Points of Interest contains around 4 million places across Great Britain that you can visit – for business and pleasure. Each point is classified into one of more than 600 types, so you can identify points by their use and function as well as by their postal address or location. Very useful for insurance companies when assessing risks of individual buildings or for services companies wishing to plan their workload.

Ordnance Survey ® OpenMap - Local Buildings are polygon features that represent a built entity that includes a roof. This is a generalized building and could be made up of an amalgamation of other buildings and structures.Ordnance Survey ® OpenMap - Local Important Buildings are polygon features that represent buildings that fall within the extent of a functional site across England, Wales and Scotland. Important Buildings are classified into a number of building themes such as:Attraction and Leisure - A feature that provides non-sporting leisure activities for the public. Includes Tourist Attractions.Air Transport - This theme includes all sites associated with movement of passengers and goods by air, or where aircraft take off and land. Includes Airport, Helicopter Station, Heliport.Cultural Facility - A feature that is deemed to be of particular interest to society. Includes Museum, Library, Art Gallery.Education facility - This theme includes a very broad group of sites with a common high level primary function of providing education (either state funded or by fees). Includes: Primary Education, Secondary Education, Higher or University Education, Further Education, Non State Secondary Education, Non State Primary Education, Special Needs Education.Emergency Services - Emergency services are organizations which ensure public safety and health by addressing different emergencies. Includes: Fire Station, Police Station.Medical Facility - This theme includes sites which focus on the provision of secondary medical care services. Includes: Medical Care Accommodation, Hospital, Hospice.Religious Building - A place where members of a religious group congregate for worship. Includes: Places of Worship (churches etc.)Retail - A feature that sells to the general public finished goods. Includes: Post OfficeRoad Transport - This theme includes: Bus Stations, Coach Stations, Road user services.Sports and Leisure Facility - A feature where many different sports can be played. Includes: Sports and Leisure CentreWater Transport - This theme includes sites involved in the transfer of passengers and or goods onto vessels for transport across water. Includes: Port consisting of Docks and Nautical Berthing, Vehicular Ferry Terminal, Passenger Ferry Terminal.With OS OpenMap - Local Buildings and Important Buildings you can:Understand your area in detail, including the location of key sites such as schools and hospitals.Share high-quality maps of development proposals to help interested parties to understand their extent and impact.Analyse data in relation to important public buildings, roads, railways, lines and more.Use in conjunction with other layers such as Functional Sites – an area or extent which represents a certain type of function or activity.Present accurate information consistently with other available open data products.The currency of the data is 04/2025

September 2017 OS Code-Point Open for Greater London and London boroughs are downloadable via the links below.

OS Code-Point Open provides a National Grid coodinate for a point within each postcode unit (e.g. SE1 2AA) in Great Britain.There are approximately 1.6 million postcode units in the UK and each contains an average of 15 adjoining addresses. It also contains a number of columns of attributes which provide information about each postcode unit, including local authority area codes down to ward level and National Health Service.

The geographic extent of the Code-Point dataset below has been limited to the Greater London area as well as extracts for the City of London and the 32 London boroughs individually. In addition to conventional CSV file format, the dataset is also available as ESRI shapefile format (.shp) for ease of use with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for visualisation and further analysis.

Key attributes: postcode unit, easting, northing, NHS health authority code and administrative codes

Coverage: Greater London and 33 individual London borough.

Format: Comma separated values (.csv) & Esri shapefile (.shp)

External link: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/code-point-open.html

Polygon layer recording places of interest/tourist attractions in the City. This dataset was created to make mapping of these features easier. Data is created from the Ordnance Survey Mastermap base for the relevant features.

• Name – the name of the relevant building or feature. • UPRN – Unique Property Reference Number.

This is a fixed dataset but can be amended freely according to need.

The dataset comprises maps and aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands. The maps are printers films and final paper printed originals of Falkland Islands OS maps, compiled for the Falkland Islands Government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the Overseas Directorate of the Ordnance Survey. They were discarded by the Ordnance Survey around 2004, and offered to BGS for storage on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government. The Falkland Islands Government retains copyright interest in the maps. There are no access or usage constraints for BGS staff for BGS purposes. The aerial photographs and associated paper overlays represent copies of field slips of geological maps that were compiled by BGS under contract to the Falkland Islands Government. Copyright remains with the Falkland Islands Government , but there are no access or usage constraints for BGS staff for BGS purposes. Access to both datasets are restricted to BGS staff.

