Local Administrative Units Level 2: England and Wales Boundaries

December 2014 and 2015 digital vector boundaries for Local Administrative Units Level 2 (LAU2) in England and Wales. The dataset provides multiple boundary representations, including full-resolution extents and coastline-clipped versions at 20m and 200m generalisation levels. It contains intellectual property from both the Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial analysis using the coastline-clipped or generalised boundary versions.
• Integrating with Eurostat data using the standardised LAU2 geography.
• Creating visualisations for local government or public service planning.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary representations for flexibility in analysis and visualisation.
• Contains boundaries for two specific years (2014 and 2015), allowing for temporal comparison.
• Offers multiple download sizes (2 MB to 98 MB) to suit different technical requirements.

Limitations

• Metadata is incomplete; specific column names, row counts, and total dataset size are not provided.
• The 'last updated' timestamps (2026) appear to be platform metadata errors and conflict with the actual data vintage (2014/2015).
• Spatial coverage is limited to England and Wales, excluding other parts of the United Kingdom.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Ordnance Survey.

Collection Method

Likely derived from official national mapping and statistical sources.

Time Range

December 2014 to December 2015

Freshness

The data itself is from December 2014 and December 2015. Platform 'last updated' timestamps are inconsistent and likely erroneous.

Geography

England and Wales