NUTS Level 3: UK Administrative Region Names and Codes for January 2018

January 2018 snapshot of Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) Level 3 codes and names for the United Kingdom. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and was last updated on the platform in July 2026. It includes fields for a feature ID, a 5-character NUTS code, and a 70-character region name.

Use Cases

• Geospatial joins and aggregations based on the standardized NUTS3 codes.
• Mapping and visualizing UK administrative regions based on the provided names and codes.
• Linking other datasets to UK regions using the NUTS318CD field as a common key.
• Validating or standardizing regional data entries against the official NUTS3 nomenclature.

Strengths

• Provides official, standardized codes from the UK's national statistics office.
• Includes a specific temporal snapshot (as of 1 January 2018) for consistent historical analysis.
• Offers data in multiple formats (CSV, GEOJSON, ESRI REST) for different use cases.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a single point in time (January 2018); more recent boundaries may exist.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled and published as part of official UK geographic statistics.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 1 January 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:55.430603; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom