Identification

Title

Postcode Sectors - Scotland

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Postcode sector boundaries are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS). Postcode districts are represented by the outward code (first part of a postcode) plus the first character of the inward code. For example, if the individual postcode is EH12 7TB, then the sector of that postcode is EH12 7. Postcodes that fall within the same sector are dissolved to create postcode sector boundaries. NRS publish these boundaries twice a year as part of the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD) which should be considered the definitive source for postcode geographies in Scotland.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/SPD/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: PostcodeSector

description: OGC View Service

function: information

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/SPD/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: SPD:PostcodeSector

description: OGC Feature Download

function: download

http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/nrs-postcode-extract

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: National Records of Scotland website

description: Geography – Scottish Postcode Directory

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

NRS_SPD_SectorBdry

codeSpace

www.nrscotland.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/geography/Products/postcode-bkgrd-info.pdf

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Statistical units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

statistical data

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Postcodes

Boundaries

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-18

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-01-15

End position

2020-01-15

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-03-16

date type

revision

effective date

2023-08-22

Frequency of update

biannually

Quality and validity

Lineage

National Records of Scotland (NRS) delineate notional boundaries around address content of live small user postcodes utilising real world features depicted in Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap® product. Postcodes that fall within the same sector are dissolved to create postcode sector boundaries. As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the sector boundaries may change as the shape of postcode boundaries are altered. Note that postcode sector boundaries are not coterminous with Local Authority boundaries. This dataset is formally issued twice a year as part of National Records of Scotland’s Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD). In addition to postcode geographies, the SPD contains a database detailing the higher geographies that each postcode is assigned to. NRS produce two versions of the SPD, one containing Royal Mail Delivery Point information and another without. If you require delivery point information please contact customer services. For more information on the postcode geography please see background note at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/geography/Products/postcode-bkgrd-info.pdf or contact NRS Geography.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geography Branch

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

General Register House, 2 Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3YY

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geography Branch

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

General Register House, 2 Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3YY

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-22T08:02:44

Metadata language