Upper Tier Local Authorities Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2011

Digital vector boundaries for Upper Tier Local Authorities in England and Wales as of 31 December 2011. The boundaries are generalised to 20 meters and clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial joins for demographic or economic data based on the 2011 local authority geography.
• Analyzing coastal boundaries using the dataset's clipping to the Mean High Water mark.
• Creating historical reference maps for local government structures as they existed in late 2011.

Strengths

• Boundaries are generalised to a specific 20-meter resolution.
• Includes coastline clipping to the Mean High Water mark for accurate coastal representation.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, indicating authoritative sources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from December 2011 and may not reflect current boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:48.136123; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales