Local Health Board Boundaries in Wales, December 2015

Five vector boundary resolutions for Welsh local health boards, from full to ultra-generalized. This dataset contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property and was published by the Office for National Statistics. Files range from 23 KB to 3 MB and are available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Create regional health service maps based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with health data using the super-generalized (200m) boundaries for faster processing.
• Visualize coastal health board extents based on the Mean High Water mark clipping.
• Compare boundary detail levels for cartographic design based on the five available resolutions.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions with stated file sizes (e.g., 62 KB for super-generalized).
• Includes direct REST service URLs for programmatic access and download.
• Contains intellectual property from two authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from December 2015; boundaries may not reflect current administrative structures.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:21.109711; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales