Combined Authorities Boundaries in England, March 2017

Digital vector boundaries for Combined Authorities in England as of March 2017. The dataset contains five boundary variants, including full-resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze coastal boundaries using the Mean High Water and Mean Low Water mark variants.
• Create simplified visualizations using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary files.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary variants for different use cases, including full-resolution and generalised versions.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each variant, ranging from 22 KB to 2 MB.
• Includes direct REST service URLs for ArcGIS INSPIRE View and Feature Download services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on England.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

March 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:11.718255; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England