A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding spatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar coordinates in an openly published national coordinate system). If a postcode/zipcode system does not exist in the country, please submit a dataset of administrative borders. Data submitted in this category must satisfy the following minimum conditions
- Zipcodes
- Address
- Coordinate (latitude longitude)
- national level
updated once a year
Administrative boundaries
- Boarders poligone
- name of poligone (city, neighborhood)
- national level
- updated once a year
Data Location
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.htmlComments
Open postcode data which meets the specification here (postcodes and corresponding geospatial locations - lat/long or equivalent) is available via the Ordnance Survey's Code-Point Open dataset, which contains the 1.4m GB post codes each with a UK national grid reference of the postcode's location in eastings and northings (convertable to lat/long by published formulae) and with the administrative area (country/county/district/ward, plus National Health Service Region and Authority) in which it is located. This is updated quarterly. Similar Postcode data for the devolved province of Northern Ireland is not available as Open Data. The main UK address database (~24m individual addresses) is confusing called the Postcode Address File. This is a subscription-only database privately owned by the Royal Mail. The Open Data User Group have been pressing for its release too - see https://data.gov.uk/blog/dont-sell-our-postcodes-odug-on-why-we-should-have-open-addressing-in-the-uk
Data Availability
Key:
- Yes
- No
- Unsure
- No data
Details
| Date the data became available | April 2010 |
| Format of data | CSV |
| Reviewer | anonymous |
| Submitters | anonymous |
| Last modified | Sun Oct 20 2013 18:07:10 GMT+0000 (UTC) |