Great Britain Ward Boundaries from December 2016 with Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for Wards in Great Britain as at December 2016. Four boundary versions are available, including full-resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. The dataset contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create electoral or administrative maps based on the full-resolution ward boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis using the generalised (20m) boundaries for faster processing.
• Integrate ward-level data for Great Britain into geographic information systems using the provided vector formats.
• Visualize coastal administrative boundaries using the versions clipped to the Mean High Water mark.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary versions, including full-resolution and generalised (20m and 200m) options.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each boundary type, with the super generalised version being 3 MB.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on Great Britain.
• Freshness should be verified; the snapshot is from December 2016.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:47.845533; snapshot is from December 2016.

Geography

Great Britain