UK Travel to Work Areas: Geographic Boundaries as of December 2001

United Kingdom digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas as at 31 December 2001. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping commuting zones based on the defined Travel to Work Area boundaries.
• Analyzing regional economic integration based on the geographic extent of work areas.
• Creating generalised boundary visualizations based on the 20m, 200m, and 500m resolution options.
• Clipping spatial analyses to the UK coastline using the Mean High Water mark boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and multiple generalised options.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 404 KB for ultra generalised to 41 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Boundaries are explicitly dated as at 31 December 2001, providing a clear temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As at 31 December 2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.753698; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom