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

Super generalised (200m) clipped vector boundaries for Local Administrative Units Level 2 in England and Wales as of December 2014. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights. Four boundary resolutions are available, with file sizes ranging from 2 MB to 97 MB.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of England and Wales based on the super generalised (200m) boundaries mentioned in the description
• Perform regional analysis or aggregation using the Local Administrative Units Level 2 geography
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS applications for visualization or spatial queries
• Compare different boundary resolutions (full, generalised, super generalised) for performance or detail trade-offs

Strengths

• Provides four specific boundary resolutions, including super generalised (200m) and full resolution
• Explicit file sizes are listed, ranging from 2 MB to 97 MB
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics

Limitations

• Data is from December 2014; administrative boundaries may have changed since then
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from official sources.

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:56.601634; freshness should be verified

Geography

England and Wales