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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

UK councils have now released more than ten million address records as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... A progress update on my project at www.datadaptive.com/addr/ #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #localgov #opendata #openaddresses

As of today I am aware of 97 councils in England, Wales, and Scotland that have released their address datasets as open data. Those datasets contain a total of more than ten million address records for residential properties, with the corresponding Council Tax bands. That's roughly a third of Britain's housing stock.

The list includes 40 local address datasets that are currently publicly accessible, which means you can download them for re-use. 27 of those datasets are published on mySociety's WhatDoTheyKnow site, five in council disclosure logs, four on other council sites, and four remain available from online locations administered by me. (A few of the datasets are available from more than one source.)

Those 40 datasets contain a total of slightly under four million address records. Most of the datasets include Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), which means the property records can be geocoded for mapping and geographic analysis. Datasets are available covering Leeds, Cornwall, Kirklees, Wigan, Camden, and many other areas.

9:37 AM · Aug 22, 2026