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Points of Interest Product Information

This document contains additional theoretical information related to Points of Interest. All users will find the Product Information document useful and informative.

This product information document describes the main features of the product, suggests how customers can use the data and explains how the data is supplied. Everyone reading this document will gain an understanding of the key concepts of the data and the benefits an organisation can obtain from using it within location-based applications.

The Points of Interest product is a comprehensive location-based directory of all public and privately owned businesses, educational institutions and leisure services in Great Britain. It contains over four million records, which are sourced and quality-checked from over a hundred leading listing suppliers. It’s updated four times a year, so you’ll always be working with current information.

Product applications

For the public sector, Points of Interest lets you identify gaps in services and analyse changes in city centre retail space over time. This helps you to maintain a quality environment for residents, shoppers and visitors.

Using the Points of Interest product, you can:

Identify places by their use and function as well as by their postal address or location. Each record also contains a telephone number, web address and brand, where appropriate.
See commercial addresses for organisations across Great Britain, including phone numbers and web URLs for major businesses. Over 45% of Points of Interest records are businesses.
Use the detailed company classifications linked to addresses to conduct detailed competitor and site analysis to help you identify the potential location of your next high street outlet.
Access information on the following themes: accommodation, eating and drinking, commercial services, attractions, sport and entertainment, education and health, public infrastructure, manufacturing and production, retail and transport.

As each feature is provided with a national grid coordinate, it can be visualised as points on a map using a geographical information system (GIS).

Common applications for which customers are already using Points of Interest include:

Citizen information services
Distribution and provision of facilities and infrastructure
Emergency planning
Location-based services
Tourism

Each feature comes with a set of attributions that can be manipulated and analysed within a GIS or database so that customers can customise the data and learn more about the facilities within their chosen geographic areas.

Roles and responsibilities

Points of Interest is created and maintained by PointX, an independent company in the joint ownership of Ordnance Survey and Landmark Information Group. Ordnance Survey is the sole ‘data only’ distributor for Points of Interest.

PointX collects data from around 140 suppliers, including Ordnance Survey. It receives updates from these suppliers on an ongoing basis. The suppliers are chosen for being the most authoritative source for the particular type of feature they supply, and for the quality and completeness of their data. It should be noted however, that for many types of features there are no absolute definitive source, nor can any list of the types of features found in Points of Interest be said to be complete. Points of Interest therefore comes with a number of indicators as to the likely currency and positional accuracy of any given set, which should be taken into consideration when using the data.

PointX runs verification checks, provides National Grid coordinates, and classifies each feature. The data is sent quarterly to Ordnance Survey who distributes it to customers. Ordnance Survey manages the customer relationship.

The suppliers are responsible for providing the data to PointX in a manner and timescale agreed between them.

Coverage

Coverage is Great Britain.

Product supply mechanism and file size

Points of Interest customer orders are currently supplied via a Secure URL. The current size of a full supply is about 1Gb.

Product update schedule

Points of Interest is supplied to customers quarterly in March, June, September and December, incorporating any updates made by the revision programme.

Using Points of Interest

The primary use of Points of Interest is to allow identification of different facilities, resources or functions within the built and natural environment.

Points of Interest data can be used within a table format, such as a spreadsheet or a database, to create gazetteer or list-type applications that allow people to search for a particular facility or resource. These applications make use of the attributes supplied for each feature and depend on the application system having a searching or querying facility that the customer can supply with search criteria.

To achieve the greatest possible value from the data, it is best viewed and analysed within a GIS. The combination of Points of Interest with topographic mapping gives context to the features, which cannot be derived from using it within a table or spreadsheet. Depending on the functionality of the GIS, it also provides the opportunity to:

Group the features into other subsets of data.
Combine the data with your own complementary datasets or with other Ordnance Survey products.
Customise the appearance of the Points of Interest features to suit your requirements. To get customers started, Ordnance Survey provides a suggested set of symbols, which are available from the Links and downloads section of the Points of Interest Product Support page on the OS website.
Extend the queries on the attributes by using a spatial element.

Viewing the data

Points of Interest can be displayed within a GIS by using the Easting and Northing coordinates to display each feature’s geographic location as a point. The National Grid coordinates that accompany each feature allows it to be displayed as a point, in its correct position with regards to the National Grid and any other map based on the same reference system.

The simplest way to display the product is to render all points with a single colour and shape, as shown below. These can then be labelled with the classification code to understand what each point represents. By providing the context of the physical environment within which the Points of Interest features exist can add another dimension of meaning to the data. It allows a spatial understanding of the features to develop.

Points of Interest is completely customisable in terms of the way you choose to symbolise the points. The way in which the data appears on a screen is likely to be a combination of your wishes and the functionality of the system being used to display the points.

Styling the data

Most GIS have tools that provide options for rendering data on screen. Ordnance Survey has developed a set of symbols to use with the Points of Interest dataset, so that customers can render the data very quickly. This suggested set of symbols is available to view and download from the Links and downloads section of the Points of Interest Product Support page on the OS website.

Using a symbol set that makes use of Category level of classification means that the viewer can understand the information quickly. Comparing the figures above showing Points of Interest data rendered with a set of the supplied symbols, it is possible to get an idea of the range and type of features that are in this area without querying the attribution.

The symbol sets are supplied in:

Black and white bitmaps
Colour bitmaps
TrueType font

Refer to the Points of Interest symbology page for the colour symbols for the 52 available categories and their classes.

Backdrop mapping

The real benefits of Points of Interest within a GIS can be seen when displaying the features over some backdrop mapping. This adds real-world context to the features. Points of Interest features are best used in combination with a large-scale product such as OS VectorMap Local, an example of which is used in the 1:3 000 image below. This allows both clarity and the ability to derive additional value from both products. A slightly smaller scale backdrop, such as OS VectorMap District, can also provide the necessary context. An example is shown below.

Whilst it is possible to view the data at any scale, the smaller the scale, the harder it is to see what real- world feature the point represents. There are problems of points either being difficult to distinguish from each other or, if they are set to enlarge as the map is zoomed out, they can disappear behind each other, as shown in the VectorMap District 1:10 000 image.

Classification

Classification provides structure to the data which helps when storing it. It provides a way of ordering the data, a means of visualising it, and a way for customers to find the features they are interested in quickly.

Points of Interest has its own classification scheme with each feature assigned to a Class within the system. The classification is central to the Points of Interest dataset as it provides a hierarchical structure to the data that makes it efficient to store in a computer system and easier to search. It also provides a means of subdividing the data so that customers can order only the features they want.

The classification was created by PointX. It is designed to be comprehensive, intuitive and easy to use. It provides the necessary level of detail to be useful and flexible without being so complex that it becomes difficult to use the product in applications. There are three levels of classification: Group, Category and Class.

Level 1 comprises nine Groups and provides the broadest categorisation. Level 2 comprises 52 Categories which are broken down into more than 600 Classes to form the third level of the classification scheme. This is the most specific level of classification. The full classification is given in a separate Classification Scheme page. Over the life of the product, some Classes have been changed, added or merged with other classes, which is why numbers in the tables are not sequential.

