Parish Boundaries in England and Wales, December 2016

England and Wales digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas as of 31 December 2016. The dataset contains three boundary versions: full resolution (extent of the realm), full resolution clipped to the coastline, and a generalised (20m) version clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping parish-level administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of areas clipped to the Mean High Water coastline.
• Creating generalised boundary visualisations using the 20m resolution version.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary versions: full realm extent, full clipped, and generalised (20m) clipped.
• File sizes are specified: 119 MB, 122 MB, and 14 MB for the respective versions.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from December 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:09.186124; data snapshot is from December 2016.

Geography

England and Wales