# Ordnance Survey Postcode API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-postcode-api/  
**Provider:** Ordnance Survey — https://apis.io/providers/ordnance-survey/  
**Base URL:** https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features

Ordnance Survey Postcode API is one of 25 APIs that [Ordnance Survey](https://apis.io/providers/ordnance-survey/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Postcode. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

A search based on a property’s postcode

## Machine-readable artifacts (21)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ordnance-survey/refs/heads/main/openapi/ordnance-survey-postcode-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1/api
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-tiles
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1/api
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-downloads-api
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/openapi.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-net-api
- **APIReference** — https://api.os.uk/positioning/osnet/v1/openapi.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api/technical-specification
- **Documentation** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api/technical-specification

## Other Ordnance Survey APIs (12)

- [OS Match & Cleanse API (withdrawn)](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/os-match-and-cleanse-api/)
- [OS OAuth 2 API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/os-oauth2-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Bounding box API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-bounding-box-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-collections-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Data Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-data-collections-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Data Packages API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-data-packages-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Features API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-features-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Find API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-find-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-getcapabilities-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Landing Page API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-landing-page-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Nearest API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-nearest-api/)
- [Ordnance Survey Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/ordnance-survey/ordnance-survey-opendata-api/)

## Tags

Postcode

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