Having three levels of classification enables customers to make general searches. For example, at the Group level, education and health, specific searches at the Category level, such as primary, secondary and tertiary education, or specialist searches, such as special schools and colleges, at the Class level.

You can order Points of Interest at either the Group or the Category level. Features are allocated a classification based on either:

A classification provided by the original data supplier.
Where no classification is provided, PointX uses its experience and understanding of the dataset itself, or elements within it, to allocate a classification.

Classifications make it easy to use database or GIS tools to search, analyse and display features based on their Class. When used in conjunction with the attribution, it is possible to compile, for instance, a list of the names and addresses of estate agents within a given geographic area. In the figure below, the classification has been utilised to display all Bus Stops within an area using the classification code 10590732.

This breaks down as:

Group: 10 = Transport Category: 59 = Bus Transport Class: 0732 = Bus Stops

The structure of Points of Interest can be described as relational in nature. Each Group has one or more Categories below it. Each Category in turn has one or more Classes related to it. This type of structure is used extensively in database management technologies as it provides a way of storing the data in a way that reduces the amount of space required and speeds up the retrieval of information. Having this classification, therefore, provides an opportunity to store the data in an efficient way.

Data measures and data sources

Supplier data is supplied to PointX in a wide variety of formats. Some of the data is supplied without grid references and specific attribution, therefore efforts are made to supply this data. The success of this identification is measured by the accuracy flags such as positional accuracy and match indicators.

Positional accuracy

Ordnance Survey data and specialised geocoding software is used to achieve positional accuracy and to provide a confidence level indicator for each record. Data that cannot be given coordinates due to insufficient location or address detail are not supplied in the Product. It is very important that customers take the positional accuracy value of the feature into account when using it in applications.

The positional accuracy falls into one of the following categories:

Positioned to the address or location, usually within the building footprint.
Positioned to an adjacent address or location for non-addressable features.
Positioned to the road within the address or location.
Positioned within the geographical locality.

Typically, most records are positioned on or adjacent to the address or location of the feature. A very small proportion of records are positioned to the road within the address or location, or within the geographic locality of the feature. A positional accuracy code of 3 or 4 is used only for ATMs (cash machines), Wi-Fi hotspots and public telephones, where the data is sourced from a single authoritative and non-duplicated source. Continuous efforts are made to improve the accuracy of the geocoding, as shown in the table below showing the range of positional accuracy codes.

Positional accuracy code

% of total dataset – December 2010

% of total dataset – September 2014

% of total dataset – April 2019

If the positional accuracy is stated as ‘1’, the coordinates should fall within the footprint of the real- world feature in question, typically a building or structure.

Where the positional accuracy is stated as ‘2’, the coordinates will either be placed centrally in the text that relates to the feature – and may be within the extent of the feature – or will be positioned close to the true location of a part of the feature. In practice, it will probably be within 10 metres of either the feature or an edge of the feature’s geographic extent, although this cannot be guaranteed.

A positional accuracy of ‘3’ indicates that the coordinates are placed centrally on the correct road. As road lengths vary and the central position could be very near or a long way from the true location on the road, it is difficult to say exactly how far these instances might be shown from their true location. In the majority, it is to be expected that the assigned coordinate could be up to a kilometre away, with a small number being even farther.

A positional accuracy of ‘4’ means that the location assigned is in the correct geographic locality, such as the right village or industrial estate, and that it has not been possible to locate to a specific relevant road. Depending on how big the geographic locality in question is, the record’s true location could in reality be up to a few kilometres from the reported coordinates.

USRN match indicators

Each Points of Interest feature is matched to the closest road by performing an attribution and spatial match between the feature and OS MasterMap Highways Network. This results in each feature being given a Unique Street Reference Number (USRN). The match accuracy between the Points of Interest feature and the OS MasterMap Highways Network is determined from the USRN Match Indicator attribute. It is again very important that customers take this match indicator value of the feature into account when using it in applications.

If the match indicator is stated as ‘1’ the Points of Interest feature has been matched against the OS MasterMap Highways Network using the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) from AddressBase and the USRN.

Where the match indicator is stated as ‘2’, the feature has been matched spatially to the road which appears in either the address detail or street name attributes. For more information on these individual attributes please see the Technical Specification.

A match indicator of ‘3’ indicates that the USRN has been spatially matched to the nearest road in the OS MasterMap Highways Network.

Please be aware that a match indicator of 3 may not necessarily be the access road to the feature.

Addressing

The data contains both addressable and non-addressable records. Structured address information is only provided for those records that are addressable and can be successfully matched against AddressBase Plus.

AddressBase Plus contains current properties using addresses sourced from Local Authorities, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail for England, Wales and Scotland. The Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) is the unique identifier for every addressable location in Great Britain.

Records that have been successfully matched will have a UPRN. Attempts have been made to provide address information where possible when not matched against AddressBase Plus.

Unique referencing

Records have been attributed with both a TOID and TOID version that have been directly derived from area features within OS MasterMap Topography Layer based on the grid reference of the feature. There will be a number of features where a TOID value will not be provided because the feature does not sit within the correct OS MasterMap Topography Layer polygon, and these will have a TOID value of Not Assigned and a TOID version of ‘0’.

Sources of data

There are two main sources of data that provide approximately 80% of the Points of Interest features. The authoritative source for a type of feature is used to build the dataset where possible. Approximately

140 suppliers are used to create the dataset. The Points of Interest Provenance page lists all the suppliers and indicates their level of contribution to the dataset.

Classification

PointX relies upon approximately 140 data suppliers to provide the initial classification of each of the records. This is then used to allocate the appropriate class to the feature which can lead to examples where different classes are applied to the same real-world feature, dependent upon the base classification used by the different data suppliers. Part of the production process for the current product involves the removal of multiple instances of what is believed to be the same feature, it is possible that individual instances of what are, in fact, the same type of feature can be reported in different classes.

Classification scheme

Links to the Points of Interest classification scheme pages are included below

The classification scheme has three levels of information:

There are 9 Groups at the first level and each Group is numbered 01–07, 09, 10. Numbering is not sequential.
There are 52 Categories at the second level, numbered 01–60. Numbering is not sequential.
There are over 600 Classes at the third level.

Customers can select Points of Interest from the Group and Category level listed below:

Points of Interest Provenance

The following percentages are indicative only. They were correct as of August 2019 but are subject to change at each quarterly supply without notice.

Provenance

Contribution (%)

Additional Suppliers to Points of Interest

(supplying <3% of total features between them)

(A-F)

(H-R)

(R-Y)

Glossary

The glossary provides a list of terms and their definitions applicable to the Points of Interest product.

Glossary term

Definition

Points of Interest symbology

Symbology: Categories

Symbology: Additional Classes – colour bitmaps

Points of Interest Technical Specification

This technical specification provides detailed technical information about Points of Interest. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.

