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OS Names API

Overview

A free, searchable, reliable database to help you find and verify populated places, road names, road numbers and postcodes. OS Names API is a reliable way of supporting the discovery or identification and visualisation of a named place; geocoding; routing and navigation, and linking diverse information such as statistics or descriptions. OS Names can locate a feature using just its name, or it can find the closest location to a given point.

Usage licence

https://osdatahub.os.uk/legal/termsConditions

Documentation

OS Names API documentation

Endpoint

https://api.os.uk/search/names/v1

Contact

Ordnance Survey - <osdatahubenquiries@os.uk>

Geographic area

England, Scotland, Wales

Start date

01 Jul 2020