UK Travel to Work Areas Super Generalised Boundaries for December 2001

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas in the United Kingdom as of 31 December 2001. The dataset includes five boundary versions at different resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 404 KB to 41 MB. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping commuting zones based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing regional economic linkages using the defined Travel to Work Areas.
• Integrating boundary data for spatial analysis of census or labor statistics.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions, including super generalised (200m) and ultra generalised (500m).
• File sizes are explicitly listed, with the smallest being 404 KB and the largest 41 MB.
• Contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from December 2001, which may limit contemporary analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 13:31:56.860187; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom