Visualise your postcode extents
Codepoint with Polygons provides notional extents for every postcode unit in GB for easy visualisation and analysis at a national scale.
Code-Point with Polygons
With over 1.6 million postcodes all mapped out, Code-Point with Polygons is derived from AddressBase, the Ordnance Survey dataset that provides National Grid reference (NGref) coordinates for each postal delivery address in Great Britain.
This product is updated every three months
What Code-Point with Polygons provides you with
Vertical Street polygons
Vertical street polygons allow easy identification of multiple postcodes within the same building.
Precise polygon data
Postcode polygons created using the addresses we can locate the most precisely creating high confidence in the accuracy of the polygon data.
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Code-Point with Polygons
Technical information
Specifications
- Use cases
Manage your risks better
Display postcode boundaries on a map, then add contours and your own claims data. This is a great way to identify low-lying postcodes, so you can quote for insurance at a price that reflects higher flood risks.
- Access
- Download
- Data theme
- Administrative and Statistical Units
- Data structure
- Vector
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:1 250 to 1:10 000
- Format
- ESRI Shapefile
- GeoPackage
- MapInfo MID/MIF
- MapInfo TAB
- Vector Tiles
- Ordering area
- All of Great Britain
- Publication months
- January
- April
- July
- October
- OS Data Hub plan
- Public Sector Plan
- Premium Plan
Documents and Support
Technical documentation
- Code-Point with Polygons technical documentationVisit docs.os.uk to access all technical documentation for this product, including getting started guide, technical specification, and other supporting documents.
Code-Point with Polygons
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What you get
- Key features
- Visualise your postcode extents
- Vertical Street polygons
- Precise polygon data
- Category
- Addressing and location
- Access
- Download
- Data structure
- Vector
- Update frequency
- Every three months
Try this product with free sample data
Download a small area of Code-Point with Polygons.
How to access
Businesses
Ordnance Survey's commercial network of Partners can help you with bespoke location solutions, derived from OS data
Ranging from global giants to single entrepreneurs, our Partners all use our location data to create innovative products and services. Their expertise ensures customers can benefit from using our data for a range of services. Find a partner for addressing and location mapping requirements.
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Our Partners
Download Premium data from the OS Data Hub
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Government and public sector
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