This is the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) for the United Kingdom as at February 2024 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. This file contains the multi CSVs so that postcode areas can be opened in MS Excel. To download the zip file click the Download button. The ONSPD relates both current and terminated postcodes in the United Kingdom to a range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other area geographies. It also links postcodes to pre-2002 health areas, 1991 Census enumeration districts for England and Wales, 2001 Census Output Areas (OA) and Super Output Areas (SOA) for England and Wales, 2001 Census OAs and SOAs for Northern Ireland and 2001 Census OAs and Data Zones (DZ) for Scotland. It now contains 2021 Census OAs and SOAs for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It helps support the production of area-based statistics from postcoded data. The ONSPD is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The ONSPD is issued quarterly. (File size - 231 MB) Please note that this product contains Royal Mail, Gridlink, LPS (Northern Ireland), Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

This file contains the National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) for the United Kingdom as at November 2024 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. To download the zip file click the Download button. The NSPL relates both current and terminated postcodes to a range of current statutory geographies via ‘best-fit’ allocation from the 2021 Census Output Areas (national parks and Workplace Zones are exempt from ‘best-fit’ and use ‘exact-fit’ allocations) for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It supports the production of area-based statistics from postcoded data. The NSPL is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The NSPL is issued quarterly. (File size - 191 MB).N.B. From the next release (February 2025) this will be known simply as the National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL).[10/12/2024: Updated to correct county codes for all UAs in England to pseudo code E99999999.]

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This data set is useful for Poland postal code mapping to counties and states. Currently, Poland has postal codes assigned to more than one county and state.

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What's inside is more than just rows and columns. Make it easy for others to get started by describing how you acquired the data and what time period it represents, too. PL_POSTAL_CODE_CS file has a unique mapping of postal code to counties and state. Postal codes referring to more than one county and state are mapped to county and state which are having higher unique postal codes. pl_state_district_mapping file had a complete list of postal codes to counties and state, including duplicates.

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Historical Data

A lookup between postcodes and postcode sectors, postcode districts, postcode areas and 2021 Census Output Areas as at August 2022 in England and Wales (File size 13MB).

A lookup between postcodes and postcode sectors, postcode districts and postcode areas as at March 2021 in England and Wales (File size 5MB).

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Code-Point® precisely locates 1.7 million postcode units in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Each unit contains an average of 15 adjoining addresses. For direct marketers, Code-Point® helps you maximise your response rates by targeting customers in the best postcodes for your offering. Code-Point is a powerful insights tool. It shows up geographical hot-spots so you can target local action on, for example, petty crime or disease outbreaks. We give you the split between residential and commercial addresses in each postcode. This lets you work out which areas to target for services like business broadband. Code-Point provides a precise geographical location for each postcode unit in the United Kingdom. It also contains additional information, for example, NHS region and area codes, local government county, district and ward codes, PO boxes and the total number of addresses, both domestic and non-domestic, in each postcode unit. Code-Point includes Gridlink® data. Gridlink is a consortium initiative involving a number of government agencies that have cooperated to improve the consistency and quality of spatially referenced, postcode-based data.

Directory for the PR2 postcode district in Ashton On Ribble, Lancashire, compiled by Ardmore Stone to support local service coverage, postcode lookup, and location-based planning.

Official UK police crime data by postcode, including crime types, locations, and outcomes

Swedish postcodes and their coordinates

This data is a list of address coordinates along with the address postcode. The data has been extracted from the dataset Belägenhetsadress Nedladdning, vektor from the APIs of the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (*Lantmäteriet). All other metadata has been removed. If you reuse it, you need to mention that it comes from Lantmäteriet, to comply with the original license (CC-BY 4.0). Thanks to the EU High Value… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/PierreMesure/swedish_postcodes.

Postal Codes of Elbert County, Colorado. These postal code areas have been updated to match both Postal Carrier routes and Elbert County parcel boundaries.

This is an open API type data that provides information on the postal code (district) of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family's business support portal. The open data can be used to check the serial number, postal code (district), city/province, city/county/district, town/village/dong, and street address. By providing data on administrative districts such as city/province, city/county/district, town/village/dong, it can be used to design customized support policies that reflect regional characteristics when establishing policies related to women and families. In particular, information at the city/county/district and town/village/dong level can precisely identify welfare needs in specific regions and contribute to increasing the effectiveness of policy execution by enabling efficient budget allocation and resource allocation.

A view layer used for sharing postal code boundaries in the Jackson County Open Data Hub.

Directory for the FY7 postcode district, covering Fleetwood and Rossall in Lancashire. Compiled by Ardmore Stone to support local service mapping, postcode lookup, and SEO targeting across the northern Fylde coast.

This dataset is a modelled dataset, describing the predicted population of cats per postcode district (e.g. YO41). This dataset gives the lower estimate for population for each district, and was generated as part of the delivery of commissioned research. The data contained within this dataset are modelled figures, based on lower 95th percentile national estimates for pet population, and available information on Veterinary activity across GB. The data are accurate as of 01/01/2015. The data provided are summarised to the postcode district level. Further information on this research is available in a research publication by James Aegerter, David Fouracre & Graham C. Smith, discussing the structure and density of pet cat and dog populations across Great Britain.

The maps below show the population of the UK in 2022, at country, region, county and postcode sector level. The maps also provide information about the relative wealth, education and employment of people living in different areas.This map shows different countries of the UK.

NOTE: This dataset is or has been derived from 3rd party data supplied by Ordnance Survey. Please follow the link provided to determine any licensing conditions and restrictions that may exist. Code-Point provides a precise geographical location for each postcode unit in the United Kingdom. It also contains additional information, for example, PO boxes and the total number of addresses, both domestic and non-domestic, in each postcode unit. Code-Point includes Gridlink® data. Gridlink is a consortium initiative involving a number of government agencies that have cooperated to improve the consistency and quality of spatially referenced, postcode-based data. For further information, please see: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/code-point.html Supplier's metadata record: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/3a8dc9d0-59d0-4306-b2d4-1af246e94774/code-point

Directory for the PR2 postcode district in Brookfield, Lancashire, compiled by Ardmore Stone to support local service coverage, postcode lookup, and location-based planning.

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