Wickes UK stores' postcodes

Question

I'm looking for a spreadsheet of postcodes for Wickes DIY stores in the UK. This is so that I can calculate the distance between customers' postcodes and the stores.

Wickes has a store finder page (http://www.wickes.co.uk/store-finder), with details for over 200 stores. I don't want to mine that data by hand. Has anyone done this before, or have any tools to extract the data?

Answer 1

To be exact, there are 231 stores listed in the dropdown. I was able to extract (fairly simple) the list of stores and corresponding store IDs. I've included the list in CSV format for your convenience. Each store detailed is listed with the following URL sequence:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/store/"STORE_ID"

It should be fairly straight forward to write a program to read in the CSV data and step through each store page and extract out the detailed information (e.g. postcodes). When you accomplish that, please add the info to the CSV data and post in github for the benefit of others.

8276, AINTREE
8475, ALTON
8321, ANDOVER
8360, ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
8090, ASHFORD
8418, ASHTON GATE
8316, AYLESBURY EXTRA
8291, BAGULEY
8277, BANBURY
8297, BARKING EXTRA
8247, BARNSLEY
8256, BARNSTAPLE
8332, BASINGSTOKE
8722, BATH KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8729, BATTERSEA KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8727, BECKENHAM K&B
8264, BEDFORD
8454, BEVERLEY
8319, BEXHILL
8318, BICESTER
8298, BIRKENHEAD
8457, BISHOPS STORTFORD
8281, BLACKHEATH
8296, BLACKPOOL
8279, BLETCHLEY
8467, BOREHAMWOOD
8355, BOSTON
8246, BOURNEMOUTH
8312, BRACKNELL
8055, BRADFORD
8438, BRADFORD IDLE
8381, BRAINTREE
8409, BRENTWOOD
8271, BRIDGEND
8255, BRIDGWATER
8230, BRIGHTON
8077, BRISTOL
8344, BROADSTAIRS
8364, BULWELL
8448, BURGESS HILL
8404, BURTON SOUTH
8284, BURY
8347, CAERPHILLY
8472, CAMBRIDGE
8208, CANNING TOWN
8261, CANNOCK
8422, CARDIFF PENARTH
8280, CARDIFF WEST
8253, CARLISLE
8083, CATFORD
8372, CHADWELL HEATH
8466, CHARLTON
8233, CHATHAM
8232, CHELMSFORD
8074, CHELTENHAM
8456, CHESHAM
8262, CHESTER
8283, CHESTERFIELD
8413, CHILWELL
8349, CHIPPENHAM
8720, CHISWICK KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8431, CHORLEY
8715, CHRISTCHURCH KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8724, CLARKSTON KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8236, CLIFTON
8287, COLCHESTER
8075, COVENTRY
8717, CRAWLEY KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8250, CREWE
8098, CRIBBS
8072, CRICKLEWOOD
8215, CROYDON
8730, CROYDON KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8259, DARLINGTON
8093, DARTFORD
8079, DERBY
8066, DEWSBURY
8239, DONCASTER
8240, DORKING
8252, DUDLEY
8365, DUMFRIES
8258, DUNDEE
8062, DUNSTABLE
8414, EALING
8382, EAST GRINSTEAD
8265, EASTBOURNE
8354, EDINBURGH
8322, EDMONTON EXTRA
8309, EPSOM
8310, ERITH
8336, EXETER
8228, FAREHAM
8052, FARNBOROUGH
8479, FOLKESTONE
8352, GLASGOW
8366, GLOSSOP
8377, GLOUCESTER
8443, GRANTHAM
8410, GRAVESEND
8425, GRIMSBY
8385, GUILDFORD
8451, HAILSHAM
8436, HALESOWEN
8303, HALIFAX
8235, HALL GREEN
8216, HANDSWORTH
