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 versions, including full resolution and generalized (20m and 200m) files clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map local administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of regions in England and Wales using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into larger geospatial models based on the Eurostat-compatible format.
• Compare different boundary generalizations (20m vs 200m) for visualization or analysis performance.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and generalized (20m, 200m) files.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 2 MB for super generalised to 97 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Boundaries are explicitly dated to December 2014, providing a specific temporal snapshot.
• Includes access via multiple ArcGIS REST services for INSPIRE View and Feature Download.

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 may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to uk_data, being specific to England and Wales in 2014.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:12.858220; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales