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Code-Point Open
Code-Point® Open contains postcode units for Great Britain, each of which has a precise geographic location. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Each contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses.
Ideal if you want to profile the crime rates or manage your assets (such as shops) within a specific area.
Here Code-Point Open is overlaid on OS Street View®
Features and benefits
- FREE to view, download and use under OS OpenData™ terms.
- A fit-for-purpose planning or marketing tool for users not requiring individual addresses.
- Includes National Health Service and local government area codes down to ward level.
Suggested uses
- Statistical analysis
- Market analysis and profiling
- Sales targeting
- Asset management
- Route planning
- Crime pattern analysis
Technical details
Format: Comma separated values (CSV).
Data structure: Vector.
Attributes: Postcode units, eastings, northings, positional quality indicator, NHS® regional health authority code, NHS health authority code, country code, administrative county code, administrative district code and administrative ward code.
Update frequency: Quarterly – February, May, August and November.
Supply: Online download and DVD.
Coverage: Great Britain.
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Column headers
For users of the CSV file format wishing to look at the data in a tabular structure, this is a spreadsheet with the attribute names
Please note: the August 2011 release contained these specification changes:
1.The length of the administrative county code, administrative district code, administrative ward code, country code, Regional Health and Local Health codes was changed to 9 characters. Have a look at the sample data.
2.Fields that contained a null value have been removed. The fields were:
PR PO box indicator A1 1 - Set to X
TP Total number of delivery points I3 * - Set to -99
DQ Delivery points – used to create the CPLC where the PQI - Set to -99
RP Domestic delivery points I3 * - Set to -99
BP Non-domestic delivery points I3 * - Set to -99
PD PO box delivery points I3 * - Set to -99
MP Matched address premises I3 * - Set to -99
UM Unmatched delivery points I3 * - Set to -99
Postcode Type – Set to X
