Data News from AFD

LATEST PAF DATA NEWS

Q.2/13 is now available!

PAF Data Q.2/13 (Quarter 2, 13) release shipped 15th April 2013.

If you have purchased an update (and have been sent installation details), it can be downloaded from our website at http://www.afd.co.uk/update/ (you will be asked for your serial number and Q.2/13 password emailed to you).

If you are interested in purchasing a product update, then you can do so by using one of the following options:

Order your update via our on-line ordering service.

Order your update by requesting a callback from AFD!

Changes in the Q.2/13 data

For reference purposes, a small sample of new postcodes added in Q.2/13 release of AFD Postcode products is shown below. Test them in your product to see if they are in your data set.

DD8 9AD

For reference purposes, a sample of postcodes that had changed in the Q.2/13 release are shown below.

CH3 5EX -> CH03 9DE

KT10 9ZW -> KT10 1TA

ROYAL MAIL PAF Statistics for the month of May 2013

Number of Postcode Areas	e.g. 'AB', 'G'	124
Number of Postcode Districts	e.g. 'AB10'	2,985
Number of Postcode Sectors	e.g. 'AB10 1'	11,189
Number of Small User Postcodes	e.g. 'AB10 1AL'	1,615,732
Number of Large User Postcodes	e.g. 'AB10 1AD'	129,752
Total Number of Postcodes		1,745,401
Number of Actual Delivery Points (does not include a count of multi occupancies)	e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'	29,194,441
Thoroughfares		881,035
Double Dependent Localities		4,313
Dependent Localities		26,171
Post Towns		1,663

NEW SECTORS AND LOCALITIES

The table below shows the sectors and localities
that have been applied to the main PAF system from May 2013

NEW LOCALITY IN AREA	NEW SECTOR	POSTCODE	DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY	DEPENDANT LOCALITY	POST TOWN
YES		NR31 0		GAPTON HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE	GREAT YARMOUTH
YES		IG8 1			BUCKHURST HILL
YES		LA14 9			ASKAM-IN-FURNESS
YES		BT74 4		FEDDAN	ENNISKILLEN
YES		BT74 4		LARGY	ENNISKILLEN
YES		BT74 4		GLASDRUMMAN	ENNISKILLEN
YES		BT74 4		MULLYKNOCK OR TOPPED MOUNTAIN	ENNISKILLEN
CHANGE		NP7 8		LLANVAPLEY	ABERGAVENNY
CHANGE		NP7 9		LLANVAPLEY	ABERGAVENNY
YES		EX12 9			COLYTON