Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, April 2016 Super Generalised Boundaries

Five versions of vector boundaries for Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised, each clipped to the coastline. This dataset from the Office for National Statistics contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare service areas based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Aggregating health statistics to CCG regions based on the super generalised (200m) boundaries for efficient processing.
• Performing spatial joins with other UK datasets based on the common geography of Clinical Commissioning Groups.
• Visualizing regional health administration structures using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for lightweight web maps.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, from 28 MB full resolution to a 184 KB ultra generalised version.
• Includes both Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights, indicating authoritative source data.
• Boundaries are explicitly clipped to the Mean High Water mark coastline for consistency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from April 2016; administrative boundaries may have changed since then.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from authoritative sources.

Time Range

April 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:16.399931; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England