Random Scotland Address Generator

A random Scotland address generator produces fictional postal addresses formatted to Royal Mail conventions, using real Scotland post towns and postcode districts, for use as software test data.

Scotland is served by postcode areas including EH (Edinburgh), G (Glasgow), AB (Aberdeen), DD (Dundee), IV (Inverness), KY, ML, PA, PH, FK, KA, DG and TD. Local government is organised into 32 council areas rather than counties. This generator draws on 66 real postcode districts across 7 post towns in Scotland, formats every result to Royal Mail "Clear Addressing" rules and pairs it with a telephone number from an Ofcom range reserved for fiction. Every address is synthetic and is intended for QA automation, form validation and database seeding.

Scotland postal reference

ParameterValue
Postcode areasAB, DD, EH, FK, G, IV, PH
Postcode districts66
CountryScotland
RegionScotland
Telephone range used01632 960xxx (Ofcom drama range)
Time zoneEurope/London

Postcode districts

AB10, AB11, AB12, AB15, AB16, AB21, AB22, AB23, AB24, AB25, DD1, DD2, DD3, DD4, DD5, EH1, EH10, EH11, EH12, EH13, EH14, EH15, EH16, EH17, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5, EH6, EH7, EH8, EH9, FK7, FK8, FK9, G1, G11, G12, G13, G14, G15, G2, G20, G21, G22, G3, G31, G32, G33, G34, G4, G40, G41, G42, G43, G44, G45, G5, G51, G52, G53, IV1, IV2, IV3, PH1, PH2

Postal notes

  • Scottish addresses use council areas (for example City of Edinburgh or Glasgow City) rather than English-style counties.
  • The ZE (Shetland), KW (Orkney and Caithness) and HS (Outer Hebrides) areas cover the islands.

Example Scotland addresses

Residential:
3 Highfield Crescent
Culloden
INVERNESS
Highland
IV2 8ST

Commercial:
Greenwood Analytics Partners LLP
63 Abbey Avenue
Culloden
INVERNESS
Highland
IV2 6YT

Frequently asked questions

Are these real Scotland addresses?

No. The post towns, postcode districts and council areas are real, but the building numbers, street pairings and recipient names are fictional and the inward half of each postcode is generated. Nothing produced here is a live delivery point, so the addresses must never be used to send post.

Which postcode areas cover Scotland?

This generator covers 7 postcode areas in Scotland: AB, DD, EH, FK, G, IV, PH. Together they contain the 66 postcode districts used by the generator.

What is a council area?

Scotland is divided into 32 council areas for local government. Scottish addresses use the council area where a county line is needed; there is no English-style ceremonial county system.

Can I filter the API to Scotland only?

Yes. Call GET /api/v1/addresses/random?country=Scotland to restrict generation to Scotland, or pass a specific post town with ?location=<slug>.

Post towns

All post towns in Scotland

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