England Regional Boundaries as of December 2015 with Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for regions in England as of 31 December 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution extent and coastline-clipped versions at 20m, 200m, and 500m generalisation levels. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create detailed regional maps based on the full-resolution extent boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis using the coastline-clipped boundaries for land-based studies.
• Develop web mapping applications using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary files for faster rendering.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full-resolution and four generalised/clipped options.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each version, ranging from 61 KB to 11 MB.
• Boundaries are temporally specific, representing regions as of 31 December 2015.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.261591; freshness should be verified as the boundaries are from 2015.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (UK)

Collection Method

Likely digitized and maintained by national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2015.

Freshness

The data snapshot is from 31 December 2015. The metadata was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Geography

Regions in England.