England Regional Boundaries from December 2015

Digital vector boundaries for regions in England as of 31 December 2015. The dataset contains multiple resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised, and includes Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Create regional maps of England based on the full-resolution boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other data using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Optimize map rendering performance by selecting the appropriate generalised boundary version (20m, 200m, 500m).

Strengths

• Provides boundaries as of a specific date: 31 December 2015.
• Offers five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and four levels of generalisation.
• Includes specific file sizes for each version, ranging from 61 KB to 11 MB.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to uk_data, being a snapshot from 2015.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:26.337505; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England