This is the mySociety cache of OS, ONS, and OSNI open data, first released 1st April 2010, as allowed under the licences (please read!). Thanks to them, data.gov.uk, and everyone else involved in releasing this data! :)
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- ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) November 2022 edition. This includes current and terminated UK postcode locations, plus Crown dependencies.
- Boundary-Line October 2024. This includes Great Britain administrative boundaries. Old Boundary-Line: May 2024 (original), October 2023, May 2023, October 2022, May 2022 (revised) May 2022 (original, some mistakes), October 2021, May 2021, October 2020, May 2020 (no link because contained bad data), May 2019 (2), updated August, May 2019 first release, October 2018, May 2018, October 2017, May 2017, October 2016 (second release), October 2016 first release ("slight error" according to OS), May 2016, October 2015, May 2015, October 2014, May 2014, October 2013, May 2013, October 2012, May 2012, October 2011, May 2011, October 2010, (this included the draft forthcoming boundaries for the Scottish Parliament at the May 2011 election, and switches to the new ONS GSS codes), October 2009/May 2010 (this included the Parliamentary boundaries for the 2010 general election).
- OSNI Open Data boundaries December 2015, thanks h-lame. This includes current ward, electoral area, councils, Parliamentary/Assembly and NI outline boundaries.
- Code-Point Open May 2020. This includes current Great Britain postcodes.
- OS Open Names (April 2020)
- MiniScale (January 2020)
- OS Open Map – Local, vector (2.2Gb, April 2020)
- OS VectorMap District, vector (May 2020)
- 1:250k Scale Colour Raster (June 2020)
- GB Overview Maps (December 2014)
Former products
- 1:50k Gazetteer (2016)
- OS Locator (2016)
- Strategi (2016)
- Meridian 2 (2016)
- Land-Form PANORAMA
Sites & Products of ours that use OS data
- Mapit is our central public postcode and area lookup for all our services, including:
- WriteToThem — postcode lookup to administrative areas, for contacting your representative;
- FixMyStreet — postcode lookup, maps of your local area, boundaries to work out which council your report is in;
- TheyWorkForYou — postcode lookup to locate your MP.
OS datasets contain Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. Code-Point Open contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right. Code-Point Open and ONSPD contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right. OSNI datasets contain LPS Intellectual Property © Crown copyright and database right.
Data (except Northern Ireland (BT) postcodes) may be used under the terms of the Open Government Licence. For Northern Ireland data, a separate licence for commercial use is required direct from Land and Property Services. An End User licence (for internal business use only) will be issued by ONS with the data, which can be found at the ONS website. Use of the Northern Ireland data contained within the ONS postcode products constitutes acceptance of the NI licensing terms and conditions.
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