NUTS Level 1 Boundaries for England and Wales, 2015

Digital vector boundaries for Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics level 1 areas in England and Wales as of 1 January 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full resolution and multiple generalized versions clipped to the coastline. Contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional administrative units based on the provided NUTS1 boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis with generalized boundaries for faster processing.
• Integrating geographic boundaries with statistical data for England and Wales.
• Visualizing territorial units for policy or research applications.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions, including full resolution (8-14 MB) and generalized versions (69 KB to 1 MB).
• Boundaries are temporally specific, representing areas as of 1 January 2015.
• Includes multiple download formats (GEOJSON, CSV, KML, ZIP) and access via ArcGIS REST services.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.915641; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

2015-01-01

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.915641

Geography

England and Wales