Addresses

The Address database holds addresses for all publicly accessible buildings along with road names, secondary road names and areas.

The features of the Address database are:

• Addresses collected and stored in line with BS7666.
• Address ranges.
• Address gazetteer.
• Address links for buildings and associated land parcel polygons.
• Basic Land and Property Units (BLPUs).
• Retail, residential, commercial and government addresses.
• Geographic location of addresses.
• Postcodes provided as an option.

Benefits

• Detailed address database with location information.
• Maintained in line with Base layer.
• All retail addresses updated on an annual basis.
• Provided in a standard format and structure for use in databases.
• Single addresses, address ranges and expanded addresses enable easy and clear mapping.
• BLPUs provide polygons that relate to all addresses.
• Inferred ownership group.
• Additional ownership and land use information available through other layers.