Postcodes, Place Names and Road Numbers - Great Britain: Open Names

## Introduction

OS Open Names is a comprehensive dataset of place names, roads numbers and postcodes for Great Britain. The data contains accurate and current settlement names, road names and numbers, postcodes and their locations, with additional contextual information and links to other datasets.

Coverage: Great Britain

Format: Vector

Scale: 1:1 250 to 1:10 000

Update Cycle: Quarterly in January, April, July, October.

Last Updated: January 2025

Release Note: [https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/addressing-and-location/os-open-names/release-notes/january-2025](https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/addressing-and-location/os-open-names/release-notes/january-2025)

## What's in this product?

Open Names: Provides basic information about identifiable places (i.e. named places). The names are divided into themes based on type and local type classification values. The data contains accurate and current settlement names, road names and numbers, postcodes and their locations, with additional contextual information and links to other datasets.

## What is its value?

Open Names creates value for customers in a variety of ways including:

1. Let your customer-facing staff find places quickly when talking to callers. OS Open Names provides the accurate locations of streets and postcodes in Great Britain.
2. Quickly look up places and roads with two names. OS Open Names contains place name data in English and their Welsh, Scots or Gaelic alternatives. This can help tourism and hospitality businesses support visitors by offering bilingual guides.

## Case Studies

Helping map and name archaeological sites for Historic England [https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/customers/case-studies/aerial-map-archaeological-sites](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/customers/case-studies/aerial-map-archaeological-sites)

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

OS Open Names是一个针对英国的综合数据集，包含准确且最新的定居点名称、道路名称与编号、邮政编码及其位置信息，并提供额外上下文和与其他数据集的链接。该数据集以矢量格式提供，覆盖大不列颠地区，每季度更新一次，可用于快速定位地点和支持双语地名查询，助力客户服务和旅游业。