Parish Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2015 Generalised Clipped Version

Digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as of 31 December 2015. This second version updated boundaries for 13 parishes in the Sevenoaks district, including Ash-cum-Ridley and Westerham. The dataset contains Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights and is available in three boundary resolutions.

Use Cases

• Map parish-level administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of local government areas in England and Wales based on the 2015 boundaries.
• Integrate parish boundaries with other demographic or land-use datasets for regional studies.
• Create visualizations of the Sevenoaks district after its 2015 boundary updates.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary resolutions: full extent of the realm, full clipped to coastline, and a generalised (20m) clipped version.
• Explicitly lists the 13 updated parishes in the Sevenoaks district, including Ash-cum-Ridley and Westerham.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, indicating authoritative sourcing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single snapshot date (December 2015) and may not reflect recent boundary changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries produced and maintained by national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:20.493037; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales.