ONS UPRN Directory User Guide: Methodology and Data Quality Documentation
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Description
A 350 KB user guide for the ONS UPRN Directory, published in August 2022. The guide, provided by the Government Digital Service, details directory content, data currency, and the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes. It includes information on data formats, quality, limitations, and recent changes impacting the data.
Use Cases
Understand the methodology for assigning geographic areas to postcodes based on the guide's detailed annexes.
Assess data quality and limitations for integration projects based on the documented quality information.
Review recent changes impacting the directory data to ensure temporal consistency in analyses.
Strengths
Includes a detailed user guide covering methodology, data quality, and limitations.
Provides both PDF and ODT versions of the documentation for accessibility.
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.
Provenance
Source
Government Digital Service
Collection Method
Methodology for assigning areas to postcodes is described in the user guide.
Time Range
August 2022
Freshness
Last updated 2025-08-11 07:59:57; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Likely United Kingdom, based on ONS (Office for National Statistics) reference.
The listed file is a user guide (HTML/PDF/ODT), not the actual dataset. The underlying data must be sourced separately.