Identification

Title

OS Postcodes Data

Abstract

The United Kingdom's (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) postcodes represented as points and polygons. This data is often used for service delivery and statistical analysis. OS Postcodes Data is made available in a number of Ordnance Survey Products: Codepoint (point geometry), Codepoint Open (point geometry) and Codepoint with Polygons (polygon geometry). The postcode is sourced from Royal Mail. The polygon geometry is calculated using address geometry provided by Local Authority Land and Property Gazetteer custodians as a base.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/code-point

function: information

https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/CodePointOpen

function: download

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/code-point-polygons

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

OS Postcodes Data

codeSpace

os.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

location

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Postcode Area

Postcode District

Postcode Sector

Postcode district

Codepoint

Codepoint Open

Codepoint with Polygons

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.45

East bounding longitude

1.78

North bounding latitude

60.86

South bounding latitude

49.86

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2021-03-01

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-04-01

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

The postcode is sourced from Royal Mail. The polygon geometry is calculated using address geometry provided by Local Authority Land and Property Gazetteer custodians as a base.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

None of the OS address products conform with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Data format

name of format

SHP

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Office

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Explorer House, Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO16 0AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 3456 050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Office

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Explorer House, Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO16 0AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)3456 050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-02-01T11:55:48

Metadata language

eng