diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/en_GB/Address.php b/src/Faker/Provider/en_GB/Address.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ff9beb03e2..95cb48fad2
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/en_GB/Address.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/en_GB/Address.php
@@ -10,7 +10,51 @@ class Address extends \Faker\Provider\Address
     protected static $streetSuffix = array(
         'Alley', 'Avenue', 'Branch', 'Bridge', 'Brook', 'Brooks', 'Burg', 'Burgs', 'Bypass', 'Camp', 'Canyon', 'Cape', 'Causeway', 'Center', 'Centers', 'Circle', 'Circles', 'Cliff', 'Cliffs', 'Club', 'Common', 'Corner', 'Corners', 'Course', 'Court', 'Courts', 'Cove', 'Coves', 'Creek', 'Crescent', 'Crest', 'Crossing', 'Crossroad', 'Curve', 'Dale', 'Dam', 'Divide', 'Drive', 'Drive', 'Drives', 'Estate', 'Estates', 'Expressway', 'Extension', 'Extensions', 'Fall', 'Falls', 'Ferry', 'Field', 'Fields', 'Flat', 'Flats', 'Ford', 'Fords', 'Forest', 'Forge', 'Forges', 'Fork', 'Forks', 'Fort', 'Garden', 'Gardens', 'Gateway', 'Glen', 'Glens', 'Green', 'Greens', 'Grove', 'Groves', 'Harbour', 'Harbours', 'Haven', 'Heights', 'Highway', 'Hill', 'Hills', 'Hollow', 'Inlet', 'Island', 'Islands', 'Isle', 'Junction', 'Junctions', 'Key', 'Keys', 'Knoll', 'Knolls', 'Lake', 'Lakes', 'Land', 'Landing', 'Lane', 'Light', 'Lights', 'Loaf', 'Lock', 'Locks', 'Locks', 'Lodge', 'Lodge', 'Loop', 'Manor', 'Manors', 'Meadow', 'Meadows', 'Mews', 'Mill', 'Mills', 'Motorway', 'Mount', 'Mountain', 'Mountains', 'Neck', 'Orchard', 'Oval', 'Overpass', 'Park', 'Parks', 'Parkway', 'Parkways', 'Pass', 'Passage', 'Path', 'Pike', 'Pine', 'Pines', 'Place', 'Plain', 'Plains', 'Plaza', 'Point', 'Points', 'Port', 'Ports', 'Radial', 'Ramp', 'Ranch', 'Rapid', 'Rapids', 'Rest', 'Ridge', 'Ridges', 'River', 'Road', 'Road', 'Roads', 'Roads', 'Route', 'Row', 'Rue', 'Run', 'Shoal', 'Shoals', 'Shore', 'Shores', 'Spring', 'Springs', 'Springs', 'Spur', 'Spurs', 'Square', 'Square', 'Squares', 'Squares', 'Station', 'Station', 'Stream', 'Stream', 'Street', 'Streets', 'Summit', 'Terrace', 'Throughway', 'Trace', 'Track', 'Trafficway', 'Trail', 'Tunnel', 'Turnpike', 'Underpass', 'Union', 'Unions', 'Valley', 'Valleys', 'Via', 'Viaduct', 'View', 'Views', 'Village', 'Villages', 'Ville', 'Vista', 'Vista', 'Walk', 'Walks', 'Wall', 'Way', 'Ways', 'Well', 'Wells'
     );
-    protected static $postcode = array('?# #??', '?## #??', '??# #??', '??## #??', '?#? #??', '??#? #??');
+
+    protected static $postcode = array(
+        'DD8 1LR','HU7 4FE','SG6 1PR','DN40 3PT','PO21 3JR','BN13 3DN','B23 5RS','W5 5PA','ML12 6XR','WR2 4HQ','TR16 6EU','TF4 2NU',
+        'HU8 8SH','TS24 7QA','SE11 5SD','WV99 1TL','TR16 5TN','NP16 6QT','BT60 3QU','TA24 6LB','TS23 1AD','W1G 9PN','WA1 4PJ','CM22 6DR',
