UK Data Explorer

Tools for exploring UK public data

Interactive maps

Screenshot of Scotland Census map
Scottish Census data, 2011
Interactive map at data-zone level
Operational UK Renewable Energy Sites
Renewable electricity sites
Data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Census 2011 map thumbnail
Census 2011, England
Maps at ward level for each of the nine English regions
Screenshot of European word translator
European word translator
Translate any word into over 30 languages

Interactive maps by the author of this page showing indices of deprivation for England, Scotland and Wales are available here.

Experimental visualisations

CO2 treemap screenshot
Interactive treemap of CO2 emissions and population
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation screenshot
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks

Notes on open data

Blog
UK Data Explorer Blog
Notes on data visualisation and open data
Releases list page screenshot
List of ONS releases
A list of Office for National Statistics releases, sorted by category

Just for fun

Screenshot of treemap of top reddit posts
Top 200 reddit posts of all time
Screenshot of treemap of top front-page reddit posts
Top 200 front-page reddit posts
Screenshot of visualisation of children's book series
Best-selling series of children's books (based on New York Times lists)

More Tools

URL Clean simplifies links copied from Google search results.

Contact

If you have any questions or are interested in commissioning a data visualisation project, please contact James Trimble.