National Cancer Vanguards: Ultra Generalised Boundaries for England (September 2016)

England's digital vector boundaries for National Cancer Vanguards, as of September 2016. The dataset contains five boundary variants, including full resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service regions based on the provided National Cancer Vanguard boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of health data using the coastline-clipped boundary variants.
• Create simplified visualizations using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Integrate boundary data with other health datasets for regional performance analysis.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary variants for different use cases.
• Includes specific file sizes for each variant, ranging from 9 KB to 734 KB.
• Contains boundaries from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and ONS.

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 is from September 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

September 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:27.389229; freshness should be verified

Geography

England