+        'BL7 8BW','FK2 8DB','LL65 4LN','LL21 0RG','SP6 1NH','EN1 4AE','WR5 1DG','NW6 9FA','NG18 3AZ','N14 5HW','CO9 3JZ','CW12 1BP',
+        'BT41 2RX','CT6 9AR','ST10 4JQ','HD9 7ED','SW6 1LG','KY10 3RL','LA8 9RA','RH20 2LH','WF9 2JY','N11 1RH','BT78 2JU','ME6 5PD',
+        'CB22 7PT','BS4 2BH','NR10 3QE','ST3 5SH','WA5 1QF','B17 0LW','WA7 1EN','SP3 6WD','LL48 6SE','MK3 7SA','CV34 4DF','CW1 5PG',
+        'BN41 1PT','TS22 5AN','ST3 2HB','L25 8SJ','ST14 5JJ','L36 3RN','S2 3BQ','HR7 4AT','PH6 2HW','RH10 7RT','RM12 5EJ','IV2 5EG',
+        'RH19 9GG','BD4 7HP','GL3 4TA','BS23 3YE','SN2 7TE','CB2 3EN','B27 6SF','AB53 4RJ','W4 3JU','SK14 1SB','PO14 4NH','CB9 9EE',
+        'WF1 5HR','LL55 4TE','BH12 2EN','LE2 9HY','EX32 2BA','BS31 3HT','PE25 1AA','G61 3HA','EX12 2WH','OX4 1GF','DY2 9EU','CO1 1QR',
+        'CH45 6UP','ME14 4NL','SE1P 5NT','LE3 9LB','BT66 7RR','BT5 5ED','NG17 1BH','GU1 2SB','SW15 4AF','AL5 1SZ','B63 4JQ','OL12 6RA',
+        'RH12 1AS','TN6 2QU','CO12 3SQ','E1 4QJ','TW5 0XT','ST10 1JW','BL9 8LE','CH1 4EZ','SA71 5BP','HR9 9AJ','SA6 6DH','ML9 3BS',
+        'TW12 2RA','EH26 0LE','E12 5QJ','M46 9XG','CO6 3EG','ST16 3AP','WN6 8BX','WR14 2YU','DG11 3JQ','TN14 5GD','TW15 3EQ','SW8 4TE',
+        'DE55 5SF','DT6 9BF','TN31 7BY','SA19 9BR','HD9 4DH','IP21 4TN','CT14 7EW','DE65 5JX','B10 9JS','AL1 1SZ','CF39 0LH','SW20 8JY',
+        'HP1 9HT','M44 6ZR','SW19 1BB','HP13 7TG','IP16 4UL','SE1 7DB','BN12 6HW','WF10 2AL','AL3 8RN','RG14 2EL','ME8 6QQ','W14 8AZ',
+        'BT49 0NJ','WS11 1ZY','CR5 2DP','LS17 8LP','DL15 8GH','W1G 9PZ','CA6 5YS','WN2 3RS','L39 3LJ','BT47 2QQ','CT13 0PW','BL8 2ND',
+        'RM9 4UT','GU7 9SD','WN3 6DQ','AB22 8ZW','LE11 9DA','EX16 6BS','DE65 6JG','GL55 6HT','BS24 7AH','LS26 8UF','PO6 4FH','CT5 3HQ',
+        'CW11 5SY','MK16 0FL','RG19 8JZ','SP1 1NE','SG18 0HL','HA7 1HB','TW4 7JP','BT15 3FB','LN5 9WR','SK2 5XT','NP18 3TF','NE33 5SQ',
+        'L40 4LA','LU7 4SW','WV99 1RG','EC3P 3AY','CW5 6DY','CR2 8EN','PO11 0JY','IP33 9GD','WA3 3UR','WD3 3LY','CT6 7HL','TN15 8JE',
+        'L35 5JA','CF23 0EL','TR13 0DP','GL14 2NW','W1D 4PR','SY5 0AR','NP4 8LA','CH45 7RH','S35 4FX','PL20 6JB','NW1 6AB','AB41 7HB',
+        'S72 7HG','RG27 8PG','TA1 3TF','FK3 8EP','MK43 7LX','BT79 7AQ','L9 9BL','PE28 5US','PO4 8NU','WF4 3QZ','SE23 3RG','NN5 7AR',
+        'L15 6UE','CA4 9QG','RH9 8DR','KT18 5DN','AB11 5QE','L2 2TX','NE20 0RB','TF3 2BG','NW2 2SH','IG10 3JT','HR9 7GB','N10 3DS',
+        'PA3 4NH','W8 7EY','HP19 9BW','KA1 3TU','SE26 6JG','SL3 9LU','L38 9EB','M15 6QL','BN6 8DA','PE27 5PP','LS16 8EE','AB15 4YR',
+        'CM0 7HA','SY11 4LB','IG1 3TR','NE63 8EL','CR5 3DN','NW4 4XL','BL9 6QT','KT24 6NU','EH37 5TF','SO16 9RJ','B62 8RS','PL28 8QJ',
+        'E9 5LR','BR6 9XJ','M25 3BY','M20 1BT','SE18 7QX','DD1 2NF','NR31 8NS','BH31 6AF','TN23 5PR','TN12 9PU','HR8 2JJ','KT6 5DX',
+        'HX3 0NS','SN7 8NR','SY7 8AQ','CV8 1LS','NR34 9ET','BD23 3EU','YO11 3JN','BH11 9NE','CM3 3AE','KA3 7PR','DE15 9DU','PR8 9LB',
+        'GL53 7EN','OX15 4HW','TS19 9ES','G65 9BG','SE15 6FE','B37 7RA','BT51 3NQ','YO32 9SX','M50 3TU','LL14 5NR','PO35 5XS','W5 9TG',
+        'BD24 0LF','KT22 7UE','GL1 2SZ','HP5 2ED','TN11 8HT','LA12 0HX','N5 1WP','TS10 3NS','B98 7JU','SY23 4LA','PR7 5PY','YO7 1SP',
+        'HR9 7XU','ST3 1EQ','AL9 5DL','DT11 0JD','KT17 1DJ','HP6 5AY','NR8 5BD','PO37 6NN','YO31 8WU','CF48 2SR','BD23 1UY','HU12 8HG',
+        'ML3 8PH','CO5 9BJ','BD9 4EF','G71 7PA','TF1 1HU','G74 3LB','CM16 6TT','BS8 4UR','B92 8HS','EH4 5LQ','GU1 2PB','FK8 1LD','S70 4DN',
+        'BT93 6AB','RM15 4AP','HU14 3EB','CH63 4JT','M34 2JG','LU3 1HQ','TD1 2BX','PE23 4LZ','S66 8JW','RG8 0UN','YO31 0UQ','OX11 8JJ',
+        'TS18 1NS','ME19 6QD','PL15 8US','SG5 3JJ','TN34 9GL','LL18 3RP','SK13 1LP','KA7 1TH','NG8 4EN','B68 8PE','EX14 1QF','RG14 2NL',
+        'NG9 3FL','KA13 7NR','PR8 4RH','BB4 5TZ','SA5 4EA','TD8 6PQ','B44 8SR','GU16 6EL','AB31 5ZD','TA4 2EY','WR2 4RX','TF4 2JW',
+        'RM14 3PA','DD3 8ES','CA28 6HA','IP22 1JW','S70 5RT','RM16 3EW','G77 6DL','TR15 1PH','DN2 5AU','ML11 9BQ','PE16 6RY','SW6 2WG',
+        'PL7 4AJ','MK17 9QX','SL7 3PB','BL6 6YT','NG24 2PB','RG30 4AJ','DT7 3SY','YO21 1HX','BH8 8BP','DE11 0SD','S81 0HT','WD6 5QD',
+        'BT25 2HD','CW5 6QF','S6 1WR','RM20 1WN','CF62 3HX','CB2 8HH','NE10 8JX','SL4 1YB','WV5 9BS','G83 0SH','M45 8AF','WR1 2HZ',
+        'LU2 7LJ','SK6 7QN','TR10 8QN','HA3 7SF','LL12 9NR','G69 7EA','L25 2NW','PL2 2DD','DN15 9AU','HA1 2AG','LS2 9ND','HD9 6PH',
+        'DH3 2NB','OL12 7TX','NG5 1HT','S64 0BU','EX20 1ER','RG40 4RX','B47 5EE','NE29 7BG','SM3 9QR','NG17 4JY','CF23 7EW','GU10 4HE',
+        'NP44 4PE','MK9 2AD','S49 1YZ','PO8 0LJ','BD18 4LP','SW2 3DJ','SP4 6JS','OL16 3NA','IP7 5SS','PO17 5HZ','RH15 9TE','ME15 0JU',
+        'LS25 2AY','BT46 5NR','YO19 6BL','M28 7XP','W6 7PR','NE29 0AT','TR19 6DX','LE3 0BF','BS6 9HE','SA18 1HW','DD8 4EX','BT35 7PB',
+        'PE29 2HJ','LS1 9QA','BN14 7AR','BS5 8PJ','OX3 7PJ','W6 7AN','S60 2PT','G12 9BH','IP5 1LR','B26 3SX','PE21 8PT','RM14 2LD',
+        'PL9 9NN','NG20 0JZ','W1K 7AF','AB31 4DX','PL1 4EH','IP19 0NS','LS28 9NF','CH64 3TH','G13 1XN','NG5 1JR','W10 6DY','BS27 3XD',
+        'ST21 6SR','PL4 9RB','BA15 2QE','TR20 9RG','NG34 9HJ','BD22 9DN','LE4 4JR','KA9 2RN','W1G 6JQ','B14 5TF','SA16 0HY','N8 7AU',
+        'LE17 5PD','PE25 2RA','SE19 2BG','OX12 8PJ','DY5 3EH','NG19 7QJ','G43 1HQ'
+    );
 
     protected static $county = array(
