NPTG Locality types

 

Locality Classifications

Localities are assigned a type according to the following table

Value

Name

 Ranking

city

 Locality is a city.

1
town Locality is a town.

2
suburb Locality is an urban sub-area.

2
urbanCentre Locality is a city centre or town centre zone of another town or city locility.

3
village Locality is a village.

3
hamlet Locality is a hamlet.

4
placeOfInterest Locality is a place of interest whose name is distinct from another locality.

4
other Locality is none of the other types.

2
unrecorded

Locality type is not yet specified.

3

Locality Source types

In the original data set from which NPTG was compiled, localities were assigned a type as follows
a

Value Description Notes
Add New entry in the National Gazetteer  
Co Community Wales only
Lo Locality Other locality
LOC Scottish Locality Scotland only
Pa Parish not Wales
PAR Scottish Parish Scotland only
Isl Island  
U Urban Area  
US Urban Sub Area  
DWD Scottish District Ward Scotland only
RED Scottish Registered Electoral District Scotland only
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