Parish Boundaries in England and Wales, December 2016 with Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as at 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. Contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map parish-level administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze coastal administrative extents based on the Mean High Water and Mean Low Water mark boundaries.
• Create generalised maps for regional planning using the 20m generalised boundary version.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary versions: full extent, coastline-clipped, and 20m generalised.
• Contains intellectual property rights from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• File sizes are specified, with the generalised version being 14 MB for easier handling.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, covering only England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:58.388151; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales