Meta-data for data.gov.uk datasets
type: Dataset
description: A dataset of all the meta-data for all of the datasets available through the data.gov.uk service. This is provided as a zipped CSV or JSON file. It is published nightly. Updates: 27 Sep 2017: we've moved all the previous dumps to an S3 bucket at https://dgu-ckan-metadata-dumps.s3-eu-west-1.amazon...
description: A dataset containing the metadata for all datasets listed on the data.gov.uk service, the UK Government's open-data portal. It is provided as a zipped CSV or JSON file and published nightly, allowing users to track what datasets are available and how their metadata changes over time. Historical dumps have been archived to an Amazon S3 bucket. The dataset is maintained by the UK Government and is useful for building tools or catalogues that index or monitor the contents of data.gov.uk.
landing page: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/data_gov_uk-datasets
spatial: GBR
keyword: digital
access rights: PUBLIC
distribution: distribution-0
distribution: distribution-1
issued: 2026-06-13T12:32:33.068Z
modified: 2026-08-16T12:59:27.114Z
is part of: catalog

distribution-0
type: Distribution
access URL: http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-2.2.3/api.html
format: html

distribution-1
type: Distribution
access URL: https://data.gov.uk/api
format: api

UK Government
type: Organization