We heard the news today, oh boy… well, technically yesterday. And that news is that UK postcode data is going to be made free in 2010.

Which means no more foxing around trying to find someones actual postcode should you need it to, say, post them a letter. Hurrah.

The free the postcode team must be mighty pleased too, as they can put away their GPS and stop talking in code. Phew.

Read the full story here

Apparently it’s all part of a bigger plan to make more use of technology and the web to transform services. Well, whatever the real reason, we’re quite pleased. Why not celebrate with a postcode t-shirt?