The Points of Interest product is a comprehensive location-based directory of all public and privately-owned businesses, educational institutions and leisure services in Britain. It contains over four million records, sourced and quality-checked from over a hundred leading listing suppliers. It’s updated four times a year, so you’ll always be working with current information.

Media formats

Points of Interest customer orders are currently supplied via secure URL. The current size of a full supply is about 1 Gb.

Glossary

The product Glossary contains definitions and terms applicable to this product.

Feedback

Ordnance Survey welcomes all feedback. If you have any comments or require further information, please make contact using the details above.

Index

This technical specification includes the following sections:

Using Points of Interest
Pipe delimited text (PDT) file format
Code lists
Example records
Glossary

Using Points of Interest

Requirements

Points of Interest is a data product and does not include software for analysis, but it can be used with a variety of programs and applications. Points of Interest can be loaded onto any desktop or laptop PC that has a program capable of importing a delimited text file. If using a geographical information system (GIS), customers are encouraged to contact the system vendor to establish actual system requirements.

Supply definition

Points of Interest is only available for Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and is supplied via secure URL.

Points of Interest is only available in pipe delimited text file format.

File sizes

A national (Great Britain) set of Points of Interest is currently approximately 1 Gb but the size can change for each release.

Points of Interest directory structure

The directory structure of secure URL is shown below:

ROOT directory

The ROOT directory will contain the following ASCII text file:

POI_README.txt

The ROOT directory will contain the following directories:

DATA
DOC
LOOKUPS

DATA directory

The DATA directory will contain the data file for your order:

pointx_v2_CustomerAccountNumber_CustomerAccountName_Mmmyy or pointx_v2_National Coverage_Mmmyy with exclusions where relevant.

DOC directory

CLASSIFICATION_SCHEME_V_X_X.pdf – POI classification.
DATA_SUPPLIES_MMMYY.pdf – background notes on the data suppliers.
DESC_CLASS_REPORT_MMMYY.pdf – descriptive class reporting documentation.
DISCCARE.txt – information on the care of DVDs.
KEYWORDS_DOCUMENTATION.pdf – using the keywords information.
POI_USERGUIDE_V_X_X_MMMYY.pdf – the POI User Guide.
PRODUCT_AMENDMENTS_MMMYY.txt – product amendment information.
RELEASE_REPORT_MMMYY – counts for the number of points per classification level.
SIC_DOCUMENTATION_V_X_X_MMMYY – using the POI class to SIC lookup.

The DOC directory may also contain documentation relating to the specification of the requested data format or additional documentation specific to that supply.

LOOKUPS directory

The LOOKUPS directory will contain the following ASCII text files:

ADMINISTRATIVE_BOUNDARY_LOOKUP.txt – the administrative boundary lookup.
KEYWORDS.txt – keywords information.
POI_CATEGORIES.txt – the categories lookup within the classification.
POI_CLASSIFICATIONS.txt – the classifications lookup.
POI_CLASSIFICATION_V_X_X.mdb – the relationship between group, category and classification.
POI_GROUPS.txt – the groups lookup within the classification.
POI_CLASS_TO_SIC_LOOKUP.txt – the POI classes linked to the SIC.
POSITIONAL_ACCURACY_LOOKUP.txt – the positional accuracy lookups.

The LOOKUPS directory may also include updates to the lookups for a specific release.

Pipe delimited text (PDT) file format

Pipe delimited text format is a text file format, similar in principle to the more common comma-separated values (CSV) format. PDT is a de facto standard method for delivering data. PDT has been chosen instead of CSV because some of the attributions may contain commas, for example, within addresses. This is one of the simplest data formats in which to supply data. PDT can be imported and used in most desktop spreadsheet or database applications, as well as within more complex geographical information systems.

Once imported, it may be possible, depending on the application, to export to word processing or presentation packages.

Rules for holding Points of Interest in PDT

Points of Interest information in PDT is held within individual fields. Each field is either textual (can contain letters and/or numbers), for example, ‘SO16 0AS’, or numeric, for example, ‘21’. Each field is separated from the next by the ASCII pipe symbol (|), which is a keyboard symbol often found on the backslash key. If the field is textual or should be treated as a character field even when the stored value is a number, then the text is enclosed in double quotes.

Features in PDT format

The following sup page describes the record structure feature which makes up the product, giving the following information about each attribute:

Name and Definition

The name of the attribute and what it is describing.

Condition

Any condition associated with this attribute. (Optional).

Attribute Type

The nature of the attribute, for example, a numeric value or a code list value.

Multiplicity

Describes how many times this element is expected to be populated in the data. An attribute may be optional or mandatory. These are denoted by:

‘1’ there must be a value.
‘0..1’ population is optional but a maximum of one attribute will be returned.

Record structure

Record structure in PDT format

This section describes the record structure feature attributes that makes up the Points of Interest product.

Record structure attributes

Unique Reference Number

A numeric identifier that is allocated to, and retained by, an individual record within Points of Interest.

Note: Due to the nature of Points of Interest, URNs can change. Points of Interest is concerned with activities and functions at specific locations; these naturally change over time and the URN may also change to reflect this. For example, a church or chapel may be converted into a wine bar or other licensed premise.
Type: Integer
Double quotes: No
Size: 12
Multiplicity: [1]

Name

Name of the organisation or record provided by the data supplier. Where the source of the data does not specify a name for the premises, the activity or function is reported based on the classification.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [1]

PointX Classification Code

An eight-digit number that equates to the three levels – Group, Category and Class – of the record. Text type to prevent leading zero loss.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 8
Multiplicity: [1]

Feature Easting

Easting element of the record’s National Grid reference. Allows for six characters followed by one decimal place. This is provided to a resolution of 1 metre or better.

Type: Double
Double quotes: No
Size: 8,1
Multiplicity: [1]

Feature Northing

Northing element of the record’s National Grid reference. Allows for seven characters followed by one decimal place. This is provided to a resolution of 1 metre or better.

Type: Double
Double quotes: No
Size: 9,1
Multiplicity: [1]

Positional Accuracy code

A flag for the positional accuracy of the feature. Value of 1–4 only.

Type: Positional Accuracy look-up
Double quotes: No
Size: 1
Multiplicity: [1]

UPRN

The Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) in Points of Interest represents the value assigned to the related unit of land or property in Ordnance Survey’s AddressBase suite of products, where the Points of Interest and AddressBase records have been successfully address-matched.

Type: Integer
Double quotes: No
Size: 12
Multiplicity: [0..1]

Topographic TOID

This is a unique identifier provided on features within the OS MasterMap Topography Layer product, starting with a prefix of ‘osgb’. The value will be ‘Not Assigned’ where a TOID is not provided.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 20
Multiplicity: [1]

Topographic TOID Version

Identifies the version of the topographic TOID. If the topographic TOID value provided is ‘Not Assigned’, then the value of the topographic TOID version will be 0 (zero).

Type: Integer
Double quotes: No
Size: 4
Multiplicity: [1]

USRN

The Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) in Points of Interest represents the value assigned to the related road in Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap Highways Network product, where the Points of Interest and Highways Network records have been successfully matched.

