Local Health Board Boundaries in Wales as of December 2015

Digital vector boundaries for local health boards in Wales as at 31 December 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and multiple generalised versions clipped to the coastline. Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping health service catchment areas based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Spatial analysis of health indicators by administrative region based on the boundary polygons.
• Creating simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.

Strengths

• Provides boundaries as of a specific date (31 December 2015).
• Offers multiple resolution versions, from full (2-3 MB) to ultra generalised (23 KB), for different use cases.
• Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights, indicating authoritative source data.

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.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2015 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:30.366364; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales