Date ( Publication )

2003-02-13

Date ( Creation )

2003-02-13

Identifier

www.nrscotland.gov.uk / FrozenPostcode2001GridReferences

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET INSPIRE ( Theme )

• Statistical Units

Use limitation

no conditions apply

Use limitation

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year), contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

Available under the Ordnance Survey (OS) Open Data Licence (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata/licence)

Denominator

10000

Metadata language

eng English

Topic category

• Boundaries

Geographic identifier

SCT

 

Date ( Revision )

2007-12-13

Reference system identifier

EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.4

Distribution format

• ESRI Arc/View Shapefile (10.0 )

• WMS (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource

National Records of Scotland website  

Geography – 2001 Census Boundaries

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Statement

This dataset contains grid references for the 2001 frozen postcode boundaries.

National Records of Scotland (NRS) create a notional boundary around the address content of a live small user postcode using real world features depicted in Ordnance Survey (OS) Mastermap product for definition. Postcode boundaries cover the entire Scottish land mass. Royal Mail (RM) allocate and maintain postcodes for the purposes of delivering mail, but do not produce the postcode boundary dataset, NRS create this.

Each individual postcode polygon holds a grid reference. Grid references have been assigned by NRS, choosing the building nearest to the centre of the most populous part of the postcode, or the grid reference is from Gridlink®.

Gridlink® is the brand name for the joint approach to creating postcode location products. These products relate unit postcodes to geographic areas such as electoral wards and Primary Care Trusts, and also provide postcode grid references. The Gridlink® consortium comprises the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail, the National Records for Scotland and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

Metadata

File identifier

59bfac4d-fc1e-49f6-ac05-7fc9c59e6591   XML

Metadata language

eng English

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp

2018-02-23

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0