Site Access Location
Feature which has a point geometry and represents the locations where pedestrians and / or vehicles can enter or exit a site.
Data schema versioning
The following table provides details about this feature type’s data schema versions, including the reasons behind the changes and the related launch date when each version went live.
Data schema version table
2.0
27 March 2025
Ongoing
Major version increment adding new Access Purpose, Accessed Network Node Feature Type, Accessed Network Node ID, and Distance To Network Node attribution.
1.0
03 October 2022
Ongoing
Initial launch of the Site Access Location Feature Type.
Please see Data schema versioning for in-depth information about data schema versioning in the OS NGD.
Temporal filtering
Temporal filtering allows you to order a one-off snapshot of data from the OS NGD from a current or past date. It is an optional step when you create a new data package in OS Select+Build (the OS NGD download service).
The earliest and latest dates on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for this feature type's data schema versions are indicated in the Data schema version table above. Please note that any data temporally filtered earlier than the specified launch date indicated in the table for the data schema versions may contain data inconsistencies.
More information about temporal filtering on OS NGD feature types is available from the Getting started with temporal filtering guide.
Feature type attributes
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
osid
Primary identifier for the feature. The OSID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and requires no centralised authority to ensure uniqueness. Note that the same OSID can occur in more than one feature type when a single feature is represented multiple times in the OS NGD.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
toid
Topographic identifier (TOID) of the feature, as published in the OS MasterMap suite of products.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 20
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
versiondate
Date when the version was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
versionavailablefromdate
The date this version of the feature became the latest version.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
versionavailabletodate
The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
changetype
The type of change that generated a new version of the feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: changetypevalue
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
description
A single descriptive value intended for a quick understanding of what the feature represents.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: siteaccesslocationdescriptionvalue
Max Length: 15
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
geometry
Geometry for the feature.
Data Types: Geometry (GeoJSON), Geometry (GPKG), WKT (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Geometry Type: Point
geometry_evidencedate
The date on which the latest evidence was gathered to make an update if required. For example the date of collection by a surveyor or third party information received.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
🆕 geometry_capturemethod
Indication of the method used to capture or produce the data.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 2.0
geometry_updatedate
Date when the attribute was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
geometry_source
The source organisation who provided the data.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
theme
The OS NGD theme to which this feature belongs.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: themevalue
Max Length: 40
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
accesstype_source
The organisation that provided the information.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
🆕 access_mode (formerly accesstype)
A description of the method(s) of access normally utilised at the Site Access Location (for example, Pedestrian).
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: accessmodevalue
Max Length: 25
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 2.0
🆕 access_purpose
A description of the principal access function at the Site Access Location (for example, Private or Public).
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: accesspurposevalue
Max Length: 15
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 2.0
🆕 access_evidencedate (formerly accesstype_evidencedate)
The date on which the latest evidence was gathered to make an update if required. For example, the date of collection by a surveyor or third party information received.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 2.0
🆕 access_updatedate (formerly accesstype_updatedate)
Date when the attribute was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
🆕 accessedsiteid (formerly siteid)
The unique identifier (OSID) of the site feature to which the SiteAccessLocation feature relates.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
routingpointid
The unique identifier (OSID) of the related SiteRoutingPoint feature.
From 25 April 2023, this value has no longer been populated. As part of a data enhancement programme in late Spring 2023, all Site Routing Point features were recreated as Road Nodes and therefore network references are now recorded and captured as roadnodeid in data schema version 1.0 of Site Access Locations.
See also Site Routing Point for more information.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
🆕 accessednetworknodefeaturetype
The OS NGD network that the feature is accessed from (for example, Road Network).
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: networknodefeaturetypevalue
Max Length: 20
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 2.0
🆕 accessednetworknodeid (formerly roadnodeid)
The unique identifier (OSID) of the network node that represents the point on that network that provides access to the Site Access Location feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 2.0
🆕 distancetonetworknode_m
The straight line measure between the accessednetworknodeid and the location of the access feature.
Data Types: Number(GeoJSON), Float (GPKG), Real (CSV)
Nullable: true
Precision: 5
Scale: 1
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 2.0
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