UK Travel to Work Areas: Generalised Clipped Boundaries from December 2011

United Kingdom digital vector boundaries for Travel to Work Areas as of December 2011. The dataset contains multiple boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping UK commuting zones based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing labor market geography using the generalised (20m) clipped boundaries.
• Integrating boundary data into GIS systems for regional planning based on the available service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, including file sizes ranging from 382 KB to 68 MB.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date: December 2011.
• Includes access via multiple ArcGIS REST service URLs for viewing and download.

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.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.907363; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely derived from UK census and geographic data.

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.907363; the underlying data is from December 2011.

Geography

United Kingdom