Where our place names come from

OS Open Names — the place names, settlements and named features that form the backbone of every print.

OS Open Greenspace — public parks, nature reserves, country parks and other publicly accessible green space.

Office for National Statistics — ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD)
Every postcode we serve, and the coordinates behind it.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Office for National Statistics — ONS UPRN Directory (ONSUD)
Address points, used to work out which street a postcode actually belongs to — the line on a print that narrows it to one door.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains GeoPlace data © Local Government Information House Limited copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Historic England — National Heritage List for England
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments, used to establish which buildings are landmarks in their own right.

Historic England data © Historic England. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.

Cadw (Welsh Government) — listed buildings and scheduled monuments
The Welsh statutory lists, published under section 76 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Historic Environment Scotland — listed buildings and scheduled monuments
The Scottish statutory designations. Categories A, B and C, where Category A is the tier that counts as nationally important.

Historic Environment Scotland designations data © Historic Environment Scotland, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Natural England — designated areas
Ancient woodland, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks — protected landscape polygons used to establish the standing of natural features.

Contains Natural England data © Crown copyright and database right.

Environment Agency — designated bathing waters
The register of designated bathing waters in England, and the Welsh register published alongside it.

Contains Environment Agency information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Scottish Environment Protection Agency — designated bathing waters
The same register for Scotland.

Contains SEPA information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Food Standards Agency — food hygiene rating data
Used only to confirm that a pub or business is currently trading.

Contains Food Standards Agency information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Open Plaques — commemorative plaques, used to say who a place remembers. Open Plaques place no conditions on re-use and ask for no credit; we give one because they should have it.

Data from Open Plaques, released under the Public Domain Dedication and Licence 1.0.

The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.5 — hills, tops and ridges. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

“The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.5” — hill-bagging.co.uk/dobih

Wikidata — used to establish how widely known a place is, and to confirm the English form of a name. Released under CC0; Wikidata claims no rights.