Bristol City Council Geographic and Administrative Data via WFS

A Web Feature Service (WFS) replicates datasets from Bristol City Council listed on data.gov.uk. The service includes some Ordnance Survey data released under a presumption to publish. Users must include the acknowledgement 'Contains OS data © Crown copyright and [database rights] [year of issue]'.

Use Cases

• Map council assets and infrastructure based on the described geospatial features.
• Conduct spatial analysis of local administrative boundaries referenced in the description.
• Integrate Ordnance Survey base mapping data for applications in the Bristol region.
• Develop civic applications using standardized WFS access to council-held datasets.

Strengths

• Provides programmatic access via a standardized Web Feature Service (WFS) protocol.
• Includes authoritative Ordnance Survey base mapping data under a presumption to publish.
• Aggregates multiple datasets from a single local government authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bristol City Council, with some data from Ordnance Survey.

Collection Method

Replicated via Web Feature Service (WFS) from data.gov.uk listings.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Bristol, United Kingdom.