Points of Interest

Three spatial endpoints that return the nearest UK airports, hospitals, or tourist attractions to any coordinate. Backed by a PostGIS ST_DWithin radius search over curated UK datasets.

Required scope: areas:read — included in all three plans (Starter, Professional, Business).

Nearby airports

GET /api/v1/points-of-interest/airports

Returns commercial and regional UK airports within a radius. Defaults to a 50 km radius — most short-let investors target properties within ~1 hour of a major airport.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Default	Range	Description
`lat`	float	required	-90 to 90	Latitude in WGS84
`lon`	float	required	-180 to 180	Longitude in WGS84
`radius_km`	float	`50.0`	1.0 - 200.0	Search radius in kilometres
`limit`	int	`10`	1 - 50	Maximum results

Example

curl "https://api.propaideals.co.uk/api/v1/points-of-interest/airports?lat=51.47&lon=-0.45&radius_km=30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PROPAI_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "category": "airports",
    "lat": 51.47,
    "lon": -0.45,
    "radius_km": 30.0,
    "count": 3,
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "London Heathrow",
        "city": "London",
        "region": "Greater London",
        "latitude": 51.4706,
        "longitude": -0.4619,
        "type": "international",
        "distance_meters": 1180,
        "extra": { "iata_code": "LHR", "icao_code": "EGLL" }
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": { "request_id": "...", "timestamp": 1731.., "latency_ms": 34 }
}

Nearby hospitals

GET /api/v1/points-of-interest/hospitals

Returns NHS and private hospitals within a radius. Defaults to 5 km — the typical catchment area for targeting BTL units to healthcare workers.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Default	Range
`lat`	float	required	-90 to 90
`lon`	float	required	-180 to 180
`radius_km`	float	`5.0`	0.5 - 50.0
`limit`	int	`20`	1 - 100

Example

curl "https://api.propaideals.co.uk/api/v1/points-of-interest/hospitals?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278&radius_km=3" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PROPAI_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "category": "hospitals",
    "lat": 51.5074,
    "lon": -0.1278,
    "radius_km": 3.0,
    "count": 8,
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "University College Hospital",
        "city": "London",
        "region": "Greater London",
        "latitude": 51.5246,
        "longitude": -0.1357,
        "type": "nhs_acute",
        "distance_meters": 1850,
        "extra": { "nhs_code": "RRV03" }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Nearby tourist attractions

GET /api/v1/points-of-interest/tourist-attractions

Returns tourist attractions (museums, historic sites, theme parks, beaches) within a radius. Each record exposes annual_visitors when known — a strong demand signal for serviced accommodation and short-let investors.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Default	Range
`lat`	float	required	-90 to 90
`lon`	float	required	-180 to 180
`radius_km`	float	`5.0`	0.5 - 50.0
`limit`	int	`20`	1 - 100

Example

curl "https://api.propaideals.co.uk/api/v1/points-of-interest/tourist-attractions?lat=51.5014&lon=-0.1419&radius_km=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PROPAI_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "category": "tourist-attractions",
    "lat": 51.5014,
    "lon": -0.1419,
    "radius_km": 2.0,
    "count": 12,
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "The British Museum",
        "city": "London",
        "region": "Greater London",
        "latitude": 51.5194,
        "longitude": -0.1270,
        "type": "museum",
        "distance_meters": 2140,
        "extra": { "annual_visitors": 4097253 }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response record fields

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Name of the POI
`city`	string \| null	City
`region`	string \| null	Region / county
`latitude`	float	WGS84 latitude
`longitude`	float	WGS84 longitude
`type`	string \| null	Subtype (e.g. `international`, `nhs_acute`, `museum`)
`distance_meters`	int	Straight-line distance from the query point
`extra`	object	Category-specific extras (`iata_code`, `nhs_code`, `annual_visitors`, …)

Notes

Results are ordered by ascending distance_meters.
Coordinates are in WGS84 (EPSG:4326).
Data is curated from Ordnance Survey OpenData, NHS Digital, Historic England, and public tourism datasets.
All three endpoints cost 1 request against your monthly quota.

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Granular endpoints

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Points of Interest

Points of Interest

Nearby airports

Query parameters

Example

Nearby hospitals

Query parameters

Example

Nearby tourist attractions

Query parameters

Example

Response record fields

Notes

​Points of Interest

​Nearby airports

​Query parameters

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​Nearby hospitals

​Query parameters

​Example

​Nearby tourist attractions

​Query parameters

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​Response record fields

​Notes

Points of Interest

Nearby airports

Query parameters

Example

Nearby hospitals

Query parameters

Example

Nearby tourist attractions

Query parameters

Example

Response record fields

Notes