Local Health Board Boundaries in Wales as of December 2015

Five digital vector boundary files for local health boards in Wales, representing the administrative geography as of 31 December 2015. The dataset includes full-resolution, generalised, and ultra-generalised versions, with file sizes ranging from 23 KB to 3 MB. It contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping health service catchment areas based on the provided administrative boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins with health statistics based on the local health board geography.
• Creating simplified base maps for dashboards based on the generalised (20m to 500m) boundary versions.
• Analyzing coastal and offshore jurisdiction for health boards based on the 'extent of the realm' boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions (full resolution to ultra generalised) for different use cases.
• Offers specific file sizes for each version, from 23 KB to 3 MB, indicating manageable download sizes.
• Includes a specific snapshot date (31 December 2015) for temporal consistency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries likely sourced from Ordnance Survey and administrative records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:33.902349; the underlying data snapshot is from 2015.

Geography

Wales