England County Boundaries for 2016 with Multiple Resolution Levels

Digital vector boundaries for Counties in England, as at 31 December 2016. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full resolution and four generalised levels clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create detailed maps of English counties based on the full-resolution boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis with simplified geometries using the 20m, 200m, or 500m generalised boundaries.
• Integrate county boundaries into GIS applications for regional planning or demographic studies.
• Visualise administrative regions in web mapping services using the coastline-clipped versions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and four levels of generalisation (20m, 200m, 500m).
• Includes specific file sizes for each version, ranging from 73 KB to 10 MB.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific snapshot date: 31 December 2016.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries from Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.480781; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Counties in England