Wales Local Health Board Boundaries, December 2015

Five versions of digital vector boundaries for local health boards in Wales as of 31 December 2015, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised. The dataset contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights. It is available via multiple ArcGIS REST services for viewing and download.

Use Cases

• Create health service area maps based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of health data clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).
• Integrate boundary data into GIS systems using the provided ArcGIS REST service URLs.
• Compare administrative health regions using the different generalisation levels (20m, 200m, 500m).

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary versions with stated file sizes, from 23 KB to 3 MB.
• Contains a specific snapshot date of 31 December 2015.
• Includes direct URLs to authoritative ArcGIS REST services for access.

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.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As of 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.498037; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales