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
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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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