ONSPD Online: UK Postcode Centroids Including Live and Terminated Codes

Digital vector centroids for every live and terminated postcode in the United Kingdom, sourced from the National Statistics Postcode Directory. The dataset contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-06-17.

Use Cases

• Calculate distances between UK locations based on postcode centroids.
• Map service coverage or customer distribution across the UK using postcode geography.
• Perform spatial joins between postcode areas and other geographic datasets.
• Analyze historical postcode changes by including terminated postcode centroids.

Strengths

• Covers every live and terminated postcode in the United Kingdom.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources Ordnance Survey and ONS.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As at May 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 21:01:02.322820; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom