AddressBase Plus
Along with Royal Mail PAF data, AddressBase® Plus gives you up-to-date local authority addresses, multi-occupancy addresses and OS MasterMap TOID references.
This product is updated every six weeks
What AddressBase Plus provides you with
Flat file model
AddressBase Plus is structured in a flat file model - containing current properties and addresses sourced from local authorities, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail matched to the UPRN.
Accuracy guaranteed
The address information is sourced from 380 local authorities across Great Britain, our own large-scale mapping, Royal Mail and the Valuation Office Agency.
Useful addresses
As well as 28 million defined properties, Ordnance Survey have included more than seven million local authority addresses, such as depots and church halls, places of worship and community centres.
Property classification
Understanding the need to categorise properties, Ordnance Survey incorporated a four-level classification scheme that explains the function of each property.
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Download a small area of AddressBase Plus.
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
AddressBase Plus
Technical information
Specifications
- Use cases
Individual address referencing for direct marketing teams
Take your data analysis to the next level by referencing data to individual addresses (such as flats) rather than mail delivery points (houses divided into flats).
Property classification
Understanding the need to categorise properties, Ordnance Survey incorporated a four-level classification scheme that explains the function of each property.
- Access
- Download
- Data theme
- Address
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:1250 to 1:10,000
- Format
- CSV
- GML 3.2.1
- Ordering area
- All of Great Britain or customisable area (5km2 tiles or user defined polygon)
- OS Data Hub plan
- Public Sector Plan
- Premium Plan
- Energy & Infrastructure Plan
Documents and Support
Getting started guides
- AddressBase, AddressBase Plus and AddressBase Islands - Getting started guideThe getting started guide provides instructions for using the product in different software applications. Users with limited technical knowledge will be able to follow this guide.
Technical specification
- AddressBase Plus - Technical specificationThe technical specification provides detailed technical information about the product. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.
Supporting documents
- AddressBase, AddressBase Core, Address Plus and AddressBase Premium - Product guideThis product guide is an introduction to the AddressBase suite of products and provides information on all three products, their main features and creation process.
- AddressBase Plus - Classification schemeZIP file with classification scheme documentation for AddressBase Plus.
- AddressBase - Local custodian codesLocal custodian codes for AddressBase.
- AddressBase products epoch datesFind upcoming and past epoch dates for our addressing products.
- AddressBase Plus Header FilesHeader files to use with AddressBase Plus data.
Release notes
- AddressBase products - Release notesThis release note provides information about the latest release of AddressBase and OS Open UPRN products.
Additional information
Advantage of AddressBase Plus over AddressBase
AddressBase contains Royal Mail PAF addresses and assigns an x and y coordinate to every address. This lets you carry out only relatively basic analysis.
AddressBase Plus also includes current properties and addresses sourced from local authorities, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail. Records are matched to the UPRN and structured in a flat-file model.
AddressBase Plus holds more records than AddressBase as it includes objects without postal addresses, such as subdivided properties, places of worship and community centres. It also allows the end-user to locate an address or property on a map, through the assigned x and y coordinates.
Crucially, cross-referencing the information with OS MasterMap products via the OS MasterMap Topography Layer and Integrated Transport Network (ITN) Layer Topographic Identifiers (TOIDs) lets you view address data within a wider geographic context.
Properties yet to be built
Properties yet to be built do not appear in AddressBase Plus. You'd need AddressBase Premium for this information. It's ideal when you're planning the future provision of infrastructure services such as sewerage or high-speed broadband.
Data from Royal Mail’s PAF
The database is a vital component of the single address gazetteer database and is in each of the AddressBase products where there has been a match confirming the address to the LLPG address.
AddressBase Plus
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What you get
- Key features
- Flat file model
- Accuracy guaranteed
- Useful addresses
- Property classification
- Category
- Addressing and location
- Access
- Download
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Update frequency
- Every six weeks
Try this product with free sample data
Give it a try
Download a small area of AddressBase Plus.
Or try out the real thing by applying for a Data Exploration Licence
How to access
Businesses
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Government and public sector
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Utilities and Telecoms
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