Points of Interest
Points of Interest is the most comprehensive, location-based directory of all public and privately-owned businesses, education and leisure services in Britain.
This product is updated quarterly
What Points of Interest provides you with
Take your analysis beyond the address
Points of Interest GIS data can help to identify places by their use and function as well as by their postal address or location. Each record also contains a telephone number, web address and brand, where appropriate.
Identify gaps in services
For the public sector, Points of Interest lets you identify gaps in services and analyse changes in city centre retail space over time. This helps you maintain a quality environment for your residents, shoppers and visitors.
Organisation and activity at commercial addresses
More than 45% of Points of Interest records are businesses. It shows the organisation and activity at commercial addresses in Great Britain, and includes the brand, phone number and web URL of major businesses.
Target the competition
Thanks to its detailed company classifications linked to addresses, you can conduct detailed competitor and site analysis for the potential location of your next high street outlet.
Sourced and quality-checked
Points of Interest contains over four million records, sourced and quality-checked from more than 100 leading listing suppliers. It's updated more than four times a year, so you'll always be working with current information.
Tailor your order
You can tailor your order to just what you need - and our tiered classifications make it easy to narrow down your choices. So if you only want to know about businesses in Wigan or banks in Kent, we're here to help.
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Points of Interest
Technical information
Specifications
- Use cases
- Accommodation
- Eating and drinking
- Commercial services
- Attractions
- Sport and entertainment
- Education and health
- Public infrastructure
- Manufacturing and production
- Retail
- Transport
- Access
- Secure URL
- Data theme
- Geographical Names
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Scale
- 1:1250 to 1:10,000
- Format
- Text
- Ordering area
- Custom ordering options
- Publication months
- March
- June
- September
- December
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Documents and Support
Getting started guides
- Points of Interest - Product informationThis document contains additional theoretical information related to the product. All users will find the Product Information document useful and informative.
Technical specification
- Points of Interest - Technical specificationThe technical specification provides detailed technical information about the product. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.
Supporting documents
- Points of Interest - Classification schemeCustomers can select Points of Interest from the complete classification or from any combination of group and/or category.
- Points of Interest - Class countThis document lists all Points of Interest Classes and their record counts.
- Product refresh datesFind out the update frequencies of our premium products and the calendar months that they are updated.
- Points of Interest - Small symbolsCustomise the appearance of the Points of Interest features to suit your requirements with our suggested symbols.
- Points of Interest - Large symbolsCustomise the appearance of the Points of Interest features to suit your requirements with our suggested symbols.
Release notes
- Points of Interest - Release noteThis release note provides information about the latest release of the product.
Additional information
Customise the appearance of Features
With our suggested symbols, in large and small sizes, you can customise points of interest features of a particular type.
Points of Interest
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What you get
- Key features
- Take your analysis beyond the address
- Identify gaps in services
- Organisation and activity at commercial addresses
- Target the competition
- Sourced and quality-checked
- Tailor your order
- Category
- Addressing and location
- Access
- Secure URL
- Data structure
- Vector - Points
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
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Government and public sector
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