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National Statistics Postcode Lookup UK Coordinates

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This dataset contains the National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) for the United Kingdom. The NSPL relates current postcodes to a range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other statistical geographies via ‘best-fit’ allocation from the 2011 Census output areas. It supports the production of area based statistics from postcoded data. The NSPL is produced by ONS Geography, which provides geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations.
Last UpdatedFebruary 3, 2025
Data Provided ByOffice Of National Statistics

About this Dataset

Updated
February 3, 2025
Data Last Updated
November 29, 2024
Metadata Last Updated
February 3, 2025
Date Created
October 14, 2015
Views
23K
Downloads
4,479
Data Provided by
Office Of National Statistics
Dataset Owner
Open Data Camden

OS Licence Detail

Licence TypeOS OpenData
Licence InformationData derived from OS products which is free to use under the Open Government Licence. The following statement MUST be included when using this data: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [year]
Licence URLhttp://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/using-creating-data-with-os-products/os-opendata.html

Point of Contact

DirectorateExternal Dataset
Organisation NameLondon Borough of Camden
AddressThe Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street
Telephone020 7974 4444
Role NameOpen Data Administrator
City/TownLondon
PostcodeNW1 1BD

Publication

Frequency of UpdateQuarterly
Dataset LanguageEnglish
Spatial Reference SystemEPSG:27700

Additional Licence Detail

Additional Licence InformationUK Open Government Licence V3.0
Licence URLhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Topics

CategoryMaps
Tags
nspl, ons, postcode

Licensing and Attribution

LicenseUK Open Government Licence v3
Source Linkhttps://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/search/search.page

What's in this Dataset?

Rows
1.79M
Columns
13

Columns (13)

Description
Postcode 1
All current ('live') postcodes within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, received monthly from Royal Mail. Also, all terminated ('closed') postcodes that have not been subsequently re-used by Royal Mail within the United Kingdom and by the postal administrations in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. 2, 3 or 4 character outward code - left aligned; 3 character inward code - right aligned; 3rd and 4th characters may be blank
postcode_1
Postcode 2
As above, except: 2, 3 or 4-character outward code - left aligned; 3-character inward code - right aligned; 5th character always blank and 3rd and 4th characters may be blank
postcode_2
Postcode 3
2, 3 or 4-character outward code; Single space; 3-character inward code
postcode_3
Easting
The OS grid reference Easting to 1 metre resolution; blank for postcodes in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Grid references for postcodes in Northern Ireland relate to the Irish National Grid.
easting
Northing
The OS grid reference Northing to 1 metre resolution; blank for postcodes in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Grid references for postcodes in Northern Ireland relate to the Irish National Grid.
northing
Positional Quality
Shows the status of the assigned grid reference. 1 = within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean; 2 = as for status value 1, except by visual inspection of Landline maps (Scotland only); 3 = approximate to within 50 metres; 4 = postcode unit mean (mean of matched addresses with the same postcode, but not snapped to a building); 5 = imputed by ONS, by reference to surrounding postcode grid references; 6 = postcode sector mean, (mainly PO Boxes); 8 = postcode terminated prior to Gridlink® initiative, last known ONS postcode grid reference2 ; 9 = no grid reference available
positional_quality
Local Authority Name
local_authority_name
Longitude
The postcode coordinates in degrees longitude to six decimal places; 0.000000 for postcodes in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and for postcodes with no grid reference.
longitude
Latitude
The postcode coordinates in degrees latitude to six decimal places; 99.999999 for postcodes in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and for postcodes with no grid reference.
latitude
Spatial Accuracy
spatial_accuracy
Last Uploaded
last_uploaded
Location
location
Socrata ID
socrata_id

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