ONS Address Directory for the United Kingdom, January 2017

An address directory for the United Kingdom published by the Office for National Statistics in January 2017. The dataset is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on the platform in July 2026. Its specific content and structure require inspection after download.

Use Cases

• Validate and standardize UK postal addresses based on the official directory.
• Perform geocoding and spatial analysis of UK locations based on address data.
• Support demographic or economic research by linking addresses to other statistical data.
• Build or test address lookup services for applications targeting the UK market.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Available under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 open license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

January 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:09.935301; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom