Public Health England Regional Boundaries, July 2015

England's Public Health England regional boundaries as of July 2015. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries in five resolutions, 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 health statistics based on the Public Health England regional boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Create simplified visualizations based on the super generalised (200m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundary files.
• Perform spatial analysis clipped to the coastline using the Mean High Water mark boundaries.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary resolutions, from full (5-10 MB) to ultra generalised (53 KB).
• Provides specific download file sizes for each resolution variant.
• Includes multiple access methods via REST URLs for ArcGIS services.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:28.921360; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

Snapshot from July 2015.

Geography

England