Public Health England Centre Boundaries, July 2015

Digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Centres in England as of July 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and multiple generalized (20m, 200m, 500m) versions clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map Public Health England administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis on health data aggregated to PHE Centres based on the boundary geometries.
• Create generalized maps for publication based on the 20m, 200m, or 500m clipped coastline boundaries.
• Integrate health boundary data with other UK geospatial datasets using the provided ArcGIS REST service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, from full (6-11 MB) to ultra-generalized (60 KB), for different use cases.
• Includes specific download file sizes for each boundary version, aiding in resource planning.
• Contains direct REST service URLs for ArcGIS INSPIRE View and Feature Download services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a snapshot from July 2015; administrative boundaries may have changed since.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analyses.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized and generalized from official Ordnance Survey and ONS sources.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:09.062776; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England