Codes that are used for the local authorities

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Codes that are used for the local authorities

The table below gives the code that is used for each of the 133 local authorities that has released data with an Open licence:

code	local authority	code	local authority	code	local authority	code	local authority
`BD`	Barking and Dagenham	`DN`	Devon	`NW`	Newcastle upon Tyne	`SN`	St Helens
`BL`	Barnsley	`DR`	Doncaster	`NK`	Norfolk	`SF`	Staffordshire
`BS`	Bath and North East Somerset	`DT`	Dorset	`NC`	North East Lincolnshire	`YY`	Stockport
`BF`	Bedford	`DZ`	Dudley	`NI`	North Lincolnshire	`SM`	Stockton on Tees
`BX`	Bexley	`DU`	Durham	`N2`	North Northamptonshire	`SK`	Suffolk
`BI`	Birmingham	`EY`	East Riding of Yorkshire	`NS`	North Somerset	`SV`	Sunderland
`BB`	Blackburn with Darwen	`ES`	East Sussex	`NY`	North Yorkshire	`SU`	Surrey
`BP`	Blackpool	`EX`	Essex	`ND`	Northumberland	`SS`	Swansea
`BG`	Blaenau Gwent	`FL`	Flintshire	`NG`	City of Nottingham	`TS`	Tameside
`BO`	Bolton	`GH`	Gateshead	`NT`	Nottinghamshire	`WP`	Telford and Wrekin
`B2`	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	`GR`	Gloucestershire	`OH`	Oldham	`TU`	Thurrock
`BC`	Bracknell Forest	`GY`	Gwynedd	`ON`	Oxfordshire	`TB`	Torbay
`BA`	Bradford	`HP`	Hampshire	`PB`	Pembrokeshire	`TF`	Torfaen
`B1`	Brecon Beacons National Park	`HE`	Herefordshire	`PE`	City of Peterborough	`TR`	Trafford
`BH`	City of Brighton and Hove	`HD`	Hertfordshire	`PY`	City of Plymouth	`VG`	Vale of Glamorgan
`BZ`	City of Bristol	`KH`	City of Kingston upon Hull	`PO`	City of Portsmouth	`WE`	Wakefield
`BR`	Bromley	`IA`	Isle of Anglesey	`PW`	Powys	`WA`	Walsall
`BM`	Buckinghamshire	`IW`	Isle of Wight	`RG`	Reading	`WG`	Warrington
`BY`	Bury	`KT`	Kent	`RC`	Redcar and Cleveland	`WK`	Warwickshire
`CF`	Caerphilly	`KL`	Kirklees	`RH`	Rhondda Cynon Taff	`WB`	West Berkshire
`CA`	Calderdale	`KN`	Knowsley	`RD`	Rochdale	`N3`	West Northamptonshire
`CB`	Cambridgeshire	`L1`	Lake District National Park	`RO`	Rotherham	`WS`	West Sussex
`CD`	Cardiff	`LA`	Lancashire	`RL`	Rutland	`WN`	Wigan
`CT`	Carmarthenshire	`LD`	Leeds	`SC`	Salford	`WT`	Wiltshire
`BK`	Central Bedfordshire	`LC`	City of Leicester	`SA`	Sandwell	`WC`	Windsor and Maidenhead
`CE`	Ceredigion	`LT`	Leicestershire	`SE`	Sefton	`WR`	Wirral
`CH`	Cheshire East	`LL`	Lincolnshire	`SP`	Sheffield	`WJ`	Wokingham
`CC`	Cheshire West and Chester	`LP`	Liverpool	`SH`	Shropshire	`WO`	Worcestershire
`CW`	Conwy	`MA`	Manchester	`YT`	Slough	`WX`	Wrexham
`CN`	Cornwall	`ME`	Medway	`SQ`	Solihull	`BU`	XXXXXXXX
`CV`	Coventry	`MT`	Merthyr Tydfil	`ST`	Somerset	`YK`	York
`CU`	Cumbria	`MK`	Milton Keynes	`SG`	South Gloucestershire
`DE`	Denbighshire	`MM`	Monmouthshire	`SY`	South Tyneside
`DY`	Derbyshire	`NP`	Neath Port Talbot	`SO`	City of Southampton

Rather than invent its own code, this website adopted the two character code that is/was used by the Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer. Ironically, that product has now been withdrawn!

Although for most local authorities the first letter of the code is the same as the first letter of the name of the local authority, this is not the case for Slough which has a code of YT and Stockport which has a code of YY. Also note that Glamorgan has a code of VG and Hull has a code of KH. As the Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer did not have codes for the Brecon Beacons National Park, the Lake District National Park and North Northamptonshire Council, I've invented codes for these authorities.