National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions (December 2015) Generalised Clipped Boundari

December 2015 digital vector boundaries for the National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset includes multiple resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), each clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map electoral region boundaries for Wales based on the provided vector data.
• Conduct spatial analysis of Welsh electoral districts using the generalised boundary files.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS platforms using the available GeoJSON, KML, or CSV formats.
• Visualize the extent of electoral regions relative to the Welsh coastline using the clipped boundary versions.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary resolutions, from full resolution (2-3 MB) to ultra generalised (23 KB), catering to different use cases.
• Boundaries are available in multiple common geospatial formats including GeoJSON, CSV, and KML.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, indicating authoritative sourcing.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:55.903112; freshness should be verified as the boundaries are from December 2015.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (UK), likely in collaboration with Ordnance Survey.

Collection Method

Likely digitized and generalized from official electoral boundary definitions.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

The underlying data reflects boundaries from December 2015, though the platform record was last updated in July 2026.

Geography

Wales