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 variants, including full-resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of socio-economic indicators based on 2009 Local Authority District boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other UK datasets using the super-generalised (200m) boundaries for faster processing.
• Analyze historical administrative geography changes by comparing these 2009 boundaries with later releases.

Strengths

• Offers five specific boundary variants, including full-resolution (45-49 MB) and multiple generalised versions (956 KB to 6 MB).
• Boundaries are available clipped to the Mean High Water mark for coastal consistency.

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.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:27.409444; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain