Ordnance Survey Code-Point
Prices start from £5
Features and benefits
Code-Point provides a precise geographical location for each postcode unit in Great Britain. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has approximately 46 000. Each postcode unit, such as KY12 8UP or PO14 2RS, contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses.
Code-Point is a Gridlink® product. Gridlink is an initiative involving a number of government agencies that have cooperated to improve the consistency and quality of spatially referenced, postcode-based data.
- An economical planning or marketing tool for users not requiring individual addresses.
- Includes National Health Service and local government area codes down to ward level.
- Geographical location for Code-Point is taken from Ordnance Survey's ADDRESS-POINT® product.
Suggested applications
- Market analysis and profiling
- Statistical analysis
- Crime pattern analysis
- Epidemiology
- Resource allocation
- Sales targeting
- Route planning
Key Points
| Mapping type | A tabular listing provided in csv format |
|---|---|
| Style | Indicative delivery points for each specific postcode |
| Used in | Analysis of: Market analysis and profiling; Statistical analysis; Crime pattern analysis; Epidemiology; Resource allocation; Sales targeting; Route planning |
| Can be put into | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for analysis |
| Combinations | Combine with base mapping to give geographical bearing |
| Available as | CSV file |
| Cannot | Be used without appropriate software and preferably background mapping |
| Also consider | Code-Point with polygons for an indication of the area included in each postcode |
