Built-up Areas in England and Wales with Names and Codes, March 2011

March 2011 data on built-up areas in England and Wales, including names and codes. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and was last updated on the platform in July 2026. It is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map urban extents based on the built-up area classifications.
• Link administrative data using the provided area names and codes.
• Analyze spatial distribution of settlements in England and Wales as of 2011.

Strengths

• Provided by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

March 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:38.704288; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales