Public Health England Regional Boundaries for July 2015

Digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Regions in England as of July 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions and extents, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map public health indicators based on the defined regional boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of health data using the coastline-clipped boundary versions.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary files.
• Integrate regional health boundaries with other geospatial datasets for England.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions for different use cases, including full extent and coastline-clipped.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 53 KB for ultra generalised to 10 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Includes access via multiple ArcGIS REST service URLs for programmatic use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to July 2015, which may limit temporal relevance for current analyses.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale joins.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.283259; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England