House number or building name

Street Name

Locality

Postal Code

The following table shows the common address elements in different types of United Kingdom addresses:

Address Elements	S (street) Type Address	L (large volume receiver) Type Addresses	P (post box) Type Addresses
Organization, Department, Contact	Optional	Optional	Not Applicable
Subbuilding (Floor or Apartment)	Optional	Optional	Not Applicable
Building	Required (if the input does not contain a house number)	Required (if the input does not contain a house number)	Not Applicable
House Number	Required (if the input does not contain a building name)	Required (if the input does not contain a building name)	Not Applicable
Street Name	Required	Required	Not Applicable
Dependent Street	Optional	Optional	Not Applicable
Post Box Number	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Required
Dependent Locality	Optional	Optional	Not Applicable
Locality	Required	Required	Required
Postal Code	Required	Required	Required

If an address contains multiple levels of locality, Address Verification returns the largest locality in the Locality 1 field. Address Verification returns the dependent or sub localities in fields such as Locality 2 and Locality 3. Similarly, Address Verification returns the main street in Street 1 and the dependent street in Street 2.