Public Health England Regions: July 2015 Boundaries for England

July 2015 digital vector boundaries for Public Health England Regions in England. The dataset provides multiple resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), each clipped to the coastline. It contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional health statistics based on the July 2015 administrative boundaries.
• Creating simplified base maps for national dashboards using the ultra generalised (500m) version.
• Conducting spatial analysis of health outcomes within the defined Public Health England Regions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 53 KB to 10 MB, catering to different use cases.
• Contains intellectual property rights from two authoritative UK sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• The dataset is static, representing boundaries as of a single point in time (July 2015), which may not reflect later reorganizations.
• Key metadata such as column names, row counts, and specific author are not provided across the listed sources.
• The 'last updated' metadata field (2026-07-08) appears to be a platform artifact and conflicts with the dataset's actual 2015 reference date.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics, incorporating Ordnance Survey data.

Collection Method

Derived from official digital vector boundaries.

Time Range

July 2015

Freshness

The data represents boundaries as of July 2015. Platform metadata shows a 'last updated' date of 2026-07-08, but this likely refers to a platform refresh, not a data update.

Geography

England