Public Health England Centre Boundaries for July 2015

July 2015 digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Centres in England. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map health administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis at different scales based on the multiple resolution options (20m, 200m, 500m).
• Integrate health centre geography with other datasets using the clipped coastline boundaries.
• Visualize Public Health England's operational regions as of July 2015.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 60 KB to 11 MB.
• Includes specific download URLs for ArcGIS REST services, facilitating programmatic access.
• Contains boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark, providing a consistent coastal reference.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a snapshot from July 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:21.252944; freshness should be verified

Geography

England