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Geography
National Records of Scotland
Geography Branch
General Register House, 2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 3YY
GB
geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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WFS
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ESRI Shapefile
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OGC:WMS
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OGC View Service
https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/services/NRS/SPD/MapServer/WFSServer?
OGC:WFS
SPD:PostcodeSectorGridRef
OGC Feature Download Service
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography-products/#
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Postcode Sectors Grid References - Scotland
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NRS_SPD_SectorGridRef
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Postcode sector grid references are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS). Grid references are calculated based on the Royal Mail Delivery Point Count of the postcodes within the postcode sector, while ensuring that the centroid is located inside the boundary. NRS publish these grid references twice a year as part of the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD) which should be considered the definitive source for postcode geographies in Scotland.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Geography
National Records of Scotland
Geography Branch
General Register House, 2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 3YY
GB
geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01T00:00:00
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes
Statistical units
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3
2021-12-06T00:00:00
https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/themes/
statistical data
IPSV Subjects List
2020-11-18T00:00:00
http://id.esd.org.uk/list/subjects
Boundaries
Postcodes
Statistical units
statistical data
Boundaries
Postcodes
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).
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Digital point locations of postcode sectors created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS) as part of the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD).
© National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
1
http://statistics.gov.scot/id/statistical-geography/S92000003
1
GB-SCT
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>Available under the terms of the </SPAN><A href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Open Government Licence</SPAN></A><SPAN>. 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).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/1089
2010-12-08
false
Not conformant.
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 sector are dissolved to create postcode sector boundaries. Grid references are calculated in ESRI desktop GIS tools, ensuring that the centroid is located inside the polygon. As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the district grid references may change as the postcode geographies 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.
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.
959
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Postcode Sectors Grid References - Scotland
Feature Class
959
Scottish postcode district grid references
National Records of Scotland
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objectid
OID
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10
0
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
shape
Geometry
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0
0
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Sector
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0
0
Postcode sector code
National Records of Scotland
Postcode sectors are represented by the outward code (first part of a postcode) plus the first character of the inward code. For example, if the individual postcode is EH12 7TB, then the sector of that postcode is EH12 7.
Easting
easting
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British National Grid easting value
National Records of Scotland
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Northing
northing
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4
10
0
British National Grid northing value
National Records of Scotland
0
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FALSE
959
FALSE
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