Type: Integer
Double quotes: No
Size: 8
Multiplicity: [1]

USRN Match Indicator

A flag for the match accuracy of the USRN to Points of Interest feature. Value of 1–3 only.

Type: USRN Match Indicator look-up
Double quotes: No
Size: 1
Multiplicity: [1]

Distance

Distance in metres, to one decimal place, between the Feature Easting and Northing and the USRN. Reported value is to one decimal place. Gives an indication of how far away the feature access is from the Highways road network. This distance is to the nearest road, which may not necessarily be the most accessible road.

Type: Double
Double quotes: No
Size: 8,1
Multiplicity: [1]

Address Detail

Contains the building name or number with a sub-premise and dependant thoroughfare if applicable. The field may be null.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0..1]

Street Name

The name of the thoroughfare if applicable. The field may be null.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Locality

The postal town that the feature is located within. For extra clarification, when an address has a dependent locality within it, this will prefix the postal town in the resulting output, with a comma separating the two elements.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Geographic County

Populated with the name of the geographic county in which the record’s XY coordinates are positioned. If outside the extent of Great Britain, the nearest county name is applied. Examples include ‘Lincolnshire’, ‘Inverness’ and ‘Gwent’.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 50
Multiplicity: [1]

Postcode

Postcodes are an alphanumeric abbreviated form of an address. There are two main components of a postcode:

The outward code (also called outcode). The first two to four characters of the postcode, constituting the postcode area and the postcode district. It is the part of the postcode that enables mail to be sent from the accepting office to the correct area for delivery.

The inward code (also called incode). The last three characters of the postcode, constituting the postcode sector and the postcode unit. It is used to sort mail at the local delivery office.

Some addresses may contain the outbound postcode only, for example, ‘DN22’ or ‘L34’.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 8
Multiplicity: [1]

Administrative Boundary

Populated with the name of the administrative area in which the record’s XY coordinates are positioned. If outside the extent of Great Britain, then the nearest administrative area name is applied. Examples include ‘Cambridge District’, ‘City of Derby’ and ‘Lambeth London Boro’.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 60
Multiplicity: [1]

Telephone Number

The telephone number associated with a feature. Field is null if not supplied. Text type to prevent leading zero loss.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 12
Multiplicity: [0.1]

URL

Website associated with a feature. Field is null if not supplied.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Brand

Brand name associated with a feature. Field is null if not supplied.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Qualifier Type

Linked to qualifier data attribute and states the type of data used in qualifier type, for example, restaurant type. If Qualifier Data is populated, Qualifier Type must have a value.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Qualifier Data

Linked to qualifier type attribute and allows reporting of extra information about a feature, for example, ‘Indian’ or ‘Chinese’.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [0.1]

Provenance

Name of the data supplier.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 255
Multiplicity: [1]

Date of Supply

PointX release date in the form DD-MMM-YYYY.

Type: Text
Double quotes: Yes
Size: 11
Multiplicity: [1]

Fields containing text or alphanumerics will be enclosed by double quotes; the double quotes have not been included in the sizes listed in the data above. Numerical fields not starting with a 0 will not contain double quotes.

Fields with null data will appear empty.

Each record will be terminated with a carriage return character (ASCII 13) and a line feed character (ASCII 10).

Code lists

A code list or enumeration is a controlled set of values which can be used to populate a specific column. The following pages define code lists that make up the Points of Interest product.

Positional Accuracy

Code List: Positional Accuracy

Value

Description

Match Indicator

Code List: USRN Match Indicator

Value

Description

Example records

Examples of Points of Interest records

Unique Reference Number|Name|PointX Classification Code|Feature Easting|
Feature Northing|Positional Accuracy Code|UPRN|Topographic TOID|
Topographic TOID Version|USRN|USRN Match Indicator|Distance|Address Detail|
Street Name|Locality|Geographic County|
Postcode|Administrative Boundary|Telephone Number|URL|Brand|Qualifier Type|
Qualifier Data|Provenance|Date of Supply

18857172|"Exeter Service Area"|"01020043"|296775.4|
91803.7|1|100041225933|"osgb1000012392251"|
7|14201621|1|44|"ExeterSome codeMotorway Services Area"|
"Sidmouth Road"|"Exeter"|"Devon"|
"EX2 7HF"|"Exeter District"|""|"www.moto- way.com"|"Moto Hospitality Limited"|"Restaurant Type"|
"Roadside"|"Moto"|"01-MAR-2019"

49934846|"Bowling Green"|"04240290"|294236|92466|1||
"osgb1000002062568192"|5|14200920|2|32.2|"Heavitree Pleasure Ground"|
"Whipton Lane"|"Heavitree Exeter"|"Devon"|"EX1"|"Exeter District"|
""|""|""|""|""|"PointX"|"01- MAR-2019"

133918344|"Car Park"|"10540736"|294433|90098|2||"NotAssigned"|0|
14201350|3|6.9|""|""|""|"Devon"|"EX2"|"Exeter District"|
""|""|""|""|""|"Ordnance Survey"|"01- MAR-2019"

Glossary

Term

Definition

Points of Interest Classification Scheme

The classification scheme has three levels of information:

There are 9 Groups at the first level and each Group is numbered 01–07, 09, 10. Numbering is not sequential.
There are 52 Categories at the second level, numbered 01–60. Numbering is not sequential.
There are over 600 Classes at the third level.

Customers can select Points of Interest from the Group and Category level listed below:

Accommodation, eating and drinking

01 Accommodation

0002 Camping, caravanning, mobile homes, holiday parks and centres
0003 Bed and breakfast and backpacker accommodation
0005 Hostels and refuges for the homeless
0006 Hotels, motels, country houses and inns
0007 Self catering
0008 Timeshare
0009 Youth accommodation

02 Eating and drinking

0012 Banqueting and function rooms
0013 Cafes, snack bars and tea rooms
0018 Fast food and takeaway outlets
0019 Fast food delivery services
0020 Fish and chip shops
0025 Internet Cafes
0034 Pubs, bars and inns
0043 Restaurants

Commercial services

03 Construction services

0044 Metalworkers including blacksmiths
0045 Building contractors
0046 Construction completion services
0047 Construction plant
0048 Cutting, drilling and welding services
0049 Demolition services
0050 Diving services
0051 Electrical contractors
0052 Gardening, landscaping and tree surgery services
0053 Glaziers
0054 Painting and decorating services
0055 Plasterers
0056 Plumbing and heating services
0057 Pool and court construction
0058 Restoration and preservation services
0059 Road construction services
0060 Roofing and chimney services
0778 Fencing and drystone walling services
0779 Building and component suppliers

04 Consultancies

0063 Architectural and building-related consultants
0064 Business-related consultants
0065 Computer consultants
0066 Construction service consultants
0067 Feng shui consultants, furnishers and shop fitters
0068 Food consultants
0069 Image consultants
0070 Interpretation and translation consultants
0071 Security consultants
0072 Telecommunications consultants
0074 Traffic management and transport-related consultants

