England Regional Boundaries as of December 2015 with Multiple Resolutions

December 2015 digital vector boundaries for regions in England. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution extent and coastline-clipped variants at 20m, 200m, and 500m generalisation levels. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create regional maps of England based on the full-resolution extent boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins and analysis using the coastline-clipped generalised (20m) boundaries for computational efficiency.
• Visualise regional data in web applications using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for fast rendering.
• Analyse offshore administrative extents based on the full-resolution 'extent of the realm' boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and four generalised/clipped options.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each boundary variant, ranging from 61 KB to 11 MB.
• Contains boundaries as they existed on a specific date: 31 December 2015.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized and maintained by national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

As of 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:19.538113; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Regions in England