Postcode Lookup Functions

[Sim]

I want to add a postcode lookup function onto a website I'm working on.

Sure you know the kind of thing, you enter your postcode and the address, town, county get filled in automatically.

Has anyone used anything like this before?

Writing in ASP if it makes any difference

 

[Space Cowboy]

You need to license the data from Royal Mail - it's not cheap. You can do up to sector information, ie. W1A 1?? for free from nearby.org.uk.

 

[Dolmio Chips]

We use postcode anywhere, does exactly what it sounds like you need

Link

Hope this helps.

 

[~J~]

The one we use is here: http://www.allies-computing.co.uk/index.html

Regular updates and a dead-easy API to plug into most environments. But as has been mentioned, it's not cheap.

 

[Topgun]

Google maps api? 50,000 free lookups per day.