Ordnance Survey

aid: ordnance-survey
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ordnance-survey/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Ordnance Survey
kind: company
description: 'Ordnance Survey is Great Britain''s national mapping agency, a government-owned company that maintains the addressing
  and mapping layer the UK property market runs on - the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN), the TOID, AddressBase, and
  the OS National Geographic Database. The UK has no MLS; residential listings sit behind the Rightmove/Zoopla duopoly and
  agency CRM software, so the open layer in this market is public-sector rather than private, and OS is one half of it alongside
  HM Land Registry. Its API posture is unusually honest for this sector - the OS Data Hub is a self-serve developer portal
  with real machine-readable contracts, including OGC-conformant OpenAPI 3.0 documents served live and anonymously at api.os.uk
  for OS NGD API - Features and Tiles, plus published OpenAPI for the OS Downloads and OS Net APIs. The split that matters
  is licensing, not reachability: OS OpenData products (OS Open UPRN, OS Open TOID, Code-Point Open, OS Open Names, Boundary-Line,
  OS Open Linked Identifiers) are free and downloadable with no API key at all through the OS Downloads API, while the premium
  addressing and mapping products behind OS Places API, OS Features API, and the NGD collections require a paid Premium plan
  or Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) membership. RESO plays no part here - the Real Estate Standards Organization
  standards are a US MLS construct and appear nowhere in the OS estate. Home market is the United Kingdom.'
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/groq.png
tags:
- Real Estate
- United Kingdom
- Land Registry
- Geospatial
- Addressing
- Open Data
- Property Data
- PropTech
- Government
- Mapping
- OGC
- UPRN
- National Mapping
- GNSS
- Vector Tiles
created: '2026-07-26'
modified: '2026-07-26'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-ngd-api-features
  name: OS NGD API - Features
  description: OGC API - Features conformant access to the OS National Geographic Database, serving building, land, address,
    and transport feature collections as GeoJSON. The OpenAPI 3.0.1 description is served live and anonymously at /api.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1
  tags:
  - Features
  - OGC API
  - Geospatial
  - Property Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-ngd-features-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-features
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1/api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-ngd-features-overlay.yaml
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-ngd-api-tiles
  name: OS NGD API - Tiles
  description: OGC API - Tiles conformant vector tile service over the OS National Geographic Database, including tile matrix
    sets and styles. The OpenAPI 3.0.1 description is served live and anonymously at /api.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-tiles
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1
  tags:
  - Tiles
  - OGC API
  - Vector Tiles
  - Mapping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-ngd-tiles-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-ngd-api-tiles
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1/api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-ngd-tiles-overlay.yaml
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-downloads-api
  name: OS Downloads API
  description: Automated bulk download of OS OpenData and OS Premium datasets. The OpenData half of this API answers anonymously
    with no key - 26 open products including OS Open UPRN, OS Open TOID, Code-Point Open, OS Open Names, and Boundary-Line,
    each with direct zip download URLs.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-downloads-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1
  tags:
  - Downloads
  - Open Data
  - Bulk Data
  - Addressing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-downloads-openapi.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-downloads-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-downloads-overlay.yaml
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-net-api
  name: OS Net API
  description: High-precision GNSS data from the OS Net network of continuously operating reference stations across Great
    Britain, including station metadata, health, and RINEX observation files.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-net-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/positioning/osnet/v1
  tags:
  - Positioning
  - GNSS
  - Surveying
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-osnet-openapi.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-net-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.os.uk/positioning/osnet/v1/openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-osnet-overlay.yaml
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-places-api
  name: OS Places API
  description: Address search and geocoding over AddressBase Premium - every UPRN in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey,
    and the Isle of Man, with current, provisional, and historic address records and TOID cross-references. Premium or PSGA
    licensed; no OpenAPI is published.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/search/places/v1
  tags:
  - Addressing
  - Geocoding
  - UPRN
  - Property Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-places-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-places-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-names-api
  name: OS Names API
  description: A geographic directory of identifiable places, roads, and settlements in Great Britain, with find and nearest
    operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/search/names/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  - Gazetteer
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-names-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-names-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-linked-identifiers-api
  name: OS Linked Identifiers API
  description: Resolves the relationships between properties, streets, and OS MasterMap identifiers - UPRN to TOID to USRN
    - which is the join key between OS data, HM Land Registry records, and local authority property data.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/search/links/v1
  tags:
  - Identifiers
  - UPRN
  - TOID
  - Property Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-linked-identifiers-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-linked-identifiers-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-match-and-cleanse-api
  name: OS Match & Cleanse API (withdrawn)
  description: 'Matched and cleansed supplied address strings against OS authoritative addressing data, returning a matched
    AddressBase record and confidence score. WITHDRAWN: end of life 31 March 2026, announced 24 February 2025. The API has
    been removed from existing API projects and requests now fail. OS recommends the OS Places API FIND endpoint, or an OS
    Partner bulk address-matching solution, as the migration path.'
