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

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Local Administrative Units Level 2 in England and Wales as of December 2014. The dataset includes boundaries at full resolution, generalised (20m), and super generalised (200m) versions, clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of socio-economic indicators based on LAU2 boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of regional data aggregated to local administrative units.
• Integrate boundary data with other geospatial datasets for England and Wales.
• Visualize administrative hierarchies for planning or policy development.

Strengths

• Provides multiple boundary resolutions, including generalised (20m) and super generalised (200m) versions for different use cases.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date (December 2014), offering a consistent snapshot.
• Includes both full-resolution and coastline-clipped versions, with file sizes ranging from 2 MB to 97 MB.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from December 2014 and may not represent current administrative boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:19.903383; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales