RunFlex

Data attributions

RunFlex is built on open data. This page credits every source it uses and records the licence each one is used under.

Some of these licences require this acknowledgement. All of them get it, including the ones that ask for nothing, because a runner deciding whether to trust a "well lit" verdict is entitled to know where the answer came from.

Last reviewed 24 October 2026.

Maps and routing

OpenStreetMap. Map geometry, street names, and the lit=* tags that are the primary signal behind every lighting verdict RunFlex gives.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL 1.0).

Street-lamp positions also come from OpenStreetMap, imported from Geofabrik extracts, and lighting queries outside imported regions are answered live by the Overpass API and its community mirrors.

Mapbox. Map tiles, walking directions, geocoding and place search. Mapbox data is © Mapbox and © OpenStreetMap contributors — see Mapbox attribution.

GeoNames. The town and city suggestions on the launch-list form on runflex.app.

Place names from GeoNames, available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence.

Street lighting inventories

Where a highway authority publishes or releases its lighting asset register, RunFlex uses it to confirm that a street is lit — and, where the authority records switching regimes, to warn when lights are switched off part way through the night.

Open Government Licence v3.0

The following are used under the Open Government Licence v3.0:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

• North Somerset Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 7218344.
• North Yorkshire Council — street lighting asset inventory.
• Darlington Borough Council — street lighting.
• Hampshire County Council — Hampshire illuminated street furniture, including part-night switching. Contains Hampshire County Council copyrighted information.
• London Borough of Camden — Camden Street Lighting. The council confirmed in writing that re-use is permitted on these terms (reference CAM13794, October 2026).
• London Borough of Barnet — Street Lighting Inventory. The dataset page does not state its licence in terms; confirmation has been asked of the council (reference 18670796) and this credit will be corrected if the answer differs.
• Leeds City Council — street lights (unmetered).
• Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) — street lighting assets, covering the whole of Northern Ireland.

• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference

1. The council confirmed that the information may be re-used under the Open Government Licence.

• Neath Port Talbot Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching times. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 3299398, and used with the council's permission for commercial re-use in accordance with the Open Government Licence.
• City of London Corporation — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 18 September 2026 and made available under the Open Government Licence in accordance with section 11A of the Act. Source: City of London.
• North Tyneside Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference EIR-8867. Contains public sector information provided by North Tyneside Council, September 2026, licenced under the Open Government Licence.
• Isle of Anglesey County Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 2119, and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Gateshead Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching times. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 22 September 2026. Contains public sector information obtained from Gateshead Council and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• City and County of Swansea — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 0393-7967-9358-4782(772); re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 2026-09-29.

• Wiltshire Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching times. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, case CAS-9045; re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 2026-10-06.

• Leicester City Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOIA 41418, with re-use under this licence confirmed in the response letter.

• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 6789, and licensed by the council for re-use without charge including for commercial purposes.

• London Borough of Harrow — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 11244147, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 29 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and supplied by the London Borough of Harrow.

• Shetland Islands Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, with re-use under this licence — including commercial re-use, and including the eastings and northings — confirmed by the council on 23 September 2026. Source: Shetland Islands Council.

• Oldham Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching and dimming classifications. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 24543, with re-use under this licence confirmed in the response letter.
• Rochdale Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching and dimming classifications. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference INT-731250, with re-use under this licence confirmed in the response letter.

• Shropshire Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night operation. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference RFI# 12762, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 25 September 2026.

• London Borough of Islington — street lighting asset inventory, including operational times. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 8420473, with re-use under this licence — including commercial re-use — confirmed in the response.

• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 1638/2627, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 28 September 2026.

• City of Wolverhampton Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes and the key to them. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 14139121. The council's terms and licensing policy applies this licence and requires the following statement, given here as the council words it: "© City of Wolverhampton Council retains the sole intellectual property rights to all data. This data set is licenced under the Open Government Licence 3.0."

• London Borough of Lewisham — street lighting asset inventory, including burning hours. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 40446746, with re-use under this licence granted by the council on 7 October 2026.

• Southampton City Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching and the regimes behind it. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference SCC-108233, under this licence.

• Lincolnshire County Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching and dimming. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 17932541, under this licence.

• Portsmouth City Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes and the dimming levels behind them. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI2026/03510, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 7 October 2026.

• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead — street lighting asset inventory, including operational hours. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI003564, with re-use under this licence confirmed in the response letter. Obtained from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

• Calderdale Council — street lighting asset inventory, including switching and dimming regime codes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 56670, with re-use under this licence authorised in the response letter of 8 October 2026.

• Durham County Council: street lighting asset inventory, including burning hours and dimming regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 11516217, with re-use under this licence stated in the response letter of 8 October 2026. Durham County Council is the author of the work.

• Sheffield City Council: street lighting asset inventory, including dimming control programmes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference EIR / 3311032. Contains public sector information obtained from Sheffield City Council and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

• Southend-on-Sea City Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 18034, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 5 and 8 October 2026.

• Kent County Council: street lighting asset inventory, including control types. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 66889367, on the terms of this licence as stated in the response of 1 October 2026.

• Buckinghamshire Council: street lighting asset inventory, including control and dimming regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 17567529, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 9 October 2026.

• Bracknell Forest Council: street lighting asset inventory, including dimming programmes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 647, with re-use under this licence granted by the council on 8 October 2026. Source: Bracknell Forest Council.

• West Sussex County Council: street lighting asset inventory, including switch regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI/13747, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 12 October 2026.

