A free-to-use UK postcode information service has been launched which can be used by estate agents to offer prospective buyers large volumes of information about a locality.
www.streetcheck.co.uk uses data from the 2011 Census broken down to provide a basic map of streets within a postcode, a breakdown of housing types, numbers of men v women, ages, races, age, health, employment status, educational achievement and so on.
This can apply over a large three-character postcode (eg, EX3) or a much smaller and more specific six-character postcode (eg, EX3 0AA).
The service, run by a Plymouth-based company called Wired Software, was launched just before Christmas and is now being publicised through a social media campaign. It not only carries 1.5m postcodes for England and Wales but also postcode data from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail, Land Registry and Office of National Statistics data are drawn on by Streetcheck - all of its information is freely available anyway, but rarely can it be seen pulled together into such a user-friendly format.
Wired Software promises that the service will shortly have “area maps, street names, historical postcodes, house prices and much more besides” in the coming weeks.
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Doesn't appear to be any different to UpMyStreet launched back in 1998.
Actually I found www.illustreets.co.uk more informative. It has schools, deprivation, crime, and property prices as well. Still, the more services like this the better
Interesting. Just checked on the village I live in and it seems pretty accurate considering it is from the 2011 census. Mind you a lot can change in 10 years.
Website doesn't work...
CPRs mean you cant use it caultiously, you have to reveal.......................
Interesting and useful - thank you EAT.
Agree with @Blue; use cautiously!
Nice site, useful info if the property you are marketing is in a good postcode. Best kept to yourself if not.