Boundary Data

Boundaries data supplied by the OS provides administrative boundaries for England and Wales. This dataset consists of:

Parish Boundaries

This is a boundary data set containing polygon features which define Civil Parishes (England) and Communities (Wales). These are divisions of Districts (themselves divisions of Counties), or divisions of Unitary Authorities or Metropolitan Districts where appropriate.

These boundaries were sourced from the OS Boundary Line Parish data set. The source mapping scale for all features within this data set is 1:10,000.

Local Authority Boundaries

This is a boundary data set containing polygon features which define local authority areas. Local authorities are classified as District councils, London Borough councils, Metropolitan District Councils or Unitary authorities and were sourced from the OS Boundary Line district borough unitary data set.

The source mapping scale for all features within this data set is 1:10,000.

County Boundaries

This is a boundary data set containing polygon features which define England's County Council areas and the Greater London Authority boundary and the boundaries have been sourced from the OS Boundary Line county data set.

The source mapping scale for all features within this data set is 1:10,000.