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 in the Sevenoaks district based on the version 2 updates.
• Performing spatial analysis clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) using the generalised boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct boundary resolutions: full extent of the realm, full resolution clipped to coastline, and generalised (20m) clipped to coastline.
• Specifically updates boundaries for 13 named parishes in the Sevenoaks district, indicating version control.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, suggesting authoritative sourcing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:34.980396; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales