Identification

Title
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version)
Abstract

This spatial layer shows the locations of all active main GP sites as of 31st January 2025

This spatial layer contains information on:

  • GP practice code
  • Local health board name and code
  • Local health board census code
  • Practice name
  • Number of branch sites
  • Unique Property Reference Number
  • Unique Street Reference Number
  • Geographical coordinates (British National Grid and Latitude/Longitude)
  • Primary care cluster name and code
  • Local authority census code
  • Middle Layer Super Output Area code
  • Electoral ward code (Codes as of October 2023)
  • Lower Layer Super Output Area code
  • Country census code
  • Country

This spatial layer is a vector point dataset.  Geocoded as point features using address information received from Digital Health and Care Wales on GP sites.

Last update: received on 31st January 2025

Geographical extent: Wales, UK.

Use of this data is subject to the Open Government Licence. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Copyright:

None

Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Keywords
gp, gp surgeries, gps, Health, Iechyd, meddygfeydd teulu
Category:
Health

Health, health services, human ecology, and safety. Examples: disease and illness, factors affecting health, hygiene, substance abuse, mental and physical health, health services

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Geography & Technology

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
175511.0
Extension x1
356361.0
Extension y0
167492.546875
Extension y1
393061.21875

Features

Restrictions
<p><strong>Use of this data is subject to the Open Government Licence.</strong> Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data &copy; Crown copyright and database right 2025</p>
Purpose

<p>To show GP locations that are open and active.</p>

Temporal extent
Jan. 31, 2025, midnight - Jan. 31, 2025, midnight
Data quality
<p>Geocoded as point features using address information received from Digital Health and Care Wales on GP sites.</p> <p>Additional information added to these data:</p> <ul> <li>Unique Property Reference Number</li> <li>Unique Street Reference Number</li> <li>Geography information (e.g. LSOA, MSOA, LHB, Electoral ward, Local Authority)</li> <li>Geographical coordinates</li> </ul>
Spatial Representation Type
Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
Geography & Technology

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:gpmainsites_ogl
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:gpmainsites_ogl/metadata_detail

GeoJSON
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).json
Excel
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).excel
CSV
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).csv
GML 3.1.1
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).gml
GML 2.0
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).gml
DXF
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).dxf
OGC Geopackage
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).gpkg
Zipped Shapefile
GP surgeries: Main Sites (Open Government Licensed version).zip

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS