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Code-Point Open

Publisher
Ordnance Survey
Updated
16 April 2025
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

Code-Point Open is a dataset that contains postcode units, each of which have a precise geographical location. To give you extra analytical power, Code-Point Open includes NHS authority and administrative unit codes. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Each postcode unit, such as KY12 8UP or PO14 2RS, contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses. Northern Ireland postcodes are not available with Code-Point Open. Discover hidden patterns in your data. With Code-Point Open, you can display on a map any information that contains a postcode; for example, customer records. For basic route planning, Code-Point Open will locate your starting and destination postcode, so your software can work out the best roads to take. Save money and benefit from simple licensing terms. Code-Point Open is free to view, download and use for commercial, education and personal purposes.

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Product description 16/4/2025
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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 April 2025
Harvest GUID
4a44536b-6fd2-416e-bef9-59ec5fe55ca8
Extent (Latitude)
60.85° to 49.90°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.655° to 1.79°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (publication)
2010-04-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2020-11-15
Frequency of update
quarterly
Access constraints
We simply ask that you acknowledge the copyright and the source of the data by including the following attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2020 Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2020 Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2020
Responsible party
Ordnance Survey (publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng