Ward Boundaries for Great Britain as of December 2016

December 2016 digital vector boundaries for Wards in Great Britain, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset includes four boundary versions: full resolution (extent of the realm and clipped to coastline), generalised (20m), and super generalised (200m). File sizes range from 3 MB to 136 MB for the different versions.

Use Cases

• Create electoral or administrative maps based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of demographic or economic data aggregated to the ward level.
• Integrate ward boundaries into GIS systems for local government planning and service delivery.
• Generate simplified (generalised) boundary sets for web mapping or national-scale visualizations.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary versions (full, clipped, 20m generalised, 200m super generalised) for different use cases.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 3 MB for the super generalised version to 136 MB for the full-resolution clipped version.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, indicating authoritative source data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; the data reflects a snapshot from December 2016.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from authoritative sources, likely Ordnance Survey.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:57.306314; data snapshot is from December 2016.

Geography

Great Britain