Welsh Local Health Board Boundaries as of December 2015

Local Health Boards (December 2015) Super Generalised Clipped Boundaries in Wales contains digital vector boundaries for local health boards in Wales as at 31 December 2015. The dataset, provided by the Office for National Statistics, includes multiple resolution versions from full to ultra generalised, each clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping health board administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins with health data based on the 2015 boundary definitions.
• Creating simplified visualizations for reports using the super generalised (200m) or ultra generalised (500m) versions.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary versions with stated resolutions (full, 20m, 200m, 500m) and clipping methods.
• Includes explicit file sizes for each version, ranging from 23 KB to 3 MB.
• Contains authoritative intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from 31 December 2015; boundaries may have changed since.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries likely sourced from official administrative records.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:40.162043; freshness should be verified

Geography

Wales