This map is a mosaic image comprising of over 50 individual 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 25" to the Mile (1:2500) County Series sheets. These map cover the extent of the AHRC Deep Mapping Estate Archives project boundary straddling the counties of both Flintshire and Denbighshire. These maps were surveyed between 1869-1874. Each map sheet was georeferenced as part of the AHRC's Deep Mapping Estate Archives project in January 2022 using ESRI ArcPro 2.9.1 utilising multi-point georeferencing (around 250-600) control points as well as the spline transformation. Each map has then been mosaiced together into a single images and has been imported into ArcGIS online as a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file and is available for public use under the Non-Commercial Open Government Licence.

Archaeologically Significant Built Heritage in Ireland. Published by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).This contains records taken from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) dataset, updated in 2018 and published from the National Monuments Service Sites and Monuments Record. The ASI has focused on recording monuments dating from before AD 1700, along with more recent sites selected according to their interest or merit. Locations of monuments within 2km of the coastline were extracted from the ASI dataset by Land Use Consultants (LUC).

The records were downloaded from the data source URL in CSV format. The table included latitude/longitude locations for each record. The table was converted into ESRI shapefile and the records within the 2km coastal zone were extracted.

Since its inception in 1963, the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) has focused on recording monuments dating from before AD 1700, along with more recent sites selected according to their interest or merit. A Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) was issued for all counties in the State between 1984 and 1992. The SMR is a manual containing a numbered list of all certain and possible monuments accompanied by 6-inch Ordnance Survey maps (at a reduced scale). An Urban Archaeology Survey was completed in 1995 and contained reports on historic towns dating to before AD 1700 with a view to delineating zones of archaeological potential. Both the SMR and the Urban Archaeological Survey reports were issued to all planning authorities. The SMR formed the basis for issuing the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) - the statutory list of recorded monuments established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. The RMP was issued for each county between 1995 and 1998 in a similar format to the existing SMR. However, the RMP differs from the earlier lists in that, as defined in the Act, only monuments with known locations or places where there are believed to be monuments are included. The large archive and supporting database are managed by the National Monuments Service and the records are continually updated and supplemented as additional monuments are discovered.

Please note that the centre point of each record is not indicative of the geographic extent of the monument. The existing point centroids were digitised relative to the OSI 6-inch mapping and the move from this older IG-referenced series to the larger-scale ITM mapping will necessitate revisions. The accuracy of the derived ITM co-ordinates is limited to the OS 6-inch scale and errors may ensue should the user apply the co-ordinates to larger scale maps. Records that do not refer to 'monuments' are designated 'Redundant record' and are retained in the archive as they may relate to features that were once considered to be monuments but which on investigation proved otherwise. Redundant records may also refer to duplicate records or errors in the data structure of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland....

Ordnance Survey ® OpenMap - Local Functional Sites are polygon features that represent the area or extent of certain types of function or activity across England, Wales and Scotland. Functional Sites are classified into five main themes:

Air Transport - This theme includes all sites associated with movement of passengers and goods by air, or where aircraft take off and land. Includes: Airfield, Airport, Helicopter Station, Heliport. Education - This theme includes a very broad group of sites with a common high-level primary function of providing education (either state funded or by fees). Includes: Primary Education, Secondary Education, Special Needs Education, Non State Primary Education, Further Education, Higher or University Education, Non State Secondary Education Medical Care - This theme includes sites which focus on the provision of secondary medical care services. Includes: Medical Care Accommodation, Hospital, Hospice Road Transport - This theme includes: Bus Stations, Coach Stations, Road user services. Water Transport - This theme includes sites involved in the transfer of passengers and or goods onto vessels for transport across water. Includes: Port consisting of Docks and Nautical Berthing, Vehicular Ferry Terminal, Passenger Ferry Terminal.

With OS OpenMap - Local Functional Sites you can:

Understand your area in detail, including the location of key sites such as schools and hospitals. Share high-quality maps of development proposals to help interested parties to understand their extent and impact. Analyse data in relation to important public buildings, roads, railways, lines and more. Use in conjunction with other layers such as Important Buildings - buildings that fall within the extent of a Functional Site. Present accurate information consistently with other available open data products. The currency of the data is 04/2025

Database of nearest resilience infrastructure from each Scottish postcode, commissioned and funded by the National Centre for Resilience.

Data are in geopackage format, which is curated by the open geospatial consortium. The data format can be read by GDAL, and hence all major analytical and spatial software (e.g. R, Python, QGIS). The database has two main tables:

datazones - a spatial table of boundary polygons. Available from data.gov.uk under the open government licence.

postcode_to_POI - a table of postcode to POI type distances with lookups for a range of administrative boundaries.

An example query (in R) is shown in 10.5281/zenodo.3386179 to access data in the geopackage.

The database was built using the following datasets:

Ordnance Survey Open Roads

Ordnance Survey Code-Point Open

Ordnance Survey Points of Interest

The following copyright licences apply to this dataset:

© Crown Copyright and Database Right 2019. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence). This material includes data licensed from PointX Database Right/Copyright 2019. Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019.

The OS MasterMap Sites Layer dataset is intended to provide a nationally consistent representation of polygon features that represent the operational extent of certain types of function or activity. Additional access and routing points to the sites are provided where discernible.

Sites nationally important for their wildlife or geology

For more information please see our online map Unitary Development Plan 2006.

This data has been derived from Ordnance Survey base mapping. (C) Crown copyright [and database rights] (2019) OS (licence 100023069).

Covering a range of greenspaces in urban and rural areas including playing fields, sports’ facilities, play areas and allotments.What OS Open Greenspace provides you withComprehensive Open dataset of greenspaceFinding greenspaces has never been easier. Britain’s most comprehensive Open dataset of greenspace provides the foundation for you to help create greener and healthier communities.Understand locations and access pointsUnderstand the location of public parks, playing fields, sports facilities, play areas and allotments, along with access points for entering and exiting urban and rural greenspaces.Green communitiesBritain’s most comprehensive Open dataset of greenspaces underpins a range of apps, products and innovations - providing the foundation to help create greener and healthier communities.Planning for healthIncorporated as a layer into SHAPE, the dataset has been used alongside asset location data (GPs, pharmacies, schools) and indicator data (population and deprivation), to help inform and support the strategic planning of services and physical assets across the health economy.Vital in emergenciesA vital tool in helping our emergency services, OS Open Greenspace includes site use and access points, making it quicker to get to emergency situations.

This dataset contains a sample of 10,000 (3.5%) out of a total of 285,846 text sequences extracted from the 1891–1896 Map of London by the Ordnance Survey (OS).

The methodology used for the automated recognition, linking, and sequencing of the text is detailed in the article Recognizing and Sequencing Multi-word Texts in Maps Using an Attentive Pointer by M. Zou et al., 2025.

Description of the content

The map is drawn at a scale of five-feet to the mile (c.a. 1:1,056). The text on the map is an invaluable source of information about the Greater London in the late Victorian period. It includes the names of streets, squares, parks, watercourses and even some estates ('Poplars', 'The Grange', 'Arbutus Lodge'). In addition, the map contains many details of the function of buildings and economic activity, such as factories ('Sweet Factory', 'Crown Linoleum Works', 'Imperial Flour Mills', 'Lion Brewery'), warehouses or commercial infrastructure ('Warehouse', 'Jamaica Wharf', 'Rag Store'), offices ('Offices'), etc. The map also mentions public buildings such as schools ('School Boys, Girls & Infants', 'Sunday School'), hospitals or clinics ('St. Saviour's Union Infirmary', 'Beulah Spa Hydropathic Establishment', 'South Western Fever Hospital'), railway stations ('Clapham Station'), post offices, banks, police stations, etc. Other social venues are also mentioned, such as public houses, i.e. pubs ('P.H.'), clubs, casinos, and recreational areas (e.g. 'Cricket Ground'). Special attention is given to churches, with a regular count of the number of seats (e.g. 'Baptist Chapel Seats for 600').

In addition, the map provides details that can be of great interest in the study of everyday life in London at the end of the 19th century. For example, there are numerous mentions of 'Stables', 'Drinking Fountain's or 'Urinal'[s]. Fire protection infrastructure is highlighted, e.g. fire plugs ('F.P.') and fire alarms ('F.A.'). The map also includes information on elevation (e.g. '11·6') and flood levels (e.g. 'High Water Mark of Ordinary Tides').

A list of abbreviations used in the Ordnance Survey maps, created by Richard Oliver [1], is made available by the National Library of Scotland (link).

Organization of the data

The data in 10k_text_london_OS_1890s.geojson is organized as a regular geojson file.

Example structure

{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [[[ [x1, y1], [x2, y2], ...]]] }, "properties": { "label": "Oxford Circus", } },

... # Further text sequences            

] }

Image documents

The original map document consists of 729 separate sheets, digitized, georeferenced, and served as geographic tiles by the National Library of Scotland [2].

