The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG)

NLPG logo This is an authoritative national address list providing unique identification of land and property and conforms to BS7666:2006. The NLPG is updated on a continual basis by every local authority in England and Wales - the bodies with statutory responsibility for street naming and numbering, with updates available every working day.

It is useful for any organisation needing to identify or deliver services to a location.

Features and benefits

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Consistent format underpinned by BS7666:2006) and process standards.
Contains unique and persistent identifiers for land and property.
Includes mailing and geographic addresses, sub-divisions of addressable objects, objects without postal addresses, multiple address references for each property and classifications for each property.
Dual language records in Wales.
Geographical references for use in mapping applications.
Feedback facility for address variations and additions.

Suggested uses

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Delivering services and sharing location information within local and central government
Supporting control centre information within the emergency services
Enabling demographic analysis and underpinning information within health authorities and Primary Care Trusts
CRM and mailing list generation

Technical details

Format: NLPG DTF v7.3 comma separated value (CSV) text files.

Data structure: The database structure consists largely of attributes specified in the BS 7666 (parts 0, 1 and 2) documentation including metadata to allow the transfer of data to and from external organisations as outlined in the NLPG Data Transfer Format documentation.

Attributes: Roads, buildings, sub-divisions of buildings.

Scale: 1:10,000 to 1:100.

Update frequency: Each working day (change only updates).

Supply: CD/DVD ROM or via FTP.

Coverage: England and Wales.