OS MasterMap Highways Network - Paths

A path network dataset showing who is responsible for the footpaths across Great Britain. The dataset helps you understand how people connect to towns and cities around them. You will see the true time it takes for the citizen to access existing services – as well as the new services required in the community.


This product is updated monthly

Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Vector
Scale/resolution
1:1 250 to 1:10 000
Format
  • Vector Tiles
  • GML
  • GeoPackage

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What OS MasterMap Highways Network - Paths provides you with

Optimised navigation

Make more informed decisions about best mode of transport to deliver your package. Get an understanding of the entire navigable network and you could end up squeezing more deliveries into your day.

Deeper path insights

Want to find out where best to place your assets? Get another aspect with information about the authoritative background of a path, as well as any obstructions you might encounter along the route.

Changing travel behaviours

By making the path network better known, you can encourage healthier alternatives to car travel. Use to maintain paths more effectively, and let mobile navigation apps deliver suggested routes to users on the move.

Comprehensive and definite

OS MasterMap Highways Network - Paths is a collection of data from authoritative sources who manage and maintain the Path network across Great Britain. This includes OS path network geometry and features the local highways and roads authorities’ name, numbering and maintenance responsibility information.

Linking streets to homes and infrastructure

Thanks to the Unique Street Reference Number (USRN), this data links to AddressBase. So, you can search for or navigate to an address, improve consultation with residents about roadworks, and identify installations like electricity substations

Optimise walking and cycling

By improving the path network and making it better known, you can encourage healthier alternatives to car travel. Paths data helps local authorities maintain paths more effectively, and it lets mobile navigation apps deliver suggested routes to users on the move.

Use cases

OS MasterMap Highways Network - Paths can be used for:

  • costings or benefits of road and paths policies
  • calculating funding allocations
  • policy making and asset management
  • journey planning, routing, and navigation
  • emergency service planning
  • transport planning
  • delivery
  • enforcement regulation
  • school allocation
  • sustainable travel
  • planned works
  • projects on the resilience of infrastructure
  • smart cities

A path network dataset showing who is responsible for the footpaths across Great Britain. The dataset helps you understand how people connect to towns and cities around them. You will see the true time it takes for the citizen to access existing services – as well as the new services required in the community.


This product is updated monthly

Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Vector
Scale/resolution
1:1 250 to 1:10 000
Format
  • Vector Tiles
  • GML
  • GeoPackage