Data source
Scottish Postcode Directory: census 2022 localities
Published by National Records of Scotland. The town or village each Scottish postcode is in: its census 2022 locality.
The copy we hold
- CoversScotland
- Our copyScottish Postcode Directory 2026/2, loaded 20 October 2026
- How oftenLoaded again by hand when the publisher puts out a new release
- LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
How we use it
ONS names built-up areas for England and Wales only. A Scottish town or village here is the census 2022 locality National Records of Scotland gives its postcodes in the Scottish Postcode Directory 2026/2: 656 localities over 134,748 postcodes. A postcode outside every locality is in no town here. Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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The credit it asks for
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
It is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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