Welsh Education Department Boundaries, December 2015

Wales administrative boundaries for the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELL) as of December 2015. The dataset contains five vector boundary versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised, with file sizes ranging from 22 KB to 3 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Mapping education authority jurisdictions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Simplifying boundaries for web mapping based on the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) versions.
• Analyzing coastal administrative extents based on the clipped-to-coastline (Mean High Water mark) boundaries.
• Integrating with other UK spatial data based on the INSPIRE-compliant ArcGIS service endpoints.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with specific file sizes listed (e.g., 2 MB for full extent, 22 KB for ultra generalised).
• Includes both full realm and coastline-clipped versions, specifying the tidal marks (Mean Low Water, Mean High Water) used.
• Offers direct access via multiple ArcGIS REST service URLs for INSPIRE View and Feature Download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single snapshot in December 2015; temporal coverage is limited.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:31.753110; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales