Scottish Postcode Directory - Postcode Sectors

While Royal Mail (RM) allocate and maintain postcodes for the purposes of delivering mail, National Records of Scotland (NRS) create and maintain digital postcode geographies to support the production of high quality statistics. This dataset provides the digital boundaries of postcode sectors which are the next hierarchical level above the individual postcode, represented by the outward code plus the first character of the inward code. For example, if the individual postcode is EH12 7TB, then the sector of that postcode is EH12 7. NRS publish these boundaries twice a year as part of the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD) which should be considered the definitive source for postcode geographies in Scotland.
 
Citation proposal
. Scottish Postcode Directory - Postcode Sectors. National Records of Scotland https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/02460955-8067-45ce-808c-c9a2de061a14

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Date ( Creation )
2016-03-16
Date ( Revision )
2020-04-15
Identifier
www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_SPD_SectorBdry

  Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency
biannually Biannually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Statistical units
IPSV - Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary version 2
  • Postcodes
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use limitation
The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
Denominator
1250
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Supplemental Information
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/geography/Products/postcode-bkgrd-info.pdf
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.4
Distribution format
  • WMS (1.3.0 )

  • WFS (2.0.0 )

  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

OnLine resource
Postcode Sector Boundaries  

OGC View Service

OnLine resource
Postcode_Sector_Boundaries  

OGC Feature Download Service

OnLine resource
National Records of Scotland website  

Geography – Scottish Postcode Directory

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dataset Dataset
Statement

National Records of Scotland (NRS) delineate notional boundaries around address content of live small user postcodes utilising real world features depicted in Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap® product. Postcodes that fall within the same sector are dissolved to create postcode sector boundaries. As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the sector boundaries may change as the shape of postcode boundaries are altered. Note that postcode sector boundaries are not coterminous with Local Authority boundaries.

This dataset is formally issued twice a year as part of National Records of Scotland’s Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD). In addition to postcode geographies, the SPD contains a database detailing the higher geographies that each postcode is assigned to. NRS produce two versions of the SPD, one containing Royal Mail Delivery Point information and another without. If you require delivery point information please contact customer services.

For more information on the postcode geography please see background note at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/geography/Products/postcode-bkgrd-info.pdf or contact NRS Geography.

Metadata

File identifier
02460955-8067-45ce-808c-c9a2de061a14   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-04-14
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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