United Kingdom address generator

Random UK addresses for software testing. Every postcode is taken from the same dataset record as its post town and nation, and the address is laid out the way United Kingdom writes it.

A Dataset-matched
4,800 post towns
4 nations
Real postcodes

Country

Nation

Town

Options

Always include an apartment or unit Never include a unit Add placeholder postcodes where none are linked to places Postal label capitals

89 King Grove Glasgow G33 6JZ United Kingdom

Town, nation and postcode: one GeoNames record
Street name, number: synthetic

Synthetic test data: not a verified or deliverable address.

Street: 89 King Grove
City: Glasgow
Nation: Scotland
Postcode: G33 6JZ From datasetThis postcode comes from the same dataset record as the locality and region.
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Coordinates: 55.886, -4.165 Approximate centre of the locality, not the building

ALocality, region and postcode come from one dataset recordSeed page-GBHow coverage levels work

How addresses are written in United Kingdom

Layout from Google’s address metadata (libaddressinput), the format data Chrome and Android use for address forms.

[Recipient name] [Organisation] [Street address] [Post town] [Postcode]

Required fields: Street address, post town and postcode
Postcode: Examples: EC1Y 8SY, GIR 0AA, M2 5BQ, M34 4AB
Pattern: GIR ?0AA|(?:(?:AB|AL|B|BA|BB|BD|BF|BH|BL|BN|BR|BS|BT|BX|CA|CB|CF|CH|CM|CO|CR|CT|CV|CW|DA|DD|DE|DG|DH|DL|DN|DT|DY|E|EC|EH|EN|EX|FK|FY|G|GL|GY|GU|HA|HD|HG|HP|HR|HS|HU|HX|IG|IM|IP|IV|JE|KA|KT|KW|KY|L|LA|LD|LE|LL|LN|LS|LU|M|ME|MK|ML|N|NE|NG|NN|NP|NR|NW|OL|OX|PA|PE|PH|PL|PO|PR|RG|RH|RM|S|SA|SE|SG|SK|SL|SM|SN|SO|SP|SR|SS|ST|SW|SY|TA|TD|TF|TN|TQ|TR|TS|TW|UB|W|WA|WC|WD|WF|WN|WR|WS|WV|YO|ZE)(?:\d[\dA-Z]? ?\d[ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}))|BFPO ?\d{1,4}
Nations: 4 in the dataset
Capitals: Mail labels conventionally capitalise the post town and postcode
Script: Latin
Calling code: +44 · fictional numbers from Ofcom
Official lookup: Postcode finder

Map of the 4800 localities in United Kingdom used by the generator — Each dot is a post town the generator can use.

About the data for United Kingdom

ADataset-matched. Each locality, region and postcode is taken from the same GeoNames postal codes record.

Localities: 4,800 · GeoNames postal codes
Postcodes: Every postcode comes from the dataset record of its locality.
Names: en (language-level list)
Streets: Synthetic names built from common local street words. They are not taken from real maps.

The town line uses the locality name from the postcode dataset. Royal Mail sometimes uses a different post town for the same postcode.

Sources, licences and method

United Kingdom address generators by nation

Each page keeps every address inside one nation and lists its post towns and postcodes.

United Kingdom city address generators

Sample United Kingdom addresses

Eight addresses generated with a fixed seed. The post town, nation and postcode are real; street names and numbers are not.

Formatted address	Postcode
3 High Street Apartment 37 Stoke-on-Trent ST3 5NP	ST3 5NP
39 Manor Close Manchester M9 6QX	M9 6QX
8 Market Avenue Bilston WS10 8GA	WS10 8GA
155 Gorczany Street Flat 28D Edinburgh EH3 5HF	EH3 5HF
31 Juniper Rise Grimsby DN32 7NB	DN32 7NB
2 Highland Terrace Birmingham B44 8TD	B44 8TD
1 Prospect Avenue Flat 9 Birmingham B42 2DQ	B42 2DQ
106 Meadow Avenue Glasgow G1 3JE	G1 3JE

Nations of United Kingdom

Pick one in the generator above to keep every address inside it.

Nation	Localities
England	3,789
Northern Ireland	64
Scotland	812
Wales	122

Neighbouring countries

IrelandA