Public Health England Regional Boundaries for July 2015 with Multiple Resolutions

Public Health England Regions (July 2015) Full Clipped Boundaries in England provides digital vector boundaries for Public Health England administrative regions in England as of July 2015. The dataset, from the Office for National Statistics, includes five boundary versions at different resolutions and file sizes, from a 5 MB full-resolution version to a 53 KB ultra-generalised version. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map health statistics to administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of health outcomes across Public Health England regions.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised boundary versions.
• Integrate regional boundaries into health information systems for data linkage.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions with specific file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 10 MB.
• Offers multiple resolutions, including full, generalised (20m), super generalised (200m), and ultra generalised (500m).
• Includes both clipped and unclipped (extent of the realm) coastline versions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to July 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.

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 13:33:14.286448; freshness should be verified

Geography

England