Pharmacy Locations in England with Grid References, 2006

Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) data provides grid-referenced locations for 9,755 pharmacies in England. The dataset, published by Neighbourhood Statistics, represents administrative data from 2006 and shows unique pharmacy locations, not a count of operating pharmacies. The Office for National Statistics is the listed organization.

Use Cases

• Analyzing pharmacy service coverage and accessibility based on geographic point locations.
• Mapping healthcare infrastructure density based on the grid-referenced data.
• Studying the spatial distribution of pharmacies for urban or public health planning.
• Integrating location data with demographic or health outcome datasets for correlation studies.

Strengths

• Contains 9,755 distinct pharmacy location records.
• Provides precise grid references for accurately geo-referenced points.
• Has a defined geographic coverage of England and a specific time coverage of 2006.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Data is from 2006 and may not reflect current pharmacy locations or network changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:56.105947; freshness should be verified

Geography

England