• Herefordshire Council: street lighting asset inventory, including control types. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference EIR2026/02173, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 12 October 2026.

• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: street lighting asset inventory, including dimming profiles. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 44021535, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 12 October 2026.

• Lancashire County Council: street lighting asset inventory, including switch regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI1523, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 8 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Lancashire County Council.

• Brighton & Hove City Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 26482437, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 12 October 2026.

• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council: street lighting inventory, including switch regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 29562, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 13 October 2026.

• Conwy County Borough Council: street lighting asset inventory, including switching regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 33161, with re-use under this licence granted on 13 October 2026 under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (reference 33163).

• Stirling Council: street lighting data export. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations (Scotland) 2004, reference EIR/202601598, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 12 October 2026, insofar as the council owns the relevant copyright and database rights.

• Orkney Islands Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, reference FOI 2026-1020, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 15 October 2026.

• Wandsworth Borough Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference WBC-FOI-15315, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 14 October 2026.

• Suffolk County Council: street lighting inventory, including CMS switching programmes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 27914, with re-use under this licence permitted by the council on 15 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Suffolk County Council. The council does not endorse RunFlex, and the information is supplied as is.

• Derby City Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI872833114, under this licence as stated in the response of 1 October 2026 and confirmed by the council on 19 October 2026.

• London Borough of Sutton: street lighting asset inventory. Released by the Kingston & Sutton Shared Environment Service under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOIS8412, as a dataset under this licence (response of 2 October 2026).

• Bridgend County Borough Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI001-8182, under this licence as stated in the response of 14 October 2026.

• Cambridgeshire County Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, references FOI-202609010159 and EIR-2026-10447, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 19 October 2026.

• Inverclyde Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, case 202601675, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 20 October 2026.

• Worcestershire County Council: street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 1880232, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 20 October 2026.
• London Borough of Lambeth: street lighting asset inventory, including control regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference IRN49578291, with re-use under this licence confirmed by the council on 21 October 2026.

Other licences

• Isle of Wight Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference IW26/9/19649. The council stated that it has no objection to the information being used for commercial reasons, and confirmed that no lights on the island are switched off at night.
• Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night timeswitch regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference EIR/2627/0203. The council stated that there are no restrictions on re-use of the data.
• City of Boston — Streetlight Locations, made available under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (ODC-PDDL). No attribution is required; it is given anyway.
• San Francisco Public Utilities Commission — streetlight locations for SFPUC-owned lights, published by the City and County of San Francisco. Lights owned by PG&E are not included, because they are not published.
• Ordnance Survey — a central London extract of the National Geographic Database street light features, used under Ordnance Survey premium data terms. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
• Hertfordshire County Council — street lighting asset inventory, including part-night switching. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference 8476230, and re-used with the council's permission. Data correct as of September 2026.
• Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI 11021, and re-used with the council's permission given on 2026-09-30. The council asks for this credit, asks that the inventory is not shared with another party for commercial purposes without its permission, and notes that it cannot guarantee the information is completely accurate.
• Nottingham City Council — street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference IG-23701, and re-used with the council's permission given under Regulations 8(4)(b) and 11(3) of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. The council states that the information is not published under the Open Government Licence.
• Nottinghamshire County Council: street lighting asset inventory, including switching control regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference FOI/8625, and re-used with the council's permission given on 22 October 2026, which is not the Open Government Licence: "insofar as it owns the relevant copyright and/or database rights in the information, permission is granted for its re-use. This permission is subject to the information being reproduced accurately, acknowledged as originating from Nottinghamshire County Council, and not being used in a manner which could mislead others as to its source, meaning or context. This permission does not extend to any third-party intellectual property rights which may subsist in the information."
• Sefton Council: street lighting asset inventory, including operating regimes. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference 21085697, and re-used with the council's permission given on 9 October 2026.
• Dumfries and Galloway Council: "Lighting Asset", the council's street lighting asset inventory. Released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, reference 202000004955. The council holds the copyright and permits reproduction free of charge, provided the material is not used in a misleading context and the source is acknowledged as Dumfries and Galloway Council.
• London Borough of Richmond upon Thames: street lighting asset inventory, including control types. Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, reference LBR-FOI-15314, and re-used with the council's permission given on 12 October 2026 in answer to an application under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar: street lighting inventory for the Western Isles, including part-night switching regimes. Released in answer to an information request, reference 2026091127000605, and re-used with the council's permission given on 21 October 2026 (reference 2026100727001575): "Yes the disclosed information can be reused".
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council: street lighting asset inventory, including switch regimes. Released under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reference EIR5691, and re-used with the council's permission given on 13 October 2026. The council notes that the information is accurate only on the day it was released.
• Fife Council: street lighting asset inventory, including control regimes. Released under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, reference FCIR 67035, and re-used with the council's permission given on 13 October 2026.

Corrections

If you maintain one of these datasets and something here is wrong — the licence, the attribution wording, or the way the data is described — please write to rob@runflex.app and it will be corrected.

If you are a highway authority and would like your lighting data used, that is very welcome. RunFlex asks for three things: where each unit is, what type it is, and when it is switched on. The third is the one no other source can supply, and it is what lets an app tell someone honestly that a street is lit now but goes dark at midnight.

What this page does not cover

RunFlex does not use lighting data to make a safety guarantee. A confirmed lit verdict means the data says those streets are lit at that time; it is a routing preference, not a promise about any street on any night. Where the data cannot answer, the app says so rather than guessing.