UK postcodes to NUTS

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The code converts postcodes units (e.g. TS25 5ND) to postcodes areas (e.g. TS). It then assigns postcodes to Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes of the United Kingdom (UK).

The 3 levels of NUTS are:

LevelCorresponding subdivisions#
NUTS 1Wales,12
Scotland,
Northern Ireland,
9 statistical regions in England
NUTS 2Northern Ireland,40
counties in England (most grouped),
groups of districts in Greater London,
groups of unitary authorities in Wales,
groups of council areas in Scotland
NUTS 3counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped),174
groups of unitary authorities in Wales,
groups of council areas in Scotland,
groups of districts in Northern Ireland

Code

Available on .
Clone using the link: https://github.com/ygalanak/UKpc2NUTS.git

Cite

APA style

Galanakis, Y. (2021). Converting UK postcodes to NUTS regions (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/ygalanak/UKpc2NUTS

BibTeX style

@software{Galanakis_Converting_UK_postcodes_2021,
author = {Galanakis, Yannis},
month = {3},
title = {{Converting UK postcodes to NUTS regions}},
url = {https://github.com/ygalanak/UKpc2NUTS},
version = {1.0},
year = {2021}
}

Yannis Galanakis
Yannis Galanakis
Postdoctoral Research Associate