A PDF map that shows the regions and their constituent counties and unitary authorities in the United Kingdom as at 1 April 2020. (File Size - 557 KB)

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Regions in England as at December 2024.

The boundaries available are: Generalised Clipped (BGC) - Generalised to 20m and clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) and more generalised than the BFE boundaries.

Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.TopoJSON Shapefile for Power BIOn the Export tab you will find a file under the Alternative exports. This file is in TopoJSON format and is ready for use in compatible visualisation tools such as Power BI or Mapbox.

Regions were built up of complete counties/unitary authorities so, although they were subject to change, they always reflected administrative boundaries as at the end of the previous year.

The Region area list contains nine areas for English Regions, and provides coverage of England only.

Please visit ONS Beginner's Guide to UK Geography for more info.

The boundaries are available as either 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) or

clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).

A PDF map that shows the Regions in England, as at December 2018. (File Size - 486 KB)

A PDF map that shows the health areas in England and Wales as at April 2013. The map shows the health geographies (clinical commissioning group, NHS area teams, and NHS commissioning regions) that became operative in England as at April 2013 and the local health boards in Wales. (File Size - 4 MB)

How would you define the boundaries of a town or city in England and Wales in 2016?

Maybe your definition would be based on its population size, geographic extent or where the industry and services are located. This was a question the ONS had to consider when creating a new statistical geography called Towns and Cities.

In reality, the ability to delimit the boundaries of a city or town is difficult!

Major Towns and Cities

The new statistical geography, Towns and Cities has been created based on population size and the extent of the built environment. It contains 112 towns and cities in England and Wales, where the residential and/or workday population > 75,000 people at the 2011 Census. It has been constructed using the existing Built-Up Area boundary set produced by Ordnance Survey in 2011.

This swipe map shows where the towns and cities and built-up areas are different. Just swipe the bar from left to right.

The blue polygons are the towns and cities and the purple polygons are the built-up areas.

A PDF map that shows the Regions in United Kingdom as at December 2017. (File Size - 226 KB)

This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for regions in the United Kingdom.Government offices for the regions (GOR) were established across England in 1994. Reflecting a number of government departments, their aim was to work in partnership with local people and organisations in order to maximise prosperity and the quality of life within their area. In 1996 the GORs became the primary classification for the presentation of regional statistics. GORs were built up of complete counties/unitary authorities, so although they were subject to change, they always reflected administrative boundaries as at the end of the previous year. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were not subdivided into GORs but are listed with them as regions in UK-wide statistical comparisons. After the Comprehensive Spending Review, it was confirmed that the GORs would close on 31 March 2011, shifting focus away from regions to local areas. However, there is still a requirement to maintain a region-level geography for statistical purposes. Processors and tools are using this data.EnhancementsAdd ISO 3166-3 codes.Simplify geometries to provide better performance across the services.Add administrative hierarchy.

A lookup table listing each local authority in England and Wales, the region it is located within, its local authority code and region code.

A PDF map that shows the Combined Authorities and Regions in England as at December 2021. (File Size - 454 KB)

A PDF map that shows the NHS England Regions in England as at July 2022. (File Size - 166 KB)

A PDF map showing the output areas in the East of England Region of England as at December 2011. (File Size - 28 MB)

A PDF map showing the travel to work areas (TTWAs) in the United Kingdom as at December 2011. (File Size - 3 MB)

A PDF map showing the Output Areas in the West Midlands Region of England as at December 2011. (File Size - 26 MB)

A PDF map showing the Public Health England Centres and Public Health England Regions in England as at December 2013. (File Size - 183 KB)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom English A PDF map