Public Health England Regional Boundaries for July 2015

July 2015 digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Regions in England. The dataset contains five boundary variants, including full-resolution and generalised versions, with file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 10 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Map public health administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of health data clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).
• Create visualisations using generalised boundaries (20m, 200m, 500m) for web mapping.
• Integrate regional boundaries with other health datasets for England.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary variants for different use cases.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 53 KB for ultra generalised to 10 MB for full-resolution clipped.
• Includes both full-extent and coastline-clipped versions of the boundaries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to a single snapshot in July 2015; temporal coverage is limited.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:53.721005; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England