Local Authority District Boundaries for Great Britain, December 2009

Digital vector boundaries for Local Authority Districts in Great Britain as at December 2009. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline, with file sizes ranging from 367 KB to 49 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of local government areas using the full-resolution or generalised boundary files.
• Integrating administrative geography into historical GIS projects based on the December 2009 snapshot.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full-resolution and four levels of generalisation.
• File sizes are explicitly listed, ranging from 367 KB for ultra generalised to 49 MB for full-resolution clipped boundaries.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the December 2009 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.089275; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain