National Cancer Vanguards Boundaries in England, September 2016

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for National Cancer Vanguards in England, as of September 2016. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, each clipped to the coastline. It includes Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing spatial relationships for cancer service planning using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Creating simplified visualizations using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and three levels of generalisation.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 9 KB for ultra generalised to 734 KB for full resolution clipped.
• Contains boundaries from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from September 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries, likely derived from official administrative sources.

Time Range

September 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:17.360509; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England