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National Statistics Postcode Lookup (May 2016) User Guide

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
11 August 2025
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Summary

This user guide and version notes contains information about the NSPL including: content; data currency; the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes; data formats; data quality and limitations and details of recent changes that have impacted on the data. Various annexes and tables provide more detailed supporting information. (File Size - 846 KB)

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https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=dccbd2ad60e74acda6ef965098c0a0f8

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