Public Health England Centre Boundaries for July 2015 with Multiple Resolutions

Five vector boundary resolutions for Public Health England Centres, ranging from 6 MB full-extent files to 60 KB ultra-generalised versions. This dataset, produced by the Office for National Statistics, contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and was last updated in July 2026. Boundaries include full-extent and coastline-clipped versions, with download sizes specified for each.

Use Cases

• Mapping health service catchment areas based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Aggregating health statistics to administrative units based on the July 2015 Public Health England Centre geography.
• Performing spatial joins with other datasets using the generalised boundary files for computational efficiency.
• Visualising the historical extent of public health regions in England for July 2015.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions with stated file sizes (e.g., 60 KB for ultra-generalised).
• Includes both full-extent and coastline-clipped versions for different analytical needs.
• Contains intellectual property rights from two authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single snapshot in July 2015, which may not reflect current boundaries.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:17.348523; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England