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-match-and-cleanse-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/search/match/v1
  tags:
  - Addressing
  - Data Quality
  - Matching
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-match-and-cleanse-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-match-and-cleanse-api/technical-specification
  - type: Deprecation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-match-and-cleanse-api/end-of-life-information
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-features-api
  name: OS Features API
  description: OGC Web Feature Service (WFS 2.0.0) over OS MasterMap and premium feature data, with getCapabilities, describeFeatureType,
    and getFeature operations plus a product archive. XML/WFS rather than OpenAPI.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/features/v1/wfs
  tags:
  - WFS
  - OGC
  - Features
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-features-wfs-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-features-wfs-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-maps-api
  name: OS Maps API
  description: Pre-rendered raster map tiles in multiple OS styles, served as OGC WMTS and as ZXY tiles.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/maps/raster/v1
  tags:
  - Mapping
  - Raster Tiles
  - WMTS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-maps-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-maps-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-vector-tile-api
  name: OS Vector Tile API
  description: Vector tile service delivering detailed OS MasterMap data as styleable vector tiles.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/v1/vts
  tags:
  - Mapping
  - Vector Tiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ordnance-survey-vector-tile-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ordnance-survey-vector-tile-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api/technical-specification
- aid: ordnance-survey:os-oauth2-api
  name: OS OAuth 2 API
  description: OAuth 2.0 client credentials token service issuing time-limited access tokens for OS Data Hub APIs, so project
    API keys need not be embedded in browser code. The token URL is https://api.os.uk/oauth2/token/v1 and no named scopes
    are published.
  humanURL: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/oauth-2-api
  baseURL: https://api.os.uk/oauth2/token/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - OAuth2
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/oauth-2-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/authentication
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/oauth-2-api/technical-specification
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ordnance-survey-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ordnance-survey-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ordnance-survey-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/ordnance-survey-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/authentication
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/getting-started-with-an-api-project
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/rate-limiting-policy
- type: Plans
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/plans
- type: OpenData
  url: https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/products
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/OrdnanceSurvey
- type: SDK
  url: https://github.com/OrdnanceSurvey/osdatahub
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ordnance-survey-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/ordnance-survey-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/ordnance-survey-well-known.yml
- type: APICatalog
  url: well-known/ordnance-survey-api-catalog.json
- type: ContentSignal
  url: well-known/ordnance-survey-docs-robots.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/ordnance-survey-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ordnance-survey-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ordnance-survey-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ordnance-survey-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ordnance-survey-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/support/status
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-match-and-cleanse-api/end-of-life-information
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/ordnance-survey-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/governance/policies/vulnerability-disclosure
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/ordnance-survey-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ordnance-survey-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/ordnance-survey-changelog.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/service-and-data-status/change-log
- type: Components
  url: components/ordnance-survey-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ordnance-survey-data-model.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ordnance-survey-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ordnance-survey-plans.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/ordnance-survey-authenticate.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/ordnance-survey-resolve-address-to-uprn.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/ordnance-survey-join-property-identifiers.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/ordnance-survey-query-ngd-features.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/ordnance-survey-download-opendata.md
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/getting-started-with-an-api-project
- type: Support
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/support
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/core-concepts/faqs
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/plans
- type: SignUp
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/register
- type: Login
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/signIn
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://osdatahub.os.uk/legal/termsConditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/governance/policies/privacy
- type: Tutorials
  url: https://labs.os.uk/public/os-data-hub-tutorials/
- type: Accessibility
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/extra-links/accessibility
- type: PlannedMaintenance
  url: https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/service-and-data-status/planned-maintenance
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com