News and Updates

27 MAY 2023


We have updated our postcodes to indicate where they are covered by a Low Emission Zones in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow.

We have also updated London postcodes to identify where these are covered by the current ULEZ zone or the one planned to come into force on 29 August 2023. For completeness, we also identify postcodes covered by the London Congestion Charge zone.

20 MAY 2023


We're pleased to announce the launch of another dataset on StreetGuide.

For every postcode within the UK we have historical weather data available covering many aspects of weather such as temperatures, wind speeds, humidity, visibilty, pressure, snow and rainfall.

At present the data runs from August 2021 and we hope to add more historical measurements as they become available.

The data are updated daily.

1 APRIL 2023


We have today introduced the first dataset within our Health section which shows up-to-date food hygiene rating for food-based establishments near to each postcode.

This data is provided by the local authorities that manage the scheme in each area and covers the whole of the UK.

This data is updated once per day although not every authority provides updated data each day.

21 MARCH 2023


We are pleased to add images to our postcode pages courtesy of the team from Geograph.

Geograph is a project that was started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images of every square kilometre of Great Britain, Irealnd and the Isle of Man.

There are nearly 7.5 million images in their library and if you would like to add your images, please visit their site and add your contribution. There are squares without any photographs and others that would benefit from additional images.

Please check them out.

29 JANUARY 2023


Today, we launch a new group of data relating to Education.

This first release covers schools and colleges within England and shows schools nearby to each postcode together with contact details, school functions, pupil totals and history and Ofsted ratings and we have more data relevant to these schools in the pipeline.

This data will be updated monthly.

18 JANUARY 2023


We are pleased to announce that our popular roadworks data has now been extended to cover Scottish works too.

The data is only updated once per day, during the early hours and so we are unfortunately unable to show the progress of roadworks during the day as we can with English works and there are some minor differences between the two datasets that we continue to work on. So, with that in mind, the Scottish release of the roadwork data is currently in a beta phase and is subject to change at short notice.

11 DECEMBER 2022


As we head into a winter defined by significantly higher energy prices than last year, the Government and energy companies are working hard to ensure that there is sufficient energy generation to meet our needs.

In the event they are unsuccessful, they will seek to implement a series of rolling power disconnections based on the published Electricity Supply Emergency Code (ESEC) and we have provided a simple tool on the Property menu which will enable you to review ahead of time, the potential impact this will have should the plan be necessary.

26 NOVEMBER 2022


Our property dataset has now been extended to include published Energy Performance Certificates extracted from the Energy Performance register in England, Scotland and Wales.

The data covers England and Wales for all certificates from 2008 until 30 September 2022. Scotland's certificates start from 2012 onwards. This dataset will be updated on a quarterly basis going forward.

You will find the option under the Property menu for any given postcode.

5 NOVEMBER 2022


We are pleased to announce a new facility within our roads section.

We now have available are traffic levels taken from Department for Transport traffic counts carried out since 2000. From any given postcode, you can see counts carried out within 1, 2, 3 or 5 miles and drill in and see which dates the counts were undertaken and view the types of vehicle recorded and the times of day they were seen.

Data is available for England, Wales and Scotland and runs through to the 31 December 2021.

15 AUGUST 2022


We've now added details of Clean Air zones which have been established within the UK, typically within cities. If a postcode falls within a Clean Air zone, it will be highlighted and we have created information pages for each zone with the rules and charges detail together with a coverage map and a vehicle lookup service so that you can query your vehicle status.

At present, details are available for English cities (Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Tyneside (Newcastle and Gateshead) and Portsmouth. We are currently working on the pages for the four cities in Scotland and will add these shortly.

These pages are currently in beta.

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