Register of Geographic Codes (November 2020) for the UK

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Dataset information

Country of origin
Updated
2025.08.11 07:50
Created
2022.07.20
Available languages
English
Keywords
Register of Geographic Codes, NOV_2020, RGC, PRD_RGC, ZIP File, PRD_OTH, 2020, United Kingdom
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Dataset description

<span style='font-family: Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;'>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='font-family: Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;'> The RGC should be used in conjunction with the Code History Database, available to download separately.</span><div><span style='font-family: Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;'><br /></span></div><div><span style='font-family: Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;'><div style='color: rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family: &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;'><b><span style='text-indent: -18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Updates to the Parent Codes for ONS owned and Live instances:</span></b></div><div style='color: rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family: &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;'><div style='text-indent: -24px;'><font color='#000000'><b><br /></b></font></div><div><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>MSOAs (E02) with Local Authority District (2011) Code.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>EERs (E15), Registration Districts (E28), Travel to Work Areas (E30), Built-up Areas (E34) with Country.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Census Merged Wards (E36) with Census Merged LADs.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Census Merged LADs (E41) and Census Merged Counties (E42) with Country.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Non-Civil Parished Areas (E43) with Local Authority Code.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Local Planning Authorities (E60) and Greater London Authority (E61) with Region.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Travel to Work Areas (K01) with England and Wales (K04000001).</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Built-up Areas (K05) with England and Wales (K04000001).</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Travel to Work Areas (N12) and Local Planning Authorities (N13) with Country.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Travel to Work Areas (S22) and Local Planning Authorities (S44) with Country.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Registration Districts (W20), Travel to Work Areas (W22), Built-up Areas (W37) with Country.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Census Merged Wards (W39) with Census Merged LADs.</span></p><p style='margin-left: 72pt;'><span style='font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;'>Census Merged LADs (W40) and Local Planning Authorities (W43) with Country.</span></p></div></div></span></div>
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