ONSPD Live Postcode Locator Tool (Alpha)

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Dataset information

Country of origin
Updated
2025.12.02 11:34
Created
2017.05.24
Available languages
English
Keywords
Web App, Postcode, ONS Postcode Directory, places, ONSPD
Quality scoring

Dataset description

<p align='center' style='margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-center;'><font face='Arial'><b><font size='5'>ONSPD Postcode Locator Tool (Alpha)</font><br /></b></font><font size='3'><br /></font></p><p align='center' style='text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: small;'>This tool will enable you to locate a postcode from the latest ONS Postcode Directory using the search bar. The tool will also allow you to export the desired ONSPD</span><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: small;'> postcode information as a CSV. Names can be obtained from the link in the information tab. </span></p><p align='center' style='text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: small;'>Please note that this version of the ONSPD contains only the &quot;live&quot; postcodes and current geographies (no historic).</span><br /></p><p align='center' style='margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;; font-size: 14px;'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: small;'><br /></span></p><p align='center' style='margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;;'><span style='font-family: Arial;'><font size='5'><b>INSTRUCTIONS</b></font></span></p><p align='center' style='margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;;'><span style='font-family: Arial;'><font size='5'><b><br /></b></font></span></p><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;'><b><font size='3'>TO SEARCH FOR A POSTCODE:</font></b><br /></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Avenir Light&quot;, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;'><div style='text-align: left;'><span style='background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><b><font size='3'><br /></font></b></span></div><div style='text-align: left;'><div style='text-align: center;'><div style='text-align: left;'><div><span style='background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>1.  Click on the Search Bar.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>2.  Type in a postcode and the tool will zoom to the area required.</div><div><br /></div><div>3.  If a postcode is searched for, a pop-up will display the ONSPD information. </div><div><b><font size='3'><br /></font></b></div><div><b><font size='3'>TO EXPORT THE ONSPD INFORMATION AS A CSV:</font></b></div><div><b><font size='3'><br /></font></b></div><div><span style='background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>1.  Click on the postcode centroid </span></div><div><span style='background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><br /></span></div><div><span style='background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>2.  Click on the ellipsis </span>in the ONSPD Information pop-up and click View in Attribute Table.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3.  Click on Options and click Export All to CSV.</div></div></div></div></div>
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