Registration Districts in England and Wales, Super Generalised Boundaries (2015)

Digital vector boundaries for registration districts in England and Wales as of December 2015. The dataset contains four boundary variants, including full resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. It is produced by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of England and Wales based on registration districts using the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other datasets using the super generalised (200m) boundaries for faster processing.
• Analyze coastal administrative boundaries using the full resolution boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark.
• Integrate registration district boundaries into GIS software via the provided ArcGIS REST services for web mapping.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary resolutions, including a super generalised version of 455 KB for lightweight applications.
• Includes full resolution boundaries for both the extent of the realm (17 MB) and the clipped coastline (22 MB).
• Offers multiple access methods, including direct file downloads and ArcGIS REST services for INSPIRE compliance.

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 is specific to December 2015; its applicability to current administrative boundaries should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.489269; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales