UK Travel to Work Areas with Multiple Resolution Boundaries, December 2011

Digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas in the United Kingdom as at December 2011. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalized, and includes intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. It is available via multiple ArcGIS REST services and downloadable in formats including GEOJSON and KML.

Use Cases

• Mapping commuting zones for economic analysis based on the defined Travel to Work Areas.
• Integrating boundary data into GIS models using the multiple resolution options (e.g., 20m, 200m, 500m generalised).
• Analyzing coastal and offshore administrative extents based on the full realm boundaries clipped to Mean High/Low Water marks.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution (64-68 MB files) and generalized options (down to 382 KB).
• Contains boundaries for the full extent of the realm and versions clipped to the coastline, offering flexibility for analysis.
• Intellectual property is clearly attributed to 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 2011; its relevance for current analysis may be limited without updates.
• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely derived from UK census and Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:08.887409; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom