England Regional Boundaries as of December 2015, Clipped to Coastline

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for regions in England as at 31 December 2015. The dataset contains multiple boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark. It includes both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of England based on administrative regions using the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other UK datasets using the ultra-generalised boundaries for faster processing.
• Analyze regional proximity to the coastline using the clipped boundary versions.
• Visualize administrative changes over time by comparing these 2015 boundaries with other vintages.

Strengths

• Provides boundaries at five specific resolutions: full realm extent, full clipped, and generalised at 20m, 200m, and 500m.
• Includes specific file sizes for each resolution, with the ultra generalised version being 61 KB.
• Contains authoritative boundaries from the Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to a single snapshot date (31 December 2015), limiting temporal analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.940012; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Regions in England