UK Travel to Work Areas: Super Generalised Clipped Boundaries for December 2001

December 2001 digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas in the United Kingdom, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset includes five boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised, each clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping commuting zones based on the super generalised (200m) boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing regional economic integration using the full resolution boundaries clipped to the coastline.
• Creating simplified visualizations for reports using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Integrating with other census datasets using the provided ArcGIS REST service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, including super generalised (200m) and ultra generalised (500m) versions.
• Includes specific file sizes for each resolution, such as 1 MB for the super generalised version.
• Offers multiple access methods via ArcGIS REST services for viewing and feature download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single snapshot in December 2001; temporal coverage is limited.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely derived from official census and geographic data.

Time Range

December 2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:51.857229; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom