This tool enables a partial address to be used as the basis for an address search. A map is then drawn with the selected address at its centre.

This will allow you to search for an address in the borough/ district/ county, using only partial information eg. the name of the road or the postcode. This means that you don’t have to know the full address you are searching for.

Move the cursor over each white box, and click once to type in the parts of the address you know. If you have information to go in another white box, just move the cursor to that box, click once and type.

It is possible to type in just the first few letters of a road name. For example typing ‘Cam’ into the ‘Road’ box, will produce a list of all the road names beginning with ‘Cam’ in the borough/ district/ county, such as Cambridge Terrace Mews, Camden Gardens, Camley Street.

Typing ‘14’ into the ‘Number’ box will produce a list of all the number ‘14’ properties on any road in the borough/ district/ county.

Depending on the level of detail you have for the address, clicking the ‘Submit Query’ button should return one address, or a list of addresses.

If there are no addresses that match the details you have typed, click on the
arrow button to start a new search.

If your search produces just one address – for example, you typed a house number and a postcode – a map will be drawn centred directly on the property.

However, if the search produces a number of addresses in a list, you can select an address by moving the cursor over it, and clicking once. A map will be drawn with the selected address at the centre.

If the list of addresses runs over several pages the following arrows will appear at the top of the list, these will enable you to jump forward to the next page of the list, or to the end of the list; or jump back a page on the list, or return to the beginning of the list.

If you would like to search for another address, click the ‘Clear Query’ button to ‘wipe’ the details from the boxes, and type in the new details.