UK Travel to Work Areas Boundaries from December 2001

December 2001 digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas in the United Kingdom. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions and file sizes, from a 37 MB full-extent file to a 404 KB ultra-generalised version. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Mapping commuting zones based on the 2001 Travel to Work Area definitions.
• Analyzing regional economic integration based on the provided boundary extents.
• Creating simplified base maps for reports using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.
• Integrating historical boundary data with census statistics for longitudinal studies.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions for different use cases, from full resolution to ultra generalised.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each version, ranging from 404 KB to 41 MB.
• Contains authoritative boundaries from the UK's Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey.

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

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries produced for census and geographic analysis.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2001.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:36.806487; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom