Forestry Commission GB Forest District Boundaries, Updated April 2012

Forestry Commission GB Forest District Boundaries dataset provides generalized administrative boundaries for forest districts across Great Britain. The dataset was updated to incorporate the amalgamation of FC Scotland forest districts and revised from 1st April 2012 to include English District boundary changes. It is published by the Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot under Crown copyright.

Use Cases

• Map forest district administrative units based on the provided boundary polygons.
• Contact forestry district offices based on the address and phone number attributes.
• Analyze the geographic organization of forestry management in Great Britain based on district codes and names.

Strengths

• Dataset is generalized for ease of use in smaller-scale applications like web browsers.
• Includes updates for Scottish forest district amalgamation and English boundary changes effective April 2012.
• Contains administrative contact information such as addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Time Range

Updated as of 1st April 2012.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:54.126215; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)