Registration Districts in England and Wales, December 2015 Boundaries

England and Wales registration district boundaries as of December 2015, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries in four resolutions, including full extent and versions clipped to the coastline. It includes Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of administrative units based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with demographic data using the registration district geography.
• Analyze coastal versus inland administrative extents using the clipped and full-resolution boundary options.
• Serve boundaries in web mapping applications via the provided ArcGIS REST service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides four specific boundary resolutions, including generalised (20m) and super generalised (200m) versions.
• Includes direct download file sizes, with the super generalised version listed as 455 KB.
• Contains boundaries for a specific snapshot date (December 2015).
• Offers multiple access methods, including direct download and ArcGIS REST services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; the data snapshot is from 2015, though metadata was updated in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries, likely derived from Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

December 2015 snapshot

Freshness

Data snapshot is from December 2015; platform metadata was last updated 2026-07-08.

Geography

England and Wales