Cancer Alliances in England: Generalised Clipped Boundaries from February 2017

Digital vector boundaries for Cancer Alliances in England as of February 2017. The dataset contains five boundary variants, including full-resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. Office for National Statistics provides this data under OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service regions for cancer care based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze geographic coverage of Cancer Alliances using the generalised (20m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.
• Integrate administrative health boundaries with other geospatial datasets for regional analysis.
• Visualize the extent of Cancer Alliances relative to the English coastline using the clipped boundary variants.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary variants, including full-resolution and four generalised/clipped versions.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 71 KB for ultra generalised to 15 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and ONS, indicating authoritative sources.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:55.754430; freshness should be verified as the boundaries are from February 2017.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

February 2017

Freshness

Boundaries are from February 2017; metadata was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Geography

England