Local Administrative Units Level 2 Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2015

England and Wales local administrative unit (LAU2) boundaries as of December 2015. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries in four resolutions, including full extent and coastline-clipped versions. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of local administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis using the coastline-clipped boundaries for land-based studies.
• Integrate generalised (20m) boundaries into web mapping applications for faster rendering.
• Conduct historical boundary analysis using the December 2015 snapshot.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary resolutions, from full (95-98 MB) to super generalised (2 MB).
• Includes both full extent and coastline-clipped versions for different analytical needs.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:43.393451; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Snapshot is from December 2015.

Geography

England and Wales