ToolAssay

Look up a UK postcode

Look up a UK postcode: coordinates, country, region, council, ward, parish, parliamentary constituency, and ONS/NHS area codes.

Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
1489 msmedian answer time
$0.001listed price per call
$0.001price it asked us

Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.

Endpoint

POST https://postcode-api-production.up.railway.app/lookup/postcode

CategoryEverything else
Provider hostpostcode-api-production.up.railway.app
Networkseip155:8453
Payment schemesexact
Self-reported calls, 30 days6 from 4 payers (the provider's figure, not ours)

Our checks, last 30 days

DayResultHTTPAskedTime
2026-09-24 valid payment request 402$0.001 1489 ms

Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {
    "postcode": "SW1A 1AA"
  },
  "bodyType": "json",
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "properties": {
            "postcode": {
              "description": "UK postcode to look up; spacing and case are normalised, e.g. 'SW1A 1AA'.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "postcode"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "bodyType": {
          "enum": [
            "json",
            "form-data",
            "text"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "POST",
            "PUT",
            "PATCH"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method",
        "bodyType",
        "body"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "properties": {
            "found": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "input": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "result": {
              "properties": {
                "admin_county": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "admin_district": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "admin_ward": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "ccg": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "codes": {
                  "type": "object"
                },
                "country": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "date_of_introduction": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "european_electoral_region": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "incode": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "latitude": {
                  "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "longitude": {
                  "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "lsoa": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "msoa": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "nuts": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "outcode": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "parish": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "parliamentary_constituency": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "postcode": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "primary_care_trust": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "quality": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "region": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            }
          },
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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