Data sources
Locaura combines proprietary editorial work with open public sector datasets. Each source used to power location matching, hub pages and insight articles is listed below with its provider, purpose and licence attribution.
HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data
Provider: HM Land Registry
How we use it: Residential transaction prices used to estimate typical 4-bed values by postcode sector.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Get Information about Schools (GIAS) & Ofsted inspection outcomes
Provider: Department for Education / Ofsted
How we use it: School locations, phases, capacities and most recent Ofsted ratings.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
National Rail & Realtime Trains
Provider: Rail Delivery Group / Realtime Trains
How we use it: Station locations, service frequency and commute time estimates.
Attribution: Used under the National Rail Open Data and Realtime Trains API terms.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) statistical geographies
Provider: Office for National Statistics
How we use it: Local authority, county and administrative geography used for grouping and hub pages.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
data.police.uk — Street-level crime data
Provider: Home Office / UK Police Forces
How we use it: Neighbourhood-level crime volumes and categories informing safety context.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Ofcom Connected Nations — Broadband & mobile coverage
Provider: Ofcom
How we use it: Fixed broadband availability and speed data at postcode level.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Ordnance Survey Code-Point Open
Provider: Ordnance Survey
How we use it: Postcode centroid coordinates used for geocoding and distance calculations.
Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Natural England — Open Data Geoportal (National Landscapes / AONB)
Provider: Natural England
How we use it: National Landscape (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) boundary polygons for point-in-polygon tagging of locations.
Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full licence terms: nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.