05 Employment and career agencies

0075 Careers offices and armed forces recruitment
0076 Domestic staff and home help
0077 Driver agencies
0078 Employment agencies
0079 Modelling and theatrical agencies
0081 Nursing agencies

06 Engineering services

0083 Aviation engineers
0084 Chemical engineers
0085 Civil engineers
0086 Electrical and electronic engineers
0087 Hydraulic engineers
0088 Industrial engineers
0089 Instrumentation engineers
0090 Marine engineers and services
0091 Mechanical engineers
0092 Pneumatic engineers
0093 Precision engineers
0094 Structural engineers

07 Contract services

0095 Agricultural contractors
0096 Aircraft charters
0098 Catering services
0100 Contract cleaning services
0101 Display and window dressers
0102 Drain and sewage clearance
0104 Leisure equipment hirings
0105 Linen hire and washroom services
0107 Office services
0108 Packers
0109 Pest and vermin control

08 IT, advertising, marketing and media services

0110 Renting and leasing of personal and household goods
0111 Sound, light and vision service and equipment hire
0112 Event Ticket Agents and Box Office
0113 Vehicle hire and rental
0114 Advertising services
0115 Artists, illustrators and calligraphers
0116 Computer security
0117 Computer systems services
0118 Concert/exhibition organisers and services
0119 Database services
0120 Desktop publishing services
0121 Electronic and Internet publishers
0122 Film and video services
0123 General computer services
0124 Internet services
0125 Literary services
0126 Mailing and other information services
0127 Marketing services
0128 Plate makers, print finishers and typesetters
0129 Press and journalism services
0130 Printing and photocopying services
0131 Recording studios and record companies
0133 Telephone, telex and fax services
0134 Television and radio services

09 Legal and financial

0135 Accountants and auditors
0137 Auctioneers, auction rooms and valuers
0138 Banks and building societies
0140 Currency conversion and money transfers
0141 Cash machines
0142 Cheque cashing
0143 Company registration and trademarks
0144 Copyright and patent
0145 Credit reference agencies
0146 Debt collecting agencies
0147 Financial advice services
0148 Fundraising services
0149 Insurers and support activities
0150 Mortgage and financial lenders
0151 Pawnbrokers
0154 Solicitors, advocates and notaries public
0773 Stocks, shares and unit trusts
0795 Commodity dealers
0796 Franchise and holding company services
0811 PayPoint® locations
0829 Pension and fund management

10 Personal, consumer and other services

0155 Astrologers, clairvoyants and palmists
0156 Hair and beauty services
0158 Cleaning services
0159 Clothing hire
0160 Customer service centres
0161 CV writers
0162 Detective and investigation agencies
0165 Funeral and associated services
0166 Historical research
0167 Headquarters, administration and central offices
0169 Introduction and dating agencies
0170 Lock, key and security services
0171 Message and greeting services
0173 Motoring organisations
0174 Party organisers
0175 Personalisation
0177 Photographic services
0179 Sports services
0180 Tattooing and piercing services
0182 Trophies and engraving services
0183 Vehicle cleaning services
0185 Weather services
0186 Wedding services
0188 Window cleaners
0774 Musicians, orchestras and composers
0775 Sculptors, woodworkers and stonemasons
0776 Tailoring and clothing alteration
0777 Vehicle breakdown and recovery services
0821 Spas
0822 Slimming clubs and services
0823 Adult services
0826 Printing on garments

11 Property and development services

0189 Commercial property letting
0190 Property sales
0191 Estate and property management
0192 Property letting
0194 Property development services
0195 Property information services

12 Recycling services

0196 Recycling, reclamation and disposal
0198 Rag merchants
0199 Clearance and salvage dealers
0200 Scrap metal dealers and breakers yards
0202 Waste paper merchants

13 Repair and servicing

0204 Building repairs
0205 Electrical equipment repair and servicing
0206 Household repairs and restoration
0207 Industrial repairs and servicing
0209 Service industry equipment repairs
0210 Sports and leisure equipment repair
0211 Tool repairs
0212 Vehicle repair, testing and servicing
0793 Shoe repairs

14 Research and design

0214 Design services
0216 Research services
0217 Testing and analysis services

15 Transport, storage and delivery

0218 Airlines and airline services
0219 Animal transportation
0221 Container and storage
0222 Courier, delivery and messenger
0223 Distribution and haulage
0224 Ferry and cruise companies
0225 Import and export services
0227 Railway related services
0228 Removals and shipping agents
0230 Taxi services

60 Hire services

0097 Boat hiring services
0103 Hotel Booking Agencies
0104 Leisure equipment hirings
0110 Renting and leasing of personal and household goods
0113 Vehicle hire and rental
0270 Bouncy castles and inflatables hire

Attractions

03 Construction services

0044 Metalworkers including blacksmiths
0045 Building contractors
0046 Construction completion services
0047 Construction plant
0048 Cutting, drilling and welding services
0049 Demolition services
0050 Diving services
0051 Electrical contractors
0052 Gardening, landscaping and tree surgery services
0053 Glaziers
0054 Painting and decorating services
0055 Plasterers
0056 Plumbing and heating services
0057 Pool and court construction
0058 Restoration and preservation services
0059 Road construction services
0060 Roofing and chimney services
0778 Fencing and drystone walling services
0779 Building and component suppliers

04 Consultancies

0063 Architectural and building-related consultants
0064 Business-related consultants
0065 Computer consultants
0066 Construction service consultants
0067 Feng shui consultants, furnishers and shop fitters
0068 Food consultants
0069 Image consultants
0070 Interpretation and translation consultants
0071 Security consultants
0072 Telecommunications consultants
0074 Traffic management and transport-related consultants

05 Employment and career agencies

0075 Careers offices and armed forces recruitment
0076 Domestic staff and home help
0077 Driver agencies
0078 Employment agencies
0079 Modelling and theatrical agencies
0081 Nursing agencies

06 Engineering services

0083 Aviation engineers
0084 Chemical engineers
0085 Civil engineers
0086 Electrical and electronic engineers
0087 Hydraulic engineers
0088 Industrial engineers
0089 Instrumentation engineers
0090 Marine engineers and services
0091 Mechanical engineers
0092 Pneumatic engineers
0093 Precision engineers
0094 Structural engineers

07 Contract services

0095 Agricultural contractors
0096 Aircraft charters
0098 Catering services
0100 Contract cleaning services
0101 Display and window dressers
0102 Drain and sewage clearance
0104 Leisure equipment hirings
0105 Linen hire and washroom services
0107 Office services
0108 Packers
0109 Pest and vermin control

