National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Latest) Centroids
This file contains the centroids of the latest (February 2020) National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) for the United Kingdom. Persistent URL for CSV - http://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/055c2d8135ca4297a85d624bb68aefdb0.csv (File Size - 923 MB) N.B. This file is intended to be downloaded as a CSV spreadsheet. It is TOO LARGE to be downloaded as a shapefile. REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Postcodes/NSPLLatest/MapServer/exts/InspireView REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Postcodes/NSPL_Latest/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownload.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%0/100
Never successfully verified.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%17/100
1 of 6 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%0/100
No machine-actionable signals detected yet.
Data access
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