NPTG (National Public Transport Gazetteer)
Locality types & classifications
How locality types are assigned
| 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 yetspecified |
3 |
Locality Source types
How locality types were assigned in the original data set from which NPTG was compiled
| 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 |
Page last updated: 2009/10/09