         'Aberdeenshire', 'Anglesey', 'Angus', 'Argyll', 'Ayrshire', 'Banffshire', 'Bedfordshire', 'Berwickshire', 'Breconshire', 'Buckinghamshire', 'Bute', 'Caernarvonshire', 'Caithness', 'Cambridgeshire', 'Cardiganshire', 'Carmarthenshire', 'Cheshire', 'Clackmannanshire', 'Cornwall', 'Isles of Scilly', 'Cumbria', 'Denbighshire', 'Derbyshire', 'Devon', 'Dorset', 'Dumbartonshire', 'Dumfriesshire', 'Durham', 'East Lothian', 'East Sussex', 'Essex', 'Fife', 'Flintshire', 'Glamorgan', 'Gloucestershire', 'Greater London', 'Greater Manchester', 'Hampshire', 'Hertfordshire', 'Inverness', 'Kent', 'Kincardineshire', 'Kinross-shire', 'Kirkcudbrightshire', 'Lanarkshire', 'Lancashire', 'Leicestershire', 'Lincolnshire', 'London', 'Merionethshire', 'Merseyside', 'Midlothian', 'Monmouthshire', 'Montgomeryshire', 'Moray', 'Nairnshire', 'Norfolk', 'North Yorkshire', 'Northamptonshire', 'Northumberland', 'Nottinghamshire', 'Orkney', 'Oxfordshire', 'Peebleshire', 'Pembrokeshire', 'Perthshire', 'Radnorshire', 'Renfrewshire', 'Ross & Cromarty', 'Roxburghshire', 'Selkirkshire', 'Shetland', 'Shropshire', 'Somerset', 'South Yorkshire', 'Staffordshire', 'Stirlingshire', 'Suffolk', 'Surrey', 'Sutherland', 'Tyne and Wear', 'Warwickshire', 'West Lothian', 'West Midlands', 'West Sussex', 'West Yorkshire', 'Wigtownshire', 'Wiltshire', 'Worcestershire'
@@ -43,6 +87,7 @@ class Address extends \Faker\Provider\Address
         'Yemen',
         'Zambia', 'Zimbabwe'
     );
+
     protected static $cityFormats = array(
         '{{cityPrefix}} {{firstName}}{{citySuffix}}',
         '{{cityPrefix}} {{firstName}}',
@@ -86,4 +131,13 @@ public static function county()
     {
         return static::randomElement(static::$county);
     }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @example 'N6 5AA'
+     */
+    public static function postcode()
+    {
+        return static::randomElement(static::$postcode);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/en_GB/AddressTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/en_GB/AddressTest.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0bad562ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/en_GB/AddressTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Provider\en_GB;
+
+use Faker\Generator;
+
+class AddressTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var Generator
+     */
+    private $faker;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $faker = new Generator();
+        $faker->addProvider(new Address($faker));
+        $this->faker = $faker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function testPostcode()
+    {
+
+        $postcode = $this->faker->postcode();
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($postcode);
+        $this->assertInternalType('string', $postcode);
+        $this->assertRegExp('@^(GIR ?0AA|[A-PR-UWYZ]([0-9]{1,2}|([A-HK-Y][0-9]([0-9ABEHMNPRV-Y])?)|[0-9][A-HJKPS-UW]) ?[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})$@i', $postcode);
+
+    }
+
+}