Register of Geographic Codes (December 2017) for the UK

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Dataset information

Catalog
Office for National Statistics catalog
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Updated
2025.08.11 07:50
Created
2022.07.20
Available languages
English
Keywords
Other Products, PRD_RGC, 2017, DEC_2017, RGC, Register of Geographic Codes
Datasource
Official portal for European data link
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Dataset description

<span style='line-height: 26.35px;'>The Register of Geographic Codes (RGC) is a key product that contains the definitive list of UK statistical geographies. ONS maintains the definitive set of statistical geographies, coordinates the issue of new codes, and maintains the relationship between active and archived code ranges on behalf of the Government Statistical Service.</span><span style='line-height: 26.35px;'> The RGC should be used in conjunction with the Code History Database, available to download separately.</span><div><span style='line-height: 26.35px;'><br /></span></div><div><span style='line-height: 26.35px;'><p style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;mso-list:none; tab-stops:36.0pt'><b><span style='color:windowtext'>Updated Geographies</span></b></p> <p><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:windowtext'>·<span style='font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>      </span></span>New entity for County Electoral Divisions (E58) </p> <p><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:windowtext'>·<span style='font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>      </span></span>Updates to Electoral Wards in England (E05), Clinical Commissioning Groups in England (E38) (name changes) and Waste Authorities in England (E50).</p></span></div>
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