Descriptive statistics

Total Number of text sequences: 285,846Sample size: 10,000Total Area covered: 450 square km

Use and Citation

For any mention of this dataset, please cite :

@misc{text_london_OS_1890s, author = {Zou, Mengjie and Petitpierre, R{\'{e}}mi and di Lenardo, Isabella}, title = {{London 1890s Ordnance Survey Text Layer}}, year = {2025}, publisher = {Zenodo}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14982946}}@article{recognizing_sequencing_2025, author = {Zou, Mengjie and Dai, Tianhao and Petitpierre, R{\'{e}}mi and Vaienti, Beatrice and di Lenardo, Isabella}, title = {{Recognizing and Sequencing Multi-word Texts in Maps Using an Attentive Pointer}}, year = {2025}}

Corresponding author

Rémi PETITPIERRE - remi.petitpierre@epfl.ch - ORCID - Github - Scholar - ResearchGate

License

This project is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Liability

We do not assume any liability for the use of this dataset.

References

Oliver R. (2013). Ordnance Survey maps: A concise guide for historians. The Charles Close Society. London, UK. 3rd Ed. 320 pages

Ordnance Survey, London, five feet to the mile, 1893-1896 (1896), https://maps.nls.uk/os/townplans-england/london-1056-1890s.html, digitized by the National Library of Scotland (NLS)

OS Open Greenspace depicts the location and extent of spaces such as parks and sports facilities that are likely to be accessible to the public. Where appropriate, it also includes access points to show how people get into these sites. Its primary purpose is to enable members of the public to find and access green spaces near them for exercise and recreation. Find out more about the uses and case studies surrounding Greenspace on the dedicated OS Open Greenspace webpage, and technical information about the greenspaces it contains and how to use them in our detailed specification.Who’s using OS Open Greenspace?Innovators - Britain’s most comprehensive Open dataset of greenspaces underpins a range of apps, products and innovations - providing the foundation to help create greener and healthier communities.Public sector (Public Health England) - Incorporated as a layer into SHAPE, the dataset has been used alongside asset location data (GPs, pharmacies, schools) and indicator data (population and deprivation), to help inform and support the strategic planning of services and physical assets across the health economy.Emergency services - A vital tool in helping our emergency services, OS Open Greenspace includes site use and access points, making it quicker to get to emergency situations.

Covering a range of greenspaces in urban and rural areas including playing fields, sports’ facilities, play areas and allotments.What OS Open Greenspace provides you withComprehensive Open dataset of greenspaceFinding greenspaces has never been easier. Britain’s most comprehensive Open dataset of greenspace provides the foundation for you to help create greener and healthier communities.Understand locations and access pointsUnderstand the location of public parks, playing fields, sports facilities, play areas and allotments, along with access points for entering and exiting urban and rural greenspaces.Green communitiesBritain’s most comprehensive Open dataset of greenspaces underpins a range of apps, products and innovations - providing the foundation to help create greener and healthier communities.Planning for healthIncorporated as a layer into SHAPE, the dataset has been used alongside asset location data (GPs, pharmacies, schools) and indicator data (population and deprivation), to help inform and support the strategic planning of services and physical assets across the health economy.Vital in emergenciesA vital tool in helping our emergency services, OS Open Greenspace includes site use and access points, making it quicker to get to emergency situations.

Welcome to the Ordnance Survey Data Download in ArcGIS Online! This is a feature service that enables ArcGIS users to download OS Open Datasets via the ArcGIS Platform. These downloads come from the OS Open Data Hub.OS Terrain® 50: Visualise simple landscapes in 3D and bring your geographic analysis to life.This dataset comes as a Shapefile (.shp), an ASCII Grid and a Geopackage.Download ShapefileDownload ASCII GridDownload GeopackagePlease see here for the Terms Currency: This dataset points to the OS datahub so will be the most current dataset that they have available.

Time series data for Sites of Special Scientific Interest. A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is the land notified as an SSSI under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), as amended. Sites notified under the 1949 Act only are not included in the Data set. SSSI are the finest sites for wildlife and natural features in England, supporting many characteristic, rare and endangered species, habitats and natural features. The data do not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are generally mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

National Monuments Service - Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Published by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).This Archaeological Survey of Ireland dataset is published from the database of the National Monuments Service Sites and Monuments Record (SMR). This dataset also can be viewed and interrogated through the online Historic Environment Viewer: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8

A Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) was issued for all counties in the State between 1984 and 1992. The SMR is a manual containing a numbered list of certain and possible monuments accompanied by 6-inch Ordnance Survey maps (at a reduced scale). The SMR formed the basis for issuing the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) - the statutory list of recorded monuments established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. The RMP was issued for each county between 1995 and 1998 in a similar format to the existing SMR. The RMP differs from the earlier lists in that, as defined in the Act, only monuments with known locations or places where there are believed to be monuments are included.

