nearest: Nearest Outcodes

API: postcodes.io:postcodes.io
Endpoint: /outcodes/{outcode}/nearest
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 179ms

Description

Returns the nearest outcodes to a given outcode.

Parameters (3)

limit (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Maximum number of results to return (default 10, max 100)

Constraints: {'maximum': 100}

outcode (string, path, required)

Outcode to find nearest outcodes for

radius (number, query, optional, default: 5000)

Search radius in meters (default 5000m, max 25000m)

Constraints: {'maximum': 25000}

Examples (1)

Find nearest outcodes openapi-spec 
curl 'https://api.postcodes.io/outcodes/SW1A/nearest'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.postcodes.io/outcodes/SW1A/nearest")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("postcodes")
result = api.fetch("outcodes/{outcode}/nearest")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.postcodes.io/outcodes/SW1A/nearest");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:54:50.787275 200 179ms
2026-04-15 00:41:45.470994 200 223ms
2026-04-14 02:31:55.544540 200 184ms
2026-04-12 16:52:01.304715 200 919ms
2026-04-10 02:03:26.892334 200 205ms
2026-04-09 02:49:57.901066 200 177ms