ID 2004: Road Distances to Key Services in England
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Description
Road distances to nearest General Practice (GP) premises, primary schools, post offices, and supermarket/convenience stores for Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England. The data is from 2004, using source data from 2001 to 2003, and was published by Neighbourhood Statistics from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Use Cases
Analyzing spatial equity and service accessibility based on road distance metrics.
Modeling neighborhood deprivation or isolation based on proximity to essential services.
Planning public service locations based on existing travel distances from residential areas.
Strengths
Provides four distinct distance metrics to key public and commercial services.
Geographic coverage is specific to England at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level.
Data is derived from administrative sources with statistical transformations applied.
Limitations
Data is from 2004, using source data from 2001-2003, which may not reflect current conditions.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM): ID 2004, published by Neighbourhood Statistics.
Collection Method
Administrative data with statistical transformations applied.
Time Range
2004 (using data from 2001 to 2003)
Freshness
Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:31.764768; freshness should be verified.