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Geography Branch
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Edinburgh
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Where re-use is permitted, the following attribution statements from us must be incorporated into the form of any other required acknowledgement needed to be used under that authorisation: © Crown copyright and database rights (insert year) (organisation covered by Crown copyright) – i.e. “© Crown copyright and database rights (insert year) National Records of Scotland”.
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© National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
2022-11-29T00:00:00
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:GB
2026-03-09T00:00:00
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset is being made available for your personal, non-commercial use under the terms of the</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><A href="https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/licensing/inspire-end-user-licence.pdf" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>INSPIRE End User Licence</SPAN></A><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>because it includes Ordnance Survey (OS) Licensed data. By viewing and or downloading this dataset you will have been deemed to have accepted the terms of this licence. You may not sub-license, distribute, sell or otherwise make available any part of this dataset to third parties (including others within your business), except where expressly authorised in writing by us (the Licensor) and OS (for example, by having a valid licence for the data used in the creation of this dataset).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Where re-use is permitted, the following attribution statements from us must be incorporated into the form of any other required acknowledgement needed to be used under that authorisation: © Crown copyright and database rights (insert year) (organisation covered by Crown copyright) – i.e. “© Crown copyright and database rights (insert year) National Records of Scotland”.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>For more information, PSGA members should look at the public sector licensing guidance at https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/public-sector-geospatial-agreement or contact OS via https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/contact-us.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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National Records of Scotland (NRS) delineate a notional boundary around address content of a live small user postcode utilising real world features depicted in Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap® product. Each postcode boundary is assigned a grid reference (or centroid) by NRS, choosing either the building nearest to the centre of the most populous part of the postcode, or the grid reference from Gridlink® - the brand name for the joint approach to creating postcode location products that relate unit postcodes to geographic areas (e.g. Electoral Wards, Health Boards, etc.). As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the grid references may change as the content and shape of the postcode boundaries are altered.
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.
Note the published version of the SPD does not include Royal Mail information on Delivery Point Count (DPC), Delivery Point Count Non-Residential (DPCNR) or Household Count (HC). Those interested in this information should enquire with NRS Geography 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.
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