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Central Postcode Directory (May 2008) Points

The Central Postcode Directory (CPD) has been compiled for users by NISRA Geography and contains both current and terminated postcodes in Northern Ireland.   CPD (May 2008) is now available for download as a point shapefile for use within Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

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Attribute Table

Variable Description
PC1 Postcode 1, BT1 1AA or BT123AA (String of 7 characters)
PC2 Postcode 2, BT011AA or BT123AA (String of 7 characters)
PC3 Postcode 3, BT1 1AA or BT12 3AA (String of 7 or 8 characters)
PC4 Postcode 4, BT01 1AA or BT12 3AA (String of 8 characters)
PC5 Postcode 5, BT11AA or BT123AA (String of 6 or 7 characters)
ACTIVE Royal Mail Postcode Status (Active 1 or Terminated 0)
X Easting (X) coordinate
Y Northing (Y) coordinate

To download the boundary in GIS format please click on the appropriate link below:-

ESRI Shapefile format (1.77 MB) Download
Mapinfo format (1.59 MB) Download