News, guides and insights about UK postcodes, places and our tools
Lesley Horton's blog highlights evolving property complaints. Our data shows West Camel, Somerset, as the UK's smallest built-up area, raising questions about the local impact of national changes.
Read MoreA renewed focus on panel oversight in the mortgage sector underscores the value of understanding property prices at a local level. Postcodes UK data reveals that the cheapest postcode district in our latest analysis is SR1 in Sunderland, with an average sold price of just £69,939.
Read MoreS starts 238,668 postcodes. Z starts 661, every one of them in Shetland. And three letters of the alphabet have never started a British postcode at all.
Read MoreEngland and Wales grew by just 224,900 people last year, the slowest rate since 2020. Net migration more than halved, births fell to a 47-year low, and both London and Wales shrank. We chart the numbers.
Read MoreBarclays lent £17.7bn in H1 2026. The UK's cheapest postcode SR1 offers homes at an average of £69,939.
Read MoreThe national answer is about 15. But in Mayfair a postcode covers fewer than 2 households, while in East Ham one code is shared by more than 30. Here is why.
Read MoreWe put a different UK postcode under the microscope every day at 12:30, and post every new data study as it lands. Follow along on Facebook.
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