8237, HANGER LANE
8073, HANWELL
8260, HANWORTH
8337, HARLOW EXTRA
8731, HARROW KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8338, HAVANT EXTRA
8353, HAVERFORDWEST
8222, HAYES
8474, HEDGE END
8096, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
8473, HENDON
8367, HEREFORD
8453, HERTFORD
8313, HIGH WYCOMBE
8458, HINCKLEY
8263, HUDDERSFIELD
8053, HULL
8464, HUNTINGDON
8295, INVERNESS
8350, IPSWICH
8326, KETTERING EXTRA
8428, KINGS LYNN
8266, KINGSTON
8251, LANCASTER
8094, LEICESTER
8270, LETCHWORTH
8359, LICHFIELD
8061, LINCOLN
8444, LITTLEHAMPTON
8278, LOUGHBOROUGH
8317, LOWESTOFT
8415, MACCLESFIELD
8314, MAIDSTONE EXTRA
8449, MALDON
8368, MANSFIELD
8214, MERTON
8429, MILTON KEYNES
8225, MINWORTH
8728, MUSWELL HILL K&B
8348, NEWCASTLE EXTRA
8290, NEWPORT
8293, NORTHAMPTON
8218, NORWICH
8257, NOTTINGHAM
8071, NOTTINGHAM CENTRAL
8452, NUNEATON
8374, OLDHAM
8726, ORPINGTON KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8234, OXFORD
8721, PAIGNTON KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8369, PENRITH
8334, PERRY BARR EXTRA
8248, PERTH
8209, PETERBOROUGH
8370, PLUMSTEAD
8292, PLYMOUTH
8267, PONTEFRACT
8273, PRESTON
8088, PUDSEY
8082, RAYLEIGH
8371, READING
8220, REDDITCH
8065, ROTHERHAM
8078, RUISLIP
8460, RUSHDEN
8430, SALISBURY
8064, SCUNTHORPE
8411, SEVENOAKS
8097, SHEFFIELD CENTRAL
8468, SHEFFIELD CRYSTAL PEAKS
8412, SHEFFIELD NORTH
8268, SHREWSBURY
8320, SITTINGBOURNE
8340, SLOUGH
8423, SOUTH GOSFORTH
8441, SOUTH SHIELDS
8328, SOUTHAMPTON EXTRA
8719, SOUTHPORT KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8238, ST ALBANS
8299, STAFFORD
8416, STEVENAGE
8417, STIRCHLEY
8282, STIRLING
8081, STOCKPORT
8226, STOCKTON
8231, STOKE
8254, SUNDERLAND
8067, SUTTON (ASHFIELD)
8482, SUTTON (LONDON)
8323, SWANSEA EXTRA
8342, SWINDON EXTRA
8331, TAMWORTH
8311, TAUNTON EXTRA
8343, TELFORD
8357, THETFORD
8091, TOTTENHAM
8275, TROWBRIDGE
8407, TRURO
8723, TUNBRIDGE WELLS KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8455, TUNSTALL
8405, TWICKENHAM
8330, UXBRIDGE
8327, WAKEFIELD
8229, WALLSEND
8243, WALTHAM CROSS
8301, WARRINGTON
8718, WARWICK KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8227, WATERLOOVILLE
8245, WATFORD
8345, WEMBLEY
8716, WEST HAMPSTEAD KITCHENS & BATHROOMS
8461, WEST WICKHAM
8329, WESTON SUPER MARE
8289, WIGAN
8059, WIMBLEDON
8465, WINNERSH
8459, WINSFORD
8080, WOKING
8437, WOLVERHAMPTON
8406, WORCESTER
8434, WORKSOP
8221, WORTHING
8308, WREXHAM
8274, YEOVIL
8471, YORK

I took a look at the HTML code at the store page. It is pretty easy to identify the store name, address and postcode from the javascript code for placing a pin on the Google Map. You get the extra benefit that it has the lat/lon coordinates as well. The snippet looks like:

        var storelatitude = '51.157364';<br/>
        var storelongitude = '-0.956997'; <br/>
        var storename = 'ALTON';<br/>
        var storeaddressline1 = 'WICKES UNIT 1, ALTON RETAIL PARK';<br/>
        var storeaddressline2 = 'MILL LANE';<br/>
        var storeaddresstown = 'ALTON';<br/>
        var storeaddresspostalCode = 'GU34 2QS';<br/>
        var storeaddresscountryname = 'United Kingdom';<br/>