08 IT, advertising, marketing and media services

0110 Renting and leasing of personal and household goods
0111 Sound, light and vision service and equipment hire
0112 Event Ticket Agents and Box Office
0113 Vehicle hire and rental
0114 Advertising services
0115 Artists, illustrators and calligraphers
0116 Computer security
0117 Computer systems services
0118 Concert/exhibition organisers and services
0119 Database services
0120 Desktop publishing services
0121 Electronic and Internet publishers
0122 Film and video services
0123 General computer services
0124 Internet services
0125 Literary services
0126 Mailing and other information services
0127 Marketing services
0128 Plate makers, print finishers and typesetters
0129 Press and journalism services
0130 Printing and photocopying services
0131 Recording studios and record companies
0133 Telephone, telex and fax services
0134 Television and radio services

09 Legal and financial

0135 Accountants and auditors
0137 Auctioneers, auction rooms and valuers
0138 Banks and building societies
0140 Currency conversion and money transfers
0141 Cash machines
0142 Cheque cashing
0143 Company registration and trademarks
0144 Copyright and patent
0145 Credit reference agencies
0146 Debt collecting agencies
0147 Financial advice services
0148 Fundraising services
0149 Insurers and support activities
0150 Mortgage and financial lenders
0151 Pawnbrokers
0154 Solicitors, advocates and notaries public
0773 Stocks, shares and unit trusts
0795 Commodity dealers
0796 Franchise and holding company services
0811 PayPoint® locations
0829 Pension and fund management

10 Personal, consumer and other services

0155 Astrologers, clairvoyants and palmists
0156 Hair and beauty services
0158 Cleaning services
0159 Clothing hire
0160 Customer service centres
0161 CV writers
0162 Detective and investigation agencies
0165 Funeral and associated services
0166 Historical research
0167 Headquarters, administration and central offices
0169 Introduction and dating agencies
0170 Lock, key and security services
0171 Message and greeting services
0173 Motoring organisations
0174 Party organisers
0175 Personalisation
0177 Photographic services
0179 Sports services
0180 Tattooing and piercing services
0182 Trophies and engraving services
0183 Vehicle cleaning services
0185 Weather services
0186 Wedding services
0188 Window cleaners
0774 Musicians, orchestras and composers
0775 Sculptors, woodworkers and stonemasons
0776 Tailoring and clothing alteration
0777 Vehicle breakdown and recovery services
0821 Spas
0822 Slimming clubs and services
0823 Adult services
0826 Printing on garments

11 Property and development services

0189 Commercial property letting
0190 Property sales
0191 Estate and property management
0192 Property letting
0194 Property development services
0195 Property information services

12 Recycling services

0196 Recycling, reclamation and disposal
0198 Rag merchants
0199 Clearance and salvage dealers
0200 Scrap metal dealers and breakers yards
0202 Waste paper merchants

13 Repair and servicing

0204 Building repairs
0205 Electrical equipment repair and servicing
0206 Household repairs and restoration
0207 Industrial repairs and servicing
0209 Service industry equipment repairs
0210 Sports and leisure equipment repair
0211 Tool repairs
0212 Vehicle repair, testing and servicing
0793 Shoe repairs

14 Research and design

0214 Design services
0216 Research services
0217 Testing and analysis services

15 Transport, storage and delivery

0218 Airlines and airline services
0219 Animal transportation
0221 Container and storage
0222 Courier, delivery and messenger
0223 Distribution and haulage
0224 Ferry and cruise companies
0225 Import and export services
0227 Railway related services
0228 Removals and shipping agents
0230 Taxi services

16 Botanical and zoological

0231 Aquaria and sea life centres
0232 Bird reserves, collections and sanctuaries
0233 Butterfly farms
0235 Farm-based attractions
0236 Horticultural attractions
0237 Salmon ladders
0239 Zoos and animal collections

17 Historical and cultural

0240 Archaeological sites
0241 Battlefields
0244 Historic buildings including castles, forts and abbeys
0245 Historic and ceremonial structures
0246 Historical ships
0248 Museums
0813 Art galleries

18 Recreational

0252 Commons
0253 Country and national parks
0254 Picnic areas
0255 Playgrounds
0814 Municipal Parks and Gardens

19 Landscape features

0257 Designated scenic features
0259 Trigonometric points

20 Tourism

0263 Laseria, observatories and planetaria
0264 Model villages
0265 Railways (heritage, steam and miniature)
0266 Theme and adventure parks
0267 Sightseeing, tours, viewing and visitor centres
0268 Information centres
0269 Unspecified and other attractions

58 Bodies of water

0804 Lakes and waters
0805 Lochs and lochans
0806 Tams, pools and meres
0807 Reservoirs

Sport and entertainment

21 Sport and Entertainment Support Services

0271 Children's activity centres
0273 Entertainment services
0274 Firework related services
0275 Funfair services
0276 Mobile discos
0820 Motorsport services

22 Gambling

0277 Amusement parks and arcades
0278 Bingo halls
0279 Bookmakers
0280 Casinos

23 Outdoor Pursuits

0282 Angling and sports fishing
0283 Combat, laser and paintball games
0284 Hot air ballooning
0285 Parachuting and bungee jumping
0286 Paragliding and hang-gliding
0287 Water sports
0321 Riding schools, livery stables and equestrian centres
0770 Outdoor pursuit organisers and equipment

24 Sports Complex

0289 Athletics facilities
0290 Bowling facilities
0291 Climbing facilities
0292 Golf ranges, courses, clubs and professionals
0293 Gymnasiums, sports halls and leisure centres
0294 Ice rinks
0297 Motorsport venues
0298 Racecourses and greyhound tracks
0299 Shooting facilities
0300 Ski infrastructure and aerial cableways
0301 Snooker and pool halls
0302 Sports grounds, stadia and pitches
0303 Squash courts
0304 Swimming pools
0305 Tennis facilities
0306 Velodromes

25 Venues, Stage and Screen

0308 Cinemas
0312 Nightclubs
0314 Social clubs
0315 Theatres and concert halls
0762 Conference and exhibition centres
0825 Adult venues

Education and health

21 Sport and Entertainment Support Services

0271 Children's activity centres
0273 Entertainment services
0274 Firework related services
0275 Funfair services
0276 Mobile discos
0820 Motorsport services

22 Gambling

0277 Amusement parks and arcades
0278 Bingo halls
0279 Bookmakers
0280 Casinos

23 Outdoor Pursuits

0282 Angling and sports fishing
0283 Combat, laser and paintball games
0284 Hot air ballooning
0285 Parachuting and bungee jumping
0286 Paragliding and hang-gliding
0287 Water sports
0321 Riding schools, livery stables and equestrian centres
0770 Outdoor pursuit organisers and equipment

24 Sports Complex

0289 Athletics facilities
0290 Bowling facilities
0291 Climbing facilities
0292 Golf ranges, courses, clubs and professionals
0293 Gymnasiums, sports halls and leisure centres
0294 Ice rinks
0297 Motorsport venues
0298 Racecourses and greyhound tracks
0299 Shooting facilities
0300 Ski infrastructure and aerial cableways
0301 Snooker and pool halls
0302 Sports grounds, stadia and pitches
0303 Squash courts
0304 Swimming pools
0305 Tennis facilities
0306 Velodromes

