News, guides and insights about UK postcodes, places and our tools
A 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 MoreThe village of Milford is set to say goodbye to actress Dame Penelope Keith with a funeral procession. Meanwhile, Postcodes UK’s latest data spotlights Takeley Street, Essex, the country’s tiniest built‑up area at just 0.2 square kilometres.
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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