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CheckAPostcode — free UK postcode checker

Check a postcode. Know the area. A source for every fact.

A free lookup of public facts about any postcode in England, Scotland and Wales. For each postcode: its council, ward, parliamentary constituency and MP, and police force area; and where the public data covers it, broadband, flood risk, house prices, council tax bands, schools, GP practices, stations and bus stops, crime and planning constraints. Every figure names its source and date. CheckAPostcode does not rate or rank places: it shows the figures so you can judge. Northern Ireland is not included. Adverts pay for it.

Open now · freeFree to use with no account · adverts from Google pay for the site · every figure names its source and dateUK-built
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Why CheckAPostcode

What makes it different

Who runs it

Your council, ward, MP and police force, from the ONS Postcode Directory, with the council's own pages for bins, council tax and planning.

What the area is like

Broadband, flood risk, house prices, council tax, schools, GPs, transport and crime, where the public data covers that postcode.

A source for every fact

Each figure names its public source and the date of our copy. Nothing is a score we made up.

Free, with no account

Look up any postcode, place or council without signing up.

On CheckAPostcode's own site

Where to start

Councils, A to ZEvery council's area, with its own pages for bins, council tax and planning.checkapostcode.co.uk Where CheckAPostcode's data comes fromEvery public source, with its date and licence.checkapostcode.co.uk
Better than the alternative

How it compares

The usual way
  • Area guides that turn a postcode into a single score
  • Facts with no date or source
With CheckAPostcode
  • The public figures, each with its source, and no rating
  • Every figure says where it came from and when
Illustrative

How it would work

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Checks the postcode for broadband, flood risk, the nearest GP and recent house prices before the second viewing.
Someone viewing a flat in a town they do not know
Questions

CheckAPostcode: what people ask

What can I find out about a postcode?

Its council, ward, MP and police force, and where the public data covers it: broadband, flood risk, house prices, council tax, schools, GPs, stations, crime and planning constraints. Check a postcode.

Where does the data come from?

Public sources such as the ONS Postcode Directory, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, HM Land Registry and police.uk. Each figure names its source and date on the page.

Does it rate areas?

No. CheckAPostcode shows the figures so you can judge; it does not give a place a score or rank it.

Is it free?

Free to use with no account · adverts from Google pay for the site · every figure names its source and date.

Works with

CheckAPostcode does its own job. These pick up the next one.

GotMyNumberAnother free public-data lookup, run the same way: say where each fact comes from.See GotMyNumber →
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It is free to start, and the details are on CheckAPostcode's own site.

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