Alternatively, you can get it free and legally (although subject to some terms and conditions) from the Ordnance Survey OpenData initiative. See Code Point Open on this page:
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html
Robin
On 9 Jan 2011, at 10:37, Benjie Gillam wrote:
> The UK post code database is out there on the net, you just have to look :) I'd guess a name for the 2009 post code database might be along the lines of uk-post-code-2009? And perhaps, due to size, it might be bz2 compressed...?
>
> Benjie.
>
> On 9 January 2011 00:36, Vic <lug@???> wrote:
>
> > I think the problem you will have will be associating geographical
> > locations with post codes. The post office charges a nice fee for this
> > information, and therefore it is not readily available.
>
>
> The Post Office are not the only people to have that database.
>
> I've found querying Google to be very successful in the past. It doesn't
> cost anything, and seems to be very accurate. You can get lat/long for any
> given postcode, and I've done it from both perl and PHP. It does require a
> sign-up, which is tied to a particular domain.
>
> Vic.
>
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