AddressBase Core

AddressBase Core contains more than 33 million addresses. It includes Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), property-level coordinates and secondary classifications. This makes it suitable for analysis and understanding of property types, as well as uses that combines authoritative data from local authorities not found in Royal Mail Postal Address File.

This product is updated weekly

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What AddressBase Core provides you with

Approved addressing records

AddressBase Core provides approved addressing records for England, Wales and Scotland based on Local Authority holdings of the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) and One Scotland Address Gazetteer (OSG). Other attribution includes property level coordinates and secondary level classifications (detailing the use and type of an address).

Property classification

Through property classification attributes, you can quickly understand, locate and perform analysis on the type of addresses you want to interact with.

Authoritative data

AddressBase Core's primary source of addressing information is local authority data. They have the legal responsibility to capture and maintain address data for Great Britain, so you can be sure of its authenticity and legal nature.

Weekly updates

AddressBase Core is released weekly, keeping you more up to date with change.

Use cases

  • Enables users to filter and analyse property by type, using secondary classification attributes. 
  • AddressBase Core makes it easier to locate, match and gain insights from other location data with the benefit of having  key identifiers referenced throughout. 
  • Facilitates integration with other OS datasets via UPRN, USRN and TOID identifiers, enriching address data with topographic and transport layers. 

AddressBase Core contains more than 33 million addresses. It includes Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), property-level coordinates and secondary classifications. This makes it suitable for analysis and understanding of property types, as well as uses that combines authoritative data from local authorities not found in Royal Mail Postal Address File.

This product is updated weekly

Get sample dataView documentation
Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Vector
Format
  • CSV
  • GeoPackage