National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions, Super Generalised Boundaries (2015)

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for the National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions as of December 2015. 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

• Create electoral maps based on the provided super generalised (200m) vector boundaries.
• Analyze regional representation by overlaying these boundaries with demographic data.
• Develop web mapping applications using the available GeoJSON or KML formats.
• Perform spatial analysis of electoral regions using the coastline-clipped boundaries.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 23 KB to 3 MB.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Provides direct REST API access via ArcGIS services for programmatic use.

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.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from December 2015 and may not reflect current boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:41.859384; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales