United Kingdom Countries Boundaries as of December 2025

Digital vector boundaries for countries within the United Kingdom, representing the full resolution extent of the realm. The dataset contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. It was last updated on the platform on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of UK countries based on the provided BFE (Full resolution) boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other UK datasets using the country boundaries as a geographic key.
• Analyze the extent of the realm, which includes offshore islands, for coastal or maritime studies.

Strengths

• Boundaries are specified as 'Full resolution' (BFE), suggesting a high level of detail.
• Contains intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and ONS, indicating authoritative sourcing.
• Represents a specific temporal snapshot (as at December 2025).

Limitations

• 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

December 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 18:04:01.718711; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom