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ONS Postcode Directory (August 2016) User Guide (V2)

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
11 August 2025
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Summary

This updated User Guide contains information about the ONSPD including: directory 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.

Data links

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ArcGIS Hub Dataset HTML 23/2/2024

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Harvest GUID
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=084629a6ec8c4e2c9f75be14d5719218

Contact

Enquiries

ons.geography@ons.gov.uk

Freedom of information (FOI) requests

FOI.Team@ons.gov.uk