Highway Dedication

Highway dedication provides an indication of the type of Highway user who has access to that particular section of the Highway.

Against every section of geometry supplied by the local highway authority, there will be one of eight different types of Highway Dedication defined in the Highways Act 1980 and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 which determines the Highway user access.

There can only be one Highway Dedication type applied to the geometry at any given date or time.

It is likely that more than one Highway Dedication type applies to a section of Highway (i.e. a highway open to all vehicles will also have pedestrian way or footway access), so the following is an order of priority where the highway dedications under each is inferred:

• Motorway*

• All Vehicles

• Byway Open to All Traffic

• Restricted Byway

• Bridleway

• Cycle Track* or Cycle Way

• Pedestrian Way or Footpath

• No Dedication or Dedication Unknown

*Motorways and Cycle Tracks (not Cycle Ways) impose restrictions on all other Highway users.

The Highway Dedication also identifies if the feature forms part of a National Cycle Route, Public Right of Way, Quiet Route, Physical Obstruction or Planning Order or Vehicular Traffic order exist.

The Highway Dedication value is only an inference of where a Public Right of Way exists and therefore is not the definitive record of Public Rights of Way, that is, the definitive map held by the relevant authority.

Example image showing what the Highway Dedication Feature Type in the OS NGD RAMI Collection looks like in the data. A background map has been included to provide context.

Temporal filtering

The earliest date on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for data in this feature type is 29 September 2022.

Any data temporally filtered earlier than the specified earliest date noted above for the data schema version may contain data inconsistencies.

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.

Loading OS NGD CSV files into databases

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For instructions on loading CSV files, see the Getting Started with CSV guide.

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

authorityid

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Max Length: 25

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

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

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

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

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

effectivestartdate

The date on which this record was inserted into the Local Authority database.

• 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

effectiveenddate

The date on which the record ceased to exist

• 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

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

• Geometry Type: LineString

geometry_length

The measured length of the geometry in metres.

• Data Types: Number (GeoJSON), Float (GPKG), Real (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Precision: 15

• Scale: 6

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• 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

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: dedicationvalue
• Max Length: 35

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

publicrightofway

An indication of whether the dedication is subject to a public right of way.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

nationalcycleroute

An indication of whether the dedication is subject to a formal cycle route classification.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

quietroute

An indication of whether the dedication is subject to a quiet route.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

obstruction

An indication of whether the dedication contains a physical obstruction to vehicles.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

planningorder

An indication of whether a pedestrian planning order applies to the dedication.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

worksprohibited

An indication of whether the dedication has a Traffic Regulation Order prohibiting any works from taking place in the Street at all times.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

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Highway Dedication Network Reference

networkreferenceid

The identifier of the network reference feature.

• 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

networkfeaturetype

The type of network feature referenced.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Code List Name: highwaydedicationnetworkfeaturetypevalue
• Max Length: 9

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

highwaydedicationid

The identifier of the Highway Dedication feature.

• 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

highwaydedicationversiondate

The date this version of the feature entered the OS National Geographic Database.

• 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