Great Britain Ward Boundaries from December 2016 in Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for Wards in Great Britain as of December 2016. The dataset contains four boundary versions: full resolution extent of the realm (134 MB), full resolution clipped to the coastline (136 MB), generalised 20m clipped (13 MB), and super generalised 200m clipped (3 MB). It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create electoral district maps based on the full-resolution ward boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of demographic data using the generalised (20m) boundaries for faster processing.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into web mapping applications using the super generalised (200m) version for lightweight display.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary versions with specific file sizes (134 MB, 136 MB, 13 MB, 3 MB) for different use cases.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific snapshot date (December 2016).
• Includes both full extent and coastline-clipped versions, offering flexibility for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2016; administrative boundaries may have changed, limiting current applicability.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.030046; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2016.

Geography

Great Britain