Creating a map of defined Postcode Sectors

[JamesChard]

Hi all,

quick newbie question:

Is it possible to create a basemap of the UK showing only certain specific postcode areas:

1. CB
2. CO
3. IP
4. NR
5. PE
6. SG
7. SM
8. SS

I need to create this primarily to print and stick on the wall. To my constant shame!

Thanks

James

[DanPatterson_Retired]

do you have the data? Or are you looking for it?

[JamesChard]

Hi Dan,

No, I don't have the data, other than those are the only postcode areas I'd like to display

[BenLeslie1]

You can download postcode sector data from the ONS website:

Office for National Statistics

Just search for poscode - there are two variations released each month - you'll have to search for the documentation if you want to read up about the differences but from your question it sounds like either will do; just go for the latest version.

[JamesChard]

Thanks Dan, that looks just the ticket!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Well ... I just googled and came up with a large number of hits.  You can explore, but if you can even get the data in shapefile format that will be a start... for example, here is one link Data | Open Door Logistics

[XanderBakker]

If you download the data from the link suggested by Dan (http://www.opendoorlogistics.com/wp-content/uploads/Data/UK-postcode-boundaries-Jan-2015.zip , do read the usage terms) there will be 3 shapefiles in the ZIP:

Areas, Districts and Sectors.

Depending on the level of detail required, you can directly use the areas using a definition query:

"name"  in ('CB','CO','IP','NR','PE','SG','SM','SS')

For Districts and Sectors you will probably have to create an additional text field, fill it with: left( [name], 2) and then point the definition query shown above to that new field.

Example (areas in black, districts in blue and sectors in red with labels):

source: Open Door Logistics | Specialists in open source solutions for transport logistics

Areas:

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