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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/
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ESRI Shapefile
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OGC View Service
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OGC:WFS
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OGC Feature Download
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography-products/#
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Postcode sector boundaries are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS). Postcode </SPAN><SPAN>sectors</SPAN><SPAN> 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. Postcodes that fall within the same sector are dissolved to create postcode sector boundaries. NRS publish these boundaries 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/
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01T00:00:00
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes
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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
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Postcodes
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Statistical units
statistical data
Postcodes
Boundaries
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 boundaries 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
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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. As postcode boundaries are subject to continuous change, the sector boundaries may change as the shape of postcode boundaries are altered. Note that postcode sector boundaries are not coterminous with Local Authority boundaries.
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.
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Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
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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.
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