# On Licence

> A register of licensed premises in Great Britain (pubs, shops, clubs, restaurants and venues with a premises licence or club premises certificate), compiled weekly from the public registers of 205 of the 355 licensing authorities.

Every premises page is also available as Markdown: append .md to its URL, or send Accept: text/markdown.

## Browse

- [Licensing authorities](https://onlicence.uk/councils): all 355 councils and Licensing Boards, with what we hold for each
- [Postcode districts](https://onlicence.uk/areas): licensed premises grouped by postcode district
- [Recent activity](https://onlicence.uk/recent): newly issued licences and applications ([Atom](https://onlicence.uk/recent.xml))

## Reference

- [Sources and method](https://onlicence.uk/about): where the data comes from, how it is matched, coverage against government counts
- [Search API](https://onlicence.uk/api/search?q=crown): JSON, up to 8 matches for a name, street or postcode

## Notes

- A council not yet collected means no data, not zero licences.
- Holders who are private individuals are not named.
- The council's own register is authoritative.