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Postcode Districts - Scotland
Postcode district boundaries are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS). Postcode districts are represented by the outward code (first part of a postcode). For example, if the individual postcode is EH12 7TB, then the district of that postcode is EH12. Postcodes that fall within the same district are dissolved to create postcode district boundaries.
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.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2016-03-01
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2025-02-13
- Identifier
- www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_SPD_DistrictBdry
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Biannually
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Statistical units
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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statistical data
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IPSV Subjects List
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Boundaries
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Postcodes
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Other constraints
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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).
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 1250
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Code
- S92000003
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 2025
- End
- 2025
Temporal extent
- Code
- EPSG:4258
- Code
- EPSG:27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version WMS
1.3.0
WFS
2.0.0
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name OGC:WMS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/SPD/MapServer/WMSServer? PostcodeDistrict
OGC:WFS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/SPD/MapServer/WFSServer? SPD:PostcodeDistrict
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography-products/# National Records of Scotland website
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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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 district are dissolved to create postcode district boundaries. As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the district grid references may change as the postcode geographies are altered. Note that postcode district 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 please visit the Geography policies and information notes page of the NRS website https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography-products/geography-policies-and-information-notes/ or contact NRS Geography Customer Services.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 3d64078a-3342-4386-99ba-0abb27e9dbaa XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-03-05T11:27:54.246Z
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Individual name
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Geography
- Organisation name
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National Records of Scotland
- Position name
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Geography Branch
- Delivery point
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General Register House, 2 Princes Street
- City
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Edinburgh
- Administrative area
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Scotland
- Postal code
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EH1 3YY
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
- Role
- Point of contact