← UK Postcodes
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Outward code
Centroid and administrative areas for a postcode district (outward code), e.g. "SW1A".
Outward code
Centroid and administrative areas for a postcode district (outward code), e.g. "SW1A".
- price
- $0.002 / call
- free tier
- free allowance
- MCP tool
- uk-postcodes__outcode
- method
- GET
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/outcode
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| outcode | string | Outward code |
# unpaid: returns 402 with the price curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/outcode?outcode=SW1A" # free tier: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/outcode?outcode=SW1A"
Use it from an AI agent (MCP)
Add the server once, then ask for this data in plain English. The agent finds the endpoint with search_apis and runs it with call_api.
{
"mcpServers": {
"fourzerotwo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp" }
}
}
# the call the agent makes
call_api {"tool": "uk-postcodes__outcode", "arguments": {"outcode":"SW1A"}}
More from UK Postcodes
- Postcode lookup — Full ONS record for one UK postcode, including latitude/longitude and administrative areas.
- Nearest postcodes — Postcodes nearest to a given UK postcode.
- Reverse geocode — Nearest postcodes to a latitude/longitude.
- Validate postcode — Whether a string is a valid, live UK postcode.
- Postcode autocomplete — Complete a partial UK postcode.
- Terminated postcode — When a retired UK postcode was terminated, and where it was.
- Place search — Search UK places (towns, villages, suburbs) by name.
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