Regions of England: Ultra Generalised Boundaries

December 2023 and December 2025 digital vector boundaries for the administrative Regions of England. The data provides ultra generalised (500m) boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark. It contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Regional mapping and cartography based on ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Spatial analysis of socio-economic data aggregated to the English Region level.
• Creating coastline-clipped visualizations for regional reports or dashboards.
• Integrating administrative boundaries into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for England.

Strengths

• Provides boundaries for two distinct time periods (December 2023 and December 2025).
• Specifies a precise level of detail: ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Explicitly states the coastline clipping method (Mean High Water mark).
• Cross-platform presence on eu_open_data and uk_data indicates official importance.

Limitations

• Key metadata (row count, file size, license, author) is missing from all sources.
• Sources conflict on the temporal coverage, listing both 2023 and 2025 versions.
• Column names are not provided, limiting understanding of the specific attributes available.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (UK)

Time Range

December 2023 to December 2025

Freshness

2026-04-29

Geography

England