National Street Gazetteer: Authoritative Street Data for England and Wales

The National Street Gazetteer is the authoritative reference dataset of streets within England and Wales. It is regularly updated by 175 highway authorities with Additional Street Data such as road centre lines, ownership details, and traffic restrictions. The dataset is maintained by Geoplace and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Plan street works and maintenance schedules based on street ownership and reinstatement requirements.
• Model traffic flow and routing based on direction of travel and vehicle restriction data.
• Manage infrastructure assets using authoritative road centre line geometry and associated attributes.

Strengths

• Authoritative dataset maintained in line with British Standard 7666(2006).
• Regularly updated by 175 distinct highway authorities across England and Wales.
• Includes Additional Street Data (ASD) such as height, weight, and width restrictions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its coverage of only England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Geoplace

Collection Method

Compiled and regularly updated by 175 highway authorities across England and Wales.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 15:39:09.728035; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales