Local Administrative Units Level 2 Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2014

Digital vector boundaries for Local Administrative Units Level 2 in England and Wales as of December 2014. The dataset contains four boundary variants, including full-resolution and generalised versions, with file sizes ranging from 2 MB to 97 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping local administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial analysis on administrative regions using the coastline-clipped or full-extent boundaries.
• Creating generalised maps for visualization using the 20m or 200m generalised boundary files.
• Integrating administrative boundaries with other geospatial datasets for England and Wales.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary variants, including full-resolution and generalised (20m, 200m) versions.
• File sizes are specified for each variant, ranging from 2 MB to 97 MB.
• Boundaries are explicitly dated to December 2014, providing a specific temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2014; administrative boundaries may have changed, limiting current applicability.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analyses.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics, Ordnance Survey

Collection Method

Likely digitized and maintained by national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:48.446903; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2014.

Geography

England and Wales