UK Local Authority District Boundaries (BFC)

United Kingdom Local Authority District (LAD) boundaries are provided as digital vector data. The dataset contains full-resolution boundaries clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) and is available for multiple reference dates, including December 2022, 2023, and 2025. It contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Use Cases

• Creating thematic maps for local government performance based on official district boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins of socio-economic data to Local Authority Districts using the provided vector geometry.
• Analyzing changes in administrative boundaries over time by comparing the 2022, 2023, and 2025 versions.

Strengths

• Contains official, full-resolution (BFC) boundaries from Ordnance Survey and ONS.
• Available for multiple reference years (2022, 2023, 2025), enabling temporal analysis.
• Accessible via multiple web services (Feature Access Service, WFS Server) for programmatic use.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided on any platform.
• The license terms are not explicitly stated, only that the data contains OS and ONS IPR.
• The 'last updated' timestamps conflict between platforms for the same 2025 dataset, suggesting potential synchronization issues.

Provenance

Source

Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Time Range

December 2022 to December 2025

Freshness

2026-04-29 16:00:55.507144

Geography

United Kingdom