Parish Boundaries for England and Wales, Clipped to Coastline (December 2016)

Three versions of digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as of 31 December 2016. The dataset contains full-resolution boundaries for the extent of the realm and clipped to the coastline, plus a generalised 20m version. Office for National Statistics data includes both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create regional demographic maps based on parish-level administrative boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for local statistics based on the clipped coastline boundaries.
• Develop simplified base maps for web applications using the generalised 20m boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct boundary versions: full extent, clipped, and a 20m generalised version.
• File sizes are specified, with the generalised version being a smaller 14 MB download.
• Contains official boundaries from the Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey.

Limitations

• Data is from December 2016; administrative boundaries may have changed since then.
• 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 official administrative records.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:18.974085; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales.