AddressBase Core: Weekly Updated Addresses for Great Britain with Coordinates

Weekly updates ensure this dataset reflects the latest changes to addressing data for Great Britain. AddressBase Core contains approximately 33 million addresses with coordinates, sourced primarily from local authorities and supplemented with Royal Mail postal data. The dataset includes information on address usage, multiple occupants, and links to Ordnance Survey topographic features.

Use Cases

• Geocoding and reverse geocoding applications based on the coordinates for each address.
• Spatial analysis and service area planning based on the comprehensive coverage of Great Britain.
• Address validation and verification systems based on the legal authority of local authority data.
• Linking property data to other geospatial datasets based on the included OS MasterMap and Integrated Transport Network identifiers.

Strengths

• Contains approximately 33 million addresses with accurate coordinates.
• Primary source is local authority data, which has legal responsibility for address capture in Great Britain.
• Updated weekly, providing high recency for a national-scale dataset.
• Includes additional attributes like address usage classification and links to topographic features.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific ML tasks.
• Coverage is currently limited to full Great Britain only, with user-defined areas planned.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, using local authority data and Royal Mail information.

Collection Method

Compiled from the legal address records maintained by local authorities across Great Britain.

Time Range

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Freshness

Weekly

Geography

Great Britain