The large Archaeological Survey of Ireland archive and supporting database are managed by the National Monuments Service and the records are continually updated and supplemented as additional monuments are discovered. On the Historic Environment viewer an area around each monument has been shaded, the scale of which varies with the class of monument. This area does not define the extent of the monument, nor does it define a buffer area beyond which ground disturbance should not take place – it merely identifies an area of land within which it is expected that the monument will be located. It is not a constraint area for screening – such must be set by the relevant authority who requires screening for their own purposes. This data has been released for download as Open Data under the DPER Open Data Strategy and is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Please note that the centre point of each record is not indicative of the geographic extent of the monument. The existing point centroids were digitised relative to the OSI 6-inch mapping and the move from this older IG-referenced series to the larger-scale ITM mapping will necessitate revisions. The accuracy of the derived ITM co-ordinates is limited to the OS 6-inch scale and errors may ensue should the user apply the co-ordinates to larger scale maps. Records that do not refer to 'monuments' are designated 'Redundant record' and are retained in the archive as they may relate to features that were once considered to be monuments but which on investigation proved otherwise. Redundant records may also refer to duplicate records or errors in the data structure of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

This dataset is provided for re-use in a number of ways and the technical options are outlined below. For a live and current view of the data, please use the web services or the data extract tool in the Historic Environment Viewer. The National Monuments Service also provide an Open Data snapshot of its national dataset in CSV as a bulk data download. Users should consult the National Monument Service website https://www.archaeology.ie/ for further information and guidance on the National Monument Act(s) and the legal significance of this dataset.

Open Data Bulk Data Downloads (version date: 23/08/2023)

The Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) is provided as a national download in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format. This format can be easily integrated into a number of software clients for re-use and analysis. The Longitude and Latitude coordinates are also provided to aid its re-use in web mapping systems, however, the ITM easting/northings coordinates should be quoted for official purposes. ERSI Shapefiles of the SMR points and SMRZone polygons are also available The SMRZones represent an area around each monument, the scale of which varies with the class of monument. This area does not define the extent of the monument, nor does it define a buffer area beyond which ground disturbance should not take place – it merely identifies an area of land within which it is expected that the monument will be located. It is not a constraint area for screening – such must be set by the relevant authority who requires screening for their own purposes.

GIS Web Service APIs (live views):

For users with access to GIS software please note that the Archaeological Survey of Ireland data is also available spatial data web services. By accessing and consuming the web service users are deemed to have accepted the Terms and Conditions. The web services are available at the URL endpoints advertised below:

SMR; https://services-eu1.arcgis.com/HyjXgkV6KGMSF3jt/arcgis/rest/services/SMROpenData/FeatureServer

SMRZone; https://services-eu1.arcgis.com/HyjXgkV6KGMSF3jt/arcgis/rest/services/SMRZoneOpenData/FeatureServer

Historic Environment Viewer - Query Tool

The "Query" tool can alternatively be used to selectively filter and download the data represented in the Historic Environment Viewer. The instructions for using this tool in the Historic Environment Viewer are detailed in the associated Help file: https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/HEV_UserGuide_v01.pdf...

The Ordnance Survey Books of Reference (sometimes called 'Area Books', or 'Parish Area Books') were published between 1855-1882 to accompany the Ordnance Survey's 25 inch to the mile maps. They record acreages of each land parcel shown on these maps and usually its land use (for example, categorising this as 'arable', 'houses', 'gardens', 'woodland'). Collectively, they form the earliest, most complete estimate of land-use for the inhabited parts of Scotland in the 19th century. They also are the most complete estimate of the sizes of individual land parcels or fields across Scotland in the 19th century. Many of the Books of Reference record the names of the principal settlements and farms within each parish in a gazetteer at the end of each Book, and for each place, give references to the relevant Ordnance Survey 25 inch map these places fall on.

The OS MasterMap Sites Layer shows you the main points of access to key sites such as schools, hospitals and train stations quickly and easily in emergency situations. You can also identify and reduce the impact of planned works or events on key sites.

Sites Layer provides a detailed view of the extents and access locations of important locations in Great Britain. Airports, schools, universities, hospitals, railway stations, coach and bus stations, ferry terminals and energy production and distributions sites are all represented as polygon features, along with their name, access locations and routing information.