25 Venues, Stage and Screen

0308 Cinemas
0312 Nightclubs
0314 Social clubs
0315 Theatres and concert halls
0762 Conference and exhibition centres
0825 Adult venues

26 Animal Welfare

0316 Animal clipping and grooming
0317 Dog training
0318 Horse training
0319 Kennels and catteries
0320 Pet cemeteries and crematoria
0322 Veterinarians and animal hospitals
0323 Veterinary pharmacies

27 Education Support Services

0324 Education authorities
0325 Education services
0326 Examination boards
0800 Secure units

28 Health Practitioners and Establishments

0330 Alternative, natural and complementary
0333 Foot related services
0335 Dental technicians
0337 Dieticians and nutritionists
0340 Homeopaths
0342 Midwifery
0344 Optometrists and opticians
0345 Physical therapy
0352 Speech therapists
0354 Surgeons and cosmetic surgeries
0364 Chemists and pharmacies
0365 Clinics and health centres
0367 Dental and medical laboratories
0368 Dental surgeries
0369 Doctors surgeries
0370 Hospices
0371 Hospitals
0372 Mental health centres and practitioners
0373 Nursing and residential care homes
0780 Accident and emergency hospitals
0809 Parenting and childcare services
0812 Walk-in centres
0815 Day and Care Centres

29 Health Support Services

0356 Ambulance and medical transportation services
0357 Blood transfusion service
0358 Counselling and advice services
0359 Health authorities
0361 Medical waste disposal services
0362 Pregnancy related services and help centres
0363 X-ray services
0106 Medical equipment rental and leasing

31 Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education

0375 First, primary and infant schools
0376 Further education establishments
0377 Independent and preparatory schools
0379 Broad age range and secondary state schools
0380 Special schools and colleges
0381 Higher education establishments
0382 Unspecified and other schools
0801 Pupil referral units

32 Recreational and Vocational Education

0384 Ballet and dance schools
0385 Beauty and hairdressing schools
0388 Diving schools
0389 Drama schools
0390 Driving and motorcycle schools
0391 First aid training
0392 Flying schools
0394 Language schools
0395 Martial arts instruction
0396 Music teachers and schools
0397 Nursery schools and pre- and after-school care
0399 Sailing schools
0400 Sports and fitness coaching
0403 Training providers and centres

Public infrastructure

33 Central and Local Government

0404 Armed services
0407 Coastal Safety
0408 Consular services
0409 Courts, court services and tribunals
0411 Driving test centres
0412 Embassies and consulates
0414 Fire brigade stations
0415 Central government
0416 Local government
0417 Revenue and customs offices
0418 Job centres
0419 Members of parliament and members of European parliament
0422 Police stations
0424 Prisons
0425 Probation offices and police support services
0426 Registrars offices
0429 Social service activities
0431 Tribunals
0830 Foreign country support activities

34 Infrastructure and Facilities

0433 Electrical features
0437 Gas features
0438 Meteorological features
0440 Refuse disposal facilities
0441 Waste storage, processing and disposal
0442 Telecommunications companies
0443 Telecommunications features
0444 Utility companies and brokers
0453 Allotments
0454 Cemeteries and crematoria
0455 Drinking fountains and water points
0456 Halls and community centres
0457 Letter boxes
0458 Libraries
0459 Places of worship
0461 Public toilets
0462 Recycling centres
0802 Wi-Fi hotspots

35 Organisations

0445 Animal welfare organisations
0446 Fan clubs and associations
0447 Sports clubs and associations
0448 Institutes and professional organisations
0449 Political parties and related organisations
0450 Religious organisations
0452 Youth organisations
0769 Community networks and projects
0816 Charitable organisations
0817 Conservation Organisations

Manufacturing and production

37 Consumer Products

0464 Baby, nursery and playground equipment
0465 Beds and bedding
0466 Brushes
0467 Candles
0468 Canvas goods
0470 Carpets, flooring, rugs and soft furnishings
0471 Medals, trophies, ceremonial and religious goods
0472 China and glassware
0473 Clothing, components and accessories
0474 Cookers and stoves – non-electrical
0475 Cosmetics, toiletries and perfumes
0476 Curtains and blinds
0477 Cutlery and tableware
0478 Disability and mobility equipment
0479 Refrigeration and freezing appliances
0480 Footwear
0481 Furniture
0482 Garden goods
0483 Giftware
0485 Hobby, sports and pastime products
0486 Disposable products
0487 Jewellery, gems, clocks and watches
0488 Lampshades and lighting
0489 Leather products
0490 Lingerie and hosiery
0491 Luggage, bags, umbrellas and travel accessories
0493 Musical instruments
0494 Photographic and optical equipment
0495 Saunas and sunbeds
0497 Tents, marquees and camping equipment
0498 Tobacco products
0790 Bathroom fixtures, fittings and sanitary equipment
0785 Conservatories

38 Extractive Industries

0500 Coal mining
0501 Oil and gas extraction, refinery and product manufacture
0502 Ore mining
0504 Sand, gravel and clay extraction and merchants
0506 Stone quarrying and preparation
0507 Unspecified quarries or mines

39 Farming

0508 Animal breeders (not horses)
0509 Arable farming
0510 Bee-keepers
0511 Dairy farming
0512 Fish and shellfish
0513 Forestry
0514 Fruit, flower and vegetable growers
0516 Horse breeders and dealers
0517 Livestock farming
0518 Mixed or unspecified farming
0520 Poultry farming, equipment and supplies

40 Foodstuffs

0522 Alcoholic drinks
0523 Animal feeds, pet foods, hay and straw
0524 Baking and confectionery
0525 Dairy products
0526 Fish, meat and poultry products
0528 Milling, refining and food additives
0529 Non-alcoholic drinks
0530 Catering and non-specific food products

41 Industrial Features

0531 Business parks and industrial estates
0534 Energy production
0536 Lime kilns
0537 Oast houses
0538 Pipelines
0542 Unspecified works or factories
0543 Water pumping stations

42 Industrial Products

0544 Abrasive products and grinding equipment
0545 Adhesives and sealants
0546 Aeroplanes
0547 Agricultural machinery and goods
0548 Air and water filtration
0549 Arms and ammunition
0550 Bearing, gear and drive elements
0551 Bee-keeping supplies
0553 Bricks, tiles, clay and ceramic products
0555 Cable, wire and fibre optics
0557 Colours, chemicals and water softeners and supplies
0558 Cleaning equipment and supplies
0562 Concrete products
0563 Cooling and refrigeration
0564 Electrical components
0565 Electrical motors and generators
0566 Electrical production and manipulation equipment
0567 Electronic equipment
0568 Electronic media
0569 Engines
0571 Fertilisers
0572 Food and beverage industry machinery
0573 General construction supplies
0574 General-purpose machinery
0575 Glass
0576 Horticultural equipment
0577 Industrial coatings and finishings
0579 Tools including machine shops
0580 Lifting and handling equipment
0581 Lubricants and lubricating equipment
0582 Marine equipment including boats and ships
0583 Measurement and inspection equipment
0584 Medical equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals
0585 Metals manufacturers, fabricators and stockholders
0586 Moulds, dies and castings
0588 Office and shop equipment
0589 Ovens and furnaces
0590 Packaging
0591 Paints, varnishes and lacquers
0594 Pesticides
0598 Printing-related machinery
0599 Published goods
0600 Pumps and compressors
0601 Radar and telecommunications equipment
0602 Road maintenance equipment
0603 Ropes, nets and cordage
0604 Rubber, silicones and plastics
0605 Seals, tapes, taps and valves
0606 Signs
0607 Special purpose machinery and equipment
0608 Textiles, fabrics, silk and machinery
0609 Stationery, stamps, tags and labels
0612 General manufacturing
0613 Vehicle bodybuilders
0614 Vehicle components
0615 Vehicles
0616 Wood products including charcoal, paper, card and board
0617 Workwear
0765 Educational equipment and supplies
0767 Ice
0781 Fences, gates and railings
0782 Fireplaces and mantelpieces
0783 Access equipment
0784 Car ports and steel buildings
0785 Conservatories
0787 Waste collection, processing and disposal equipment
0788 Glass fibre services
0790 Bathroom fixtures, fittings and sanitary equipment
0791 Shelving, storage, safes and vaults

Retail

46 Clothing and Accessories

0656 Clothing
0657 Footwear
0659 Jewellery and fashion accessories
0660 Lingerie and hosiery
0797 Baby and nursery equipment and children’s clothes

47 Food, Drink and Multi Item Retail

0661 Bakeries
0662 Butchers
0663 Confectioners
0665 Delicatessens
0666 Fishmongers
0667 Frozen foods
0668 Green and new age goods
0669 Grocers, farm shops and pick your own
0670 Herbs and spices
0671 Alcoholic drinks including off-licences and wholesalers
0672 Organic, health, gourmet and kosher foods
0699 Convenience stores and independent supermarkets
0703 Livestock markets
0705 Markets
0768 Cash and carry
0798 Tea and coffee merchants
0819 Supermarket chains

48 Household, Office, Leisure and Garden

0674 Books and maps
0675 Carpets, rugs, soft furnishings and needlecraft
0676 China and glassware
0677 Cosmetics, toiletries, perfumes and hairdressing supplies
0678 Craft supplies
0679 Cycles and accessories
0680 DIY and home improvement
0682 Furniture
0683 Garden centres and nurseries
0684 Garden machinery and furniture
0685 General household goods
0686 Hobby, sports and pastime products
0687 Leather goods, luggage and travel accessories including handbags
0688 Lighting
0689 Music and video
0690 Musical instruments
0691 Pets, supplies and services
0693 Camping and caravanning
0694 Travel agencies
0700 Department stores
0701 Discount stores
0704 Mail order and catalogue stores
0708 Shopping centres and retail parks
0710 Surplus goods
0712 Art and antiques
0714 Charity shops
0716 Florists
0717 Gifts and cards
0718 Party goods and novelties
0719 Second-hand goods
0720 Computer supplies
0721 Domestic appliances
0722 Electrical goods and components
0724 Photographic and optical equipment
0725 Stationery and office supplies
0726 Telephones and telephone cards
0763 Post offices
0764 Garages, garden and portable buildings
0766 Fuel distributors and suppliers
0824 Adult shops
0827 Comic books
0828 Computer shops
0831 Potteries

49 Motoring

0695 New vehicles
0696 Second-hand vehicles
0697 Vehicle auctions
0698 Vehicle parts and accessories

Transport

53 Air

0728 Airports and landing strips
0729 Helipads

54 Road and Rail

0730 Bridges
0733 Cattle grids
0734 Fords and level crossings
0735 Motorway service stations
0736 Parking
0737 Petrol and fuel stations
0740 Signalling facilities
0743 Viaducts
0744 Weighbridges

55 Walking

0747 Footbridges

56 Water

0751 Aqueducts
0752 Locks
0753 Moorings and unloading facilities
0754 Rivers and canal organisations and infrastructure
0755 Weirs, sluices and dams
0760 Ferries and ferry terminals

57 Public Transport, Stations and Infrastructure

0731 Bus and coach stations, depots and companies
0738 Railway stations, junctions and halts
0756 Tram, metro and light railway stations and stops
0758 Taxi ranks
0761 Underground network stations
0794 London Underground entrances

59 Bus Transport

0732 Bus stops
0759 Hail and ride zones

Points of Interest Class Count

This document lists all Points of Interest Classes and their record count. These counts are subject to change each quarterly supply and should only be used as an indication.

Accommodation, eating and drinking

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Commercial services

Construction services

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Consultancies

Employment and career agencies

Engineering services

Contract services

IT, advertising, marketing and media services

Legal and financial

Personal, consumer and other services

Property and development services

Recycling services

Repair and servicing

Research and design

Transport, storage and delivery

Hire services

Attractions

Botanical and zoological

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Historical and cultural

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Recreational

Landscape features

Tourism

Bodies of water

Sport and entertainment

Sport and entertainment support services

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Gambling and Outdoor pursuits

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Outdoor pursuits and Sports complex

Sports complex

Education and health

Animal Welfare

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Education Support Services

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Health Practitioners and Establishments

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Health Support Services

Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education

Recreational and Vocational Education

Public infrastructure

Central and Local Government

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Infrastructure and Facilities

Organisations

Manufacturing and production

Consumer Products

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Extractive Industries

Farming

Foodstuffs

Industrial Features

Industrial Products

Retail

Clothing and accessories

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Food, drink, and multi-item retail

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Household, office, leisure and garden

Motoring

Transport

Road and Rail

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Walking and Water

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Public Transport and Bus Transport

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Points of Interest

Points of Interest is a comprehensive location-based directory of all public and privately owned businesses, educational institutions and leisure services in Great Britain. It contains over four million records, which are sourced and quality-checked from over a hundred leading listing suppliers.

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Points of Interest GIS data can help to identify places by their use and function as well as by their postal address or location. Each record also contains a telephone number, web address and brand, where appropriate.

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For the public sector, Points of Interest lets you identify gaps in services and analyse changes in city centre retail space over time. This helps you maintain a quality environment for your residents, shoppers and visitors.

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More than 45% of Points of Interest records are businesses. It shows the organisation and activity at commercial addresses in Great Britain, and includes the brand, phone number and web URL of major businesses.

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Points of Interest data can be used look up the following businesses and services in Britain:

Accommodation
Eating and drinking
Commercial services
Attractions
Sport and entertainment
Education and health
Public infrastructure
Manufacturing and production
Retail
Transport

Access: Secure URL
Data theme: Geographical Names
Data structure: Vector - Points
Coverage: Great Britain
Scale: 1:1 250 to 1:10 000
Format: Text
Ordering area: Custom ordering options
Publication months: March, June, September, December
OS Data Hub plan: Contact OS for information

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