OS MasterMap Highways Network – Roads
A navigable road network dataset with detailed information about planned roads and roads under construction for Great Britain.
For all highways stakeholders, OS MasterMap Highways Network is data you can trust. It draws on authoritative sources and helps underpin the common operational picture that leads to faster, better decisions.
Comprehensive and authoritative
OS MasterMap Highways Network – Roads combines high-quality, accurately surveyed data with features from the National Street Gazetteer; the Local Highways Authorities road name, numbering and maintenance; the Trunk Road Street Gazetteer collected by Highways England and Welsh Government; and the Scottish Street Gazetteer containing information from Scottish local authorities and Transport Scotland.
Unified highways data
A common highways dataset means a common understanding of the existing network, enabling better decision and policy making.
Unique identifiers
Highly detailed road geometry supplied with essential unique identifiers, including the Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRNs) and Topographic Identifiers (TOIDs), which enable linking and sharing of data against the road and street networks.
Future-proofed data
Get detailed information about planned roads and roads under construction, helping you to better understand the roads of today and the roads of tomorrow.
How to get this product
Access to this product is free for Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) Members. Find out if you are a PSGA Member or download a sample of OS MasterMap Highways Network – Roads by accessing the product page on the OS website, which has links to all of the relevant resources. Alternatively, you can try out the full product by applying for a Data Exploration license.
Visualise OS MasterMap Highways Network – Roads data online
This product is available to try out free online using one of our three sets of sample data (Exeter, Newport and Inverness) through the OS MasterMap Product Viewer:
# Other ways to access this data
OS MasterMap Highways Network data is available through our OS Features API, providing location-based insights combining topography data with buildings, transport, and water layer data to create detailed datasets with a high degree of accuracy. Visit the OS API docs site to unlock programmatic access to rich geospatial data and integrate OS data and services into your applications
Access to OS MasterMap Highways Network data is also available through the OS NGD Transport Theme, providing data that is interoperable with other OS NGD themes, improved data structures, and a data schema designed to be simple to use and interrogate. Users may find OS NGD Transport Theme data more accessible and easier to use with databases and GIS software. Visit the OS NGD docs site to discover how to access the OS NGD and learn what's available to users.
What's next?
To access additional documentation and resources relating to this product, please refer to the following:
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