® data.
Understand the nation with PAF
Every address geo data record provides Royal Mail address information from PAF, the Unique Delivery Point Reference Number (UDPRN) and X and Y coordinates.
Track customer data
Using the basic classifications in AddressBase you can quickly filter between residential and commercial addresses, which is ideal for marketing purposes.
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Download a small area of AddressBase.
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
AddressBase
Technical information
Specifications
- Use cases
Reduce marketing costs
Our basic classifications – residential or commercial – will reduce the costs and increase the effectiveness of your direct marketing.
Confidence in data
In customer services, the need for accuracy is paramount. Have confidence in your front-line staff’s ability to look up addresses on a database of millions, quickly and efficiently
- Access
- Download
- Data theme
- Address
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:1250 to 1:10,000
- Format
- CSV
- GML 3.2.1
- Ordering area
- All of Great Britain or customisable area (5km2 tiles or user defined polygon)
- OS Data Hub plan
- Public Sector Plan
- Premium Plan
- Energy & Infrastructure Plan
Documents and Support
Getting started guides
- AddressBase, AddressBase Plus and AddressBase Islands - Getting started guideThe getting started guide provides instructions for using the product in different software applications. Users with limited technical knowledge will be able to follow this guide.
Technical specification
- AddressBase - Technical specificationThe technical specification provides detailed technical information about the product. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.
Supporting documents
- AddressBase, AddressBase Core, Address Plus and AddressBase Premium - Product guideThis product guide is an introduction to the AddressBase suite of products and provides information on all three products, their main features and creation process.
- AddressBase - Header filesHeader files to use with AddressBase data.
- AddressBase products epoch datesFind upcoming and past epoch dates for our addressing products.
- Open Identifiers policyWe encourage the widest possible use and sharing of UPRNs, through our Open Identifiers policy.
Release notes
- AddressBase products - Release notesThis release note provides information about the latest release of AddressBase and OS Open UPRN products.
Additional information
House to flat conversions
To find out detail such as houses that have been converted to flats, you'll need AddressBase Plus. it includes current properties and addresses sourced from local authorities, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail. These are all matched to the UPRN and structured in a flat-file model.
AddressBase Plus has more records than AddressBase as it includes objects without postal addresses such as places of worship and community centres - as well as sub-divided properties. It lets you locate an address or property on a map, through the assigned X and Y coordinates.
Crucially, the cross-referencing information with OS MasterMap products via Topographic Identifiers (TOIDs) means you can view address data within a wider geographic context.
Paying Royal Mail royalties as a commercial customer
Royal Mail royalties are included in the licence fee. A separate Royal Mail royalty fee applies if you license the AddressBase data on External Transaction Solution (ETS) terms.
File size
If the file size of your order is smaller than 2Gb, you can get it from our FTP server. in addition, public sector customers can download 5km chunk orders via our download service.
Data from Royal Mail’s PAF
The database is a vital component of the single address gazetteer database and is in each of the AddressBase products where there has been a match confirming the address to the LLPG address.
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What you get
- Key features
- Precision identification
- Understand the nation with PAF
- Track customer data
- Category
- Addressing and location
- Access
- Download
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Update frequency
- Every six weeks
Try this product with free sample data
Give it a try
Download a small area of AddressBase.
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
How to access
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