Place search Free
Search UK places (towns, villages, suburbs) by name.
- cost
- Free then $0.002 / call
- MCP tool
- uk-postcodes__places
- method
- GET
Free up to 50 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.002 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/places
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | string | Place name |
| limit? | integer | Max results |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/places?q=Margate" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-postcodes/places?q=Margate"
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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__places", "arguments": {"q":"Margate","limit":5}}
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- 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.
- Outward code — Centroid and administrative areas for a postcode district (outward code), e.g. "SW1A".
- Terminated postcode — When a retired UK postcode was terminated, and where it was.
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