Public Health England Regional Boundaries for England, July 2015

Digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Regions in England as of July 2015. The dataset contains multiple boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), each clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping public health indicators based on the defined regional boundaries.
• Aggregating health statistics to the Public Health England regional level for analysis.
• Creating simplified base maps for dashboards using the super generalised (200m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Integrating with other geospatial datasets using the consistent July 2015 boundary definitions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 10 MB, offering flexibility for different applications.
• Includes specific download URLs for ArcGIS REST services, facilitating direct programmatic access.
• Boundaries are explicitly defined as of a specific date (July 2015), ensuring temporal consistency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.756733; freshness should be verified as the boundaries reflect a 2015 snapshot.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, being specific to England.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized and generalized from official Ordnance Survey and ONS sources.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

The data snapshot is from July 2015. The metadata record was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Geography

England