OS Open Roads

Networks

OS Open Roads is a high-level view of the road network, from motorways to country lanes in Great Britain. The links represent an approximate central alignment of the road carriageway and include roads classified by the National or Local Highway authority.

This product is updated every six months

Free to use for everyone

Data access: Download
Data theme: Transport
Data structure: Vector - Topologically structured link and node network
Coverage: Great Britain
Scale/resolution: 1:15 000 to 1:30 000
Format: ESRI Shapefile
GeoPackage
GML 3.2.1
Vector Tiles
Ordering area: All of Great Britain
Publication months: April
November
OS Data Hub plan: OS OpenData Plan (FREE)
Premium Plan
Public Sector Plan

What OS Open Roads provides you with

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

The OS Open Roads product may be used for applications such as, but not limited to:

assigning information to the road network for both personal and business use
high-level analytical queries, for example, how many kilometres of road there are in Great Britain, an individual country or a region
simple drive time analysis, for example, what is within a 25-minute drive of any given location?
identifying community problems and reporting back to a relevant authority.

Additional information

OS Open Roads coverage

OS Open Roads is available to download as a national set. The product has been split into 100km2 so you can work with the specific area you require easily.