OS NGD Geographical Names
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Geographical names provide orientation and identity to places; they are named locations in the real world, such as cities, towns, beaches and reservoirs. The dataset offers a comprehensive list of names of features and places of geographic significance captured and collated by Ordnance Survey, represented as points or polygons. You can use the dataset to perform quick and accurate gazetteer searches as well as high-level visualisation and spatial analysis of named features and places.
features were added to the dataset in March 2024. These features provide the names and / or numbers of roads intersecting a named or numbered road junction.
As of March 2025, the dataset now includes features. These point features represent crowd sourced names collated from data submitted to the Vernacular Names Tool in the .
The OS NGD Geographical Names Theme is made up of the OS NGD Named Features Collection, which in turn is comprised of four feature types: Crowd Sourced Name Point, Named Area, Named Point and Named Road Junction.
One main unique identifier is provided with each feature within the OS NGD Geographical Names Theme:
OSID (Ordnance Survey Identifier): The primary identifier and unique key for this theme. Within the Named Features Collection, the same features will be represented in the Crowd Sourced Name Point, Named Area, Named Point and the Named Road Junction Feature Types. All representations will have the same OSID.
You will also find a number of additional identifiers in this theme to help you use the data, including Local Authority names and codes, along with references to commonly used third-party databases (for example, GeoNames.org and DBpedia). The additional identifiers for this theme are listed on the individual feature type pages for , , , and .
An introductory guide to is available on our site; this guide details the layers, formats, and attribution available for OS NGD Geographical Names data.
