United Kingdom
Where does the data on charging maps come from?
A charging map is only as good as its data. Here is where that data comes from.
The EU rule behind open data
Since 14 April 2025 the European AFIR regulation (2023/1804) has required operators of public charge points to publish static data, such as location and plugs, and dynamic data, such as status and the price without a subscription, free of charge. The data goes to each country's national access point. Since 14 April 2026 it has to be in DATEX II version 3 format.
What this means for a map
Each country arranges the data in its own way. Some publish one register for everyone, others only a list of links to each operator's data. An app has to read every source in its own format and then merge them.
That is why some networks appear with live status and others only with their location.
Not every country is in the EU
The United Kingdom, Switzerland, Turkey and Armenia are not members of the European Union and have their own systems. The United Kingdom closed its national charge point register in November 2024 and now requires each operator to publish its own open data.
How it works in this country
The charge points in the United Kingdom come from the networks that share their status through roaming, mostly in London, and from Open Charge Map for the rest. Live status is therefore patchy. Prices are not shared.