Parish Boundaries in England and Wales, December 2016

Digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales 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 is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping parish-level administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of coastal areas using the boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark.
• Creating simplified maps for visualization using the generalised 20m resolution boundaries.
• Integrating administrative boundaries with other geographic datasets for England and Wales.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary versions: full extent (119 MB), full clipped (122 MB), and generalised 20m clipped (14 MB).
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date: 31 December 2016.
• Sourced from authoritative institutions: Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:20.581451; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey.

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Data snapshot is from December 2016. Platform metadata was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Geography

England and Wales.