NUTS Level 1 Boundaries for England and Wales, January 2015

Five distinct vector boundary resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised (500m), provide flexibility for mapping and analysis. The dataset contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. Boundaries are current as of 1 January 2015.

Use Cases

• Create regional economic dashboards based on NUTS1 administrative boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic data using the generalised (20m) coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Generate small-scale thematic maps using the ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.
• Analyze coastal versus inland administrative extents using the full realm and coastline-clipped versions.

Strengths

• Offers five specific boundary resolutions, including full extent and four coastline-clipped versions.
• File sizes are provided for each resolution, ranging from 69 KB to 14 MB.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date: 1 January 2015.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, covering only England and Wales.
• Freshness should be verified; the snapshot is from 2015.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Snapshot as of 1 January 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:25.663679; snapshot is from 2015.

Geography

England and Wales