The Postcode Address File (PAF) is the most current and complete database of addresses in the United Kingdom. It is used by many organisations for a wide range of uses in the publc and private sector. The database holds the address details of every home and business in the UK. The big news is that as of 2013 the Royal mail is not going be removing the “county name” field from the database as it is becoming an obsolete record that is no longer needed to locate an individual property with house number, street name and postcode being enough to get your letters to their intended destination.
