Description
This file contains digital vector boundaries for counties, metropolitan districts, London boroughs and unitary authorities in England and Wales as at December 2015. The boundaries available are:
- Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands)
- Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark)
- Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark)
- Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark)
- Ultra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).
Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.
Download File Sizes
- Full resolution - extent of the realm (17 MB)
- Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (22 MB)
- Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (3 MB)
- Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (464 KB)
- Ultra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (160 KB).
REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2015_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireView
REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service - https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2015_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownload
REST URL of Feature Service - https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2015_Boundaries/FeatureServer
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Open Dataset | HTML | Open resource | |
| Landing page | HTML | Open resource | |
| CSV | CSV | Open resource | |
| GeoJSON | GeoJSON | Open resource | |
| KML | KML | Open resource | |
| Shapefile | ZIP | Open resource | |
| Esri Rest API | Unknown | Open resource | |
| OGC WFS | Unknown | Open resource | |
| OGC WMS | Unknown | Open resource |