Parish Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2015 Version 2

Digital vector boundaries for Parishes in England and Wales as at 31 December 2015. This second version includes updated parish boundaries for 13 parishes in the Sevenoaks district. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping parish-level administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing changes in parish boundaries, particularly in the Sevenoaks district, based on the version update mentioned.
• Performing spatial analysis clipped to the coastline using the different boundary resolutions (full extent, clipped, generalised).
• Integrating parish boundaries with other geographic or demographic data for England and Wales.

Strengths

• Provides boundaries for parishes as of a specific date: 31 December 2015.
• Offers three boundary variants: full extent, coastline-clipped, and a generalised (20m) version.
• Specific parishes updated in version 2 are listed (e.g., Ash-cum-Ridley, Brasted).
• File sizes for each variant are provided (e.g., 13 MB for the generalised version).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a single snapshot in time (December 2015).

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries likely sourced from Ordnance Survey and administrative records.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:25.467484; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales