Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey Bounding box API

Find all addresses inside a bounding box.

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GET /bbox Returns matched addresses within a bounding box. #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OS Places Bounding box API
  version: v1.0
  x-apievangelist-provenance:
    method: searched
    generated: '2026-07-26'
    assembly: Assembled by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline from the per-operation OpenAPI 3.0.1 documents Ordnance Survey publishes inline on each docs.os.uk technical-specification page. Paths, parameters, schemas, security schemes and responses are verbatim from those published documents; only the per-page fragments were merged into one document per API.
    sources:
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/bbox.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/find.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/nearest.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/polygon.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/postcode.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/radius.md
    - https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification/uprn.md
  description: Find all addresses inside a bounding box.
servers:
- url: https://api.os.uk/search/places/v1
security:
- api-key: []
  api-key-header: []
  oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Bounding box
  description: Find all addresses inside a bounding box.
paths:
  /bbox:
    get:
      tags:
      - Bounding box
      summary: Returns matched addresses within a bounding box.
      operationId: getBbox
      parameters:
      - name: bbox
        in: query
        description: A pair of comma-separated coordinates with an accuracy of two decimal places or less, that specify the lower left and upper right coordinates of the bounding box. The maximum size of the bounding box is 1 km2. If the bounding box exceeds this, an error message is returned. The precision of the coordinates is to an accuracy of 8 metres.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: 'The format the response will be returned in. Default: JSON.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: JSON
          enum:
          - JSON
          - XML
      - name: maxresults
        in: query
        description: 'The maximum number of results to return. Default: 100.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: '100'
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Offset the list of returned results by this amount.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: '0'
      - name: dataset
        in: query
        description: 'The dataset to return. Multiple values can be sent, separated by a comma. Default: DPA.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DPA
          enum:
          - DPA
          - LPI
      - name: lr
        in: query
        description: 'Which language of addresses to return. Default: EN, CY.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EN
          - CY
      - name: output_srs
        in: query
        description: 'The intended output spatial reference system. Default: EPSG:27700'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: EPSG:27700
          enum:
          - BNG
          - EPSG:27700
          - WGS84
          - EPSG:4326
          - EPSG:3857
          - EPSG:4258
      - name: srs
        in: query
        description: The spatial reference system for the input coordinate set.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - BNG
          - EPSG:27700
          - WGS84
          - EPSG:4326
          - EPSG:3857
          - EPSG:4258
      - name: fq
        in: query
        description: Filter for classification code, logical status code, LPI logical status code and/or country code. Filtering for classification code will accept wildcard ( * ) searches. Multiple searches can be done by separating the codes with a space. Multiple filters can be used together by including the parameter multiple times
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieves matched addresses
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
components:
  schemas:
    LPI:
      type: object
      properties:
        UPRN:
          type: string
        ADDRESS:
          type: string
        USRN:
          type: string
        LPI_KEY:
          type: string
        ORGANISATION:
          type: string
        SAO_START_NUMBER:
          type: string
        SAO_START_SUFFIX:
          type: string
        SAO_END_NUMBER:
          type: string
        SAO_END_SUFFIX:
          type: string
        SAO_TEXT:
          type: string
        PAO_START_NUMBER:
          type: string
        PAO_START_SUFFIX:
          type: string
        PAO_END_NUMBER:
          type: string
        PAO_END_SUFFIX:
          type: string
        PAO_TEXT:
          type: string
        STREET_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        LOCALITY_NAME:
          type: string
        TOWN_NAME:
          type: string
        ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA:
          type: string
        AREA_NAME:
          type: string
        POSTCODE_LOCATOR:
          type: string
        RPC:
          type: string
        X_COORDINATE:
          type: number
        Y_COORDINATE:
          type: number
        LNG:
          type: number
        LAT:
          type: number
        STATUS:
          type: string
        LOGICAL_STATUS_CODE:
          type: string
        CLASSIFICATION_CODE:
          type: string
        CLASSIFICATION_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE:
          type: integer
        LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        COUNTRY_CODE:
          type: string
        COUNTRY_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE:
          type: string
        POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_CODE:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        TOPOGRAPHY_LAYER_TOID:
          type: string
        WARD_CODE:
          type: string
        PARISH_CODE:
          type: string
        PARENT_UPRN:
          type: string
        LAST_UPDATE_DATE:
          type: string
        ENTRY_DATE:
          type: string
        LEGAL_NAME:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_DATE:
          type: string
        STREET_STATE_CODE:
          type: string
        STREET_STATE_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        STREET_CLASSIFICATION_CODE:
          type: string
        STREET_CLASSIFICATION_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        LPI_LOGICAL_STATUS_CODE:
          type: string
        LPI_LOGICAL_STATUS_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        LANGUAGE:
          type: string
        MATCH:
          type: number
        MATCH_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        header:
          type: object
          properties:
            uri:
              type: string
            query:
              type: string
            offset:
              type: integer
            totalresults:
              type: integer
            format:
              type: string
            dataset:
              type: string
            lr:
              type: string
            maxresults:
              type: integer
            matchprecision:
              type: integer
            epoch:
              type: string
            lastupdate:
              type: string
            output_srs:
              type: string
          required:
          - uri
          - query
          - offset
          - totalresults
          - format
          - dataset
          - lr
          - maxresults
          - matchprecision
          - epoch
          - lastupdate
          - output_srs
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              DPA:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DPA'
              LPI:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LPI'
    DPA:
      type: object
      properties:
        UPRN:
          type: string
        UDPRN:
          type: string
        ADDRESS:
          type: string
        ORGANISATION_NAME:
          type: string
        DEPARTMENT_NAME:
          type: string
        SUB_BUILDING_NAME:
          type: string
        BUILDING_NAME:
          type: string
        BUILDING_NUMBER:
          type: string
        DEPENDENT_THOROUGHFARE_NAME:
          type: string
        THOROUGHFARE_NAME:
          type: string
        DOUBLE_DEPENDENT_LOCALITY:
          type: string
        DEPENDENT_LOCALITY:
          type: string
        POST_TOWN:
          type: string
        POSTCODE:
          type: string
        RPC:
          type: string
        X_COORDINATE:
          type: number
        Y_COORDINATE:
          type: number
        LNG:
          type: number
        LAT:
          type: number
        STATUS:
          type: string
        LOGICAL_STATUS_CODE:
          type: string
        CLASSIFICATION_CODE:
          type: string
        CLASSIFICATION_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE:
          type: integer
        LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        COUNTRY_CODE:
          type: string
        COUNTRY_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE:
          type: string
        POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_CODE:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        TOPOGRAPHY_LAYER_TOID:
          type: string
        WARD_CODE:
          type: string
        PARISH_CODE:
          type: string
        PARENT_UPRN:
          type: string
        LAST_UPDATE_DATE:
          type: string
        ENTRY_DATE:
          type: string
        LEGAL_NAME:
          type: string
        BLPU_STATE_DATE:
          type: string
        LANGUAGE:
          type: string
        MATCH:
          type: number
        MATCH_DESCRIPTION:
          type: string
        DELIVERY_POINT_SUFFIX:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      type: apiKey
      name: key
      in: query