Code-Point with Polygons: Postcode Boundaries for Great Britain

Code-Point with polygons provides notional boundary shapes for every postcode unit in Great Britain, including high-rise building floors. The dataset includes positional quality ratings, eastings and northings coordinates, and administrative codes such as NHS health authority codes. It is produced by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Sales territory mapping and analysis based on postcode unit boundaries.
• Market profiling and demographic analysis based on administrative and health authority codes.
• Visualizing location data on maps for presentations based on postcode polygons.
• Statistical aggregation and reporting by geographic postcode unit.

Strengths

• Covers every postcode in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Includes a positional quality rating for each postcode for accuracy assessment.
• Contains polygons for postcode units and data for vertical streets and major buildings.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

unknown

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Great Britain and Northern Ireland