NUTS Level 2 Boundaries for England and Wales, January 2015

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for NUTS Level 2 areas in England and Wales as of 1 January 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalized (500m), with file sizes ranging from 92 KB to 17 MB. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create regional economic maps based on the provided NUTS2 boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic data using the generalized coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Develop lightweight web mapping applications using the ultra-generalized (500m) boundary files.
• Analyze coastal versus inland administrative areas using the full-resolution extent-of-the-realm boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with specific file sizes listed (e.g., 2 MB for 20m generalised).
• Contains specific temporal coverage (as at 1 January 2015).
• Includes multiple download formats and service endpoints (REST URLs for ArcGIS services).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single snapshot in 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries, likely derived from Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

2015-01-01

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:04.588635; freshness should be verified

Geography

England and Wales