OS Open Roads

A high-level representation of the road network in Great Britain, from motorways to country lanes in Great Britain.


This product is updated every six months

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Vector
Format
  • ESRI Shapefile
  • GeoPackage
  • GML
  • Vector Tiles

What OS Open Roads provides you with

Structured and comprehensive

A structured link-and-node network, which represents the central alignment of all classified and unclassified roads in Great Britain.

Capture answers to road questions

How many miles of roads are there in the country? What and where’s within 10 miles of this location? OS Open Roads lets you answer questions like these.

Work with definitive road information

By underpinning your reporting tool with OS Open Roads, you’ll give highways teams a head-start on fixing issues like potholes.

Use cases

  • Helps identify and visualise incident hotspots or infrastructure gaps for transport authorities. 
  • Provides insights for road-related questions, such as identifying what is within a particular distance of the location. 
  • Simplified road network for easy integration into routing applications.

A high-level representation of the road network in Great Britain, from motorways to country lanes in Great Britain.


This product is updated every six months

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Vector
Format
  • ESRI Shapefile
  • GeoPackage
  • GML
  • Vector Tiles
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