NUTS Level 2 Boundaries for England and Wales, January 2015

Ultra generalised (500m) clipped boundaries for NUTS2 statistical regions in England and Wales as of 1 January 2015. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries from the Office for National Statistics, available in five resolutions from full to ultra generalised. File sizes range from 92 KB for the ultra generalised version to 17 MB for the full resolution coastline-clipped version.

Use Cases

• Create regional choropleth maps based on the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for web visualization
• Perform spatial joins with other UK datasets using the NUTS2 area codes implied by the boundaries
• Analyze coastal administrative geography using the full resolution boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes explicitly listed (e.g., 92 KB for ultra generalised)
• Contains boundaries for a specific snapshot date (1 January 2015), ensuring temporal consistency
• Includes both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights, indicating authoritative sourcing

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:33.047007; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

2015-01-01

Freshness

Data represents a snapshot from 2015, though metadata was updated in 2026.

Geography

England and Wales