Postcode Point Locator Data UK

  • Projection: National Grid
  • Filetype: ASCII Text CSV file
  • Revision Date: August 2011

Graticule supplies Postcode Point Locator Data UK with a comprehensive list of postcodes with their point location specified in Easting and Northing co-ordinates in the National Grids of Great Britain and Ireland and in Longitude and Latitude co-ordinates in the World Referencing System.

The Postcode Points Locator Data UK can optionally have additional fields such as Country (England,Scotland or Wales), National Health Service Region and Area Code and Local Government County, District and Ward codes.

Graticule's Postcode Point Locator Data UK provides a compprehensive list of all postcodes in the UK (excluding Post Office Box Postcodes). It is widely used for applications involving mapping of contact addresses in applications such as Graticule's PostcodeAnalyst 3 Software, AptMap Software and PostcodeCalculator 2 and 3 software.  The geo-coded postcodes facilitate measuring straight-line or driving distances and deriving estimates of off-peak driving time between postcodes.

Some examples of applications include locating contractors and clients on the basis of proximty by road; mapping and analysis of customers (or students, patients, cinema visitors, etc. ) home addresses about outlet such as cash and carry depots, hypermarkets, supermarkets, medical practices, schools, colleges and universities; mapping hazard and risk analysis for insurance, financial and environmental services; site location analysis for retailing based on computing driving distances, driving times and evaluation of accessibility, catchment area and population and lifestyle analysis using geodemographic data by postcode sectors and  contacts address postcodes.

Postcode Point Locator Data UK is supplied in several formats to meet the requirements of clients:

1. ASCII Text Comma Separated Value (CSV) format;
2. ArcGIS Shapefile format;
3. MapInfo Tab format

Example of Postcode Point Locator Data UK files:

Features 
Postcode Data
Up-to-date geo-coded postcode data of UK with Easting and Northing co-ordinates in the National Grid and Longitude and Latitude co-ordinates in WGS84 model of earth.
Benefits 
Comprehensive set of Postcodes
Up-to-date set of full postcodes with one update supplied with annual licences for use of the data,