Around a place
find_official_placesThe official record: A&E departments, hospitals, GP practices, care homes and dentists with CQC ratings, NHS pharmacies, food hygiene ratings; or the record of the business at each row.
Coverage: England for CQC, England and Wales for NHS pharmacies, the UK for food hygiene.
Basis: straight-line distance
kind
string · required
mode
string
radius_km
number
n
integer
rating
array
nhs
boolean
include_specialist
boolean
food_type
string
min_hygiene
integer
max_hygiene
integer
records
array · up to 500
addresses
array · up to 500
background
boolean
source
object
What open map data doesn't have, from the official registers. England (the Care Quality Commission's register, our copy, with each place's latest rating and date): A&E departments (NHS hospitals with a full emergency department: CQC rates their urgent and emergency services and critical care; with the A&E's rating and the NHS trust that runs it), urgent care (urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units, including hospitals whose A&E became one), hospitals (NHS or independent), GP practices, care homes, nursing homes, dentists, hospices; and NHS community pharmacies from the NHS's own register (England, Wales, Isle of Man; ODS code and UPRN, on their building where the register gives it). UK (the Food Standards Agency, live): food businesses with their hygiene rating. For up to 500 addresses or points (100 for food): the nearest (mode nearest), how many within a radius (count) or a list (list), straight-line km; or mode at: the registered place AT each address (send the business name as name), e.g. the hygiene rating of each restaurant on a customer list or the CQC rating of each care home, matched by name and postcode and saying how; a row that can't be matched says why and lists what is registered there. Filter by rating (Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate, not rated), NHS or independent, food type, hygiene score. Each place carries its register IDs (CQC location, NHS ODS code, UPRN, FSA FHRS), a link to its official page and its source; CQC covers England and the NHS pharmacy register England and Wales; addresses outside a register are told so. Use find_nearby for everything else (shops, stations, parks).
Captured from the live server on 2026-10-13, trimmed to the first rows.
Request
{
"kind": "gp",
"addresses": [
"Leeds LS1 4AP"
],
"n": 2
}The answer's first line
GP practice (nearest, 10 km): 1 of 1 records have one · 0 of 1 high confidence (1 medium, 0 low). Caveats: postcode centre (1 row).
The answer (trimmed)
{
"confidence": {
"summary": "0 of 1 high confidence (1 medium, 0 low). Caveats: postcode centre (1 row).",
"levels": {
"high": 0,
"medium": 1,
"low": 0
},
"caveats": [
{
"basis": "postcode_centre",
"level": "medium",
"rows": 1,
"ids": [
"1"
],
"meaning": "The street address was not matched, so the row sits at its postcode centre, usually within 100-300 m of the real spot.",
"next": "Fine for nearest-place questions and distances over a kilometre; check it before relying on street-level detail."
}
]
},
"kind": {
"key": "gp",
"label": "GP practice"
},
"mode": "nearest",
"radius_km": 10,
"basis": "straight-line distance; CQC places sit at the centre of their postcode",
"sources": [
{
"name": "Care Quality Commission register and latest ratings (England): directory of 07 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026",
"as_of": "2026-10-07"
},
{
"name": "InstaMaps address index (OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses) and postcodes.io",
"as_of": "2026-10-08"
}
],
"summary": {
"records": 1,
"placed": 1,
"found": 1,
"outside_coverage": 0
},
"records": [
{
"id": "1",
"record_key": "rk1_5fac800fc81c4adfc5dc",
"ok": true,
"at": [
53.79547,
-1.55573
],
"confidence": {
"level": "medium",
"score": 0.65,
"basis": "postcode_centre",
"why": "at the centre of LS1 4AP"
},
"count": 70,
"places": [
{
"name": "The Light",
"kind": "GP practice",
"operator": "One Medicare Ltd",
"rating": "Good",
"rated": "2024-04-15",
"km": 0.83,
"address": "Balcony Level, The Light, The Headrow, Leeds",
"postcode": "LS1 8TL",
"lat": 53.80006,
"lng": -1.54567,
"ids": {
"cqc": "1-583552332",
"ods": "Y02002"
},
"url": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-583552332",
"source": "CQC"
},
{
"name": "Priory View Medical Centre",
"kind": "GP practice",
"operator": "Priory View Medical Centre",
"rating": "Good",
"rated": "2017-01-11",
"km": 1.34,
"address": "2a Green Lane, Leeds",
"postcode": "LS12 1HU",
"lat": 53.79165,
"lng": -1.57515,
"ids": {
"cqc": "1-550196700",
"ods": "B86024"
},
"url": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-550196700",
"source": "CQC"
}
]
}
],
"run": {
"tool": "find_official_places",
"at": "2026-10-13T15:59:38.989Z",
"rows": 1,
"placed": 1,
"not_placed": 0,
"sources": [
{
"name": "Care Quality Commission register and latest ratings (England): directory of 07 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026",
"as_of": "2026-10-07"
},
{
"name": "InstaMaps address index (OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses) and postcodes.io",
"as_of": "2026-10-08"
}
],
"basis": "straight-line distance",
"run_id": "run_6452809fb8f9e425",
"confidence": {
"high": 0,
"medium": 1,
"low": 0
}
}
}Use it in Claude
Add the connector https://get-instamaps.com/mcp and ask in plain words. 5,000 tool calls a day per person, reset at midnight UTC; a call counts once however many rows it carries; a sheet by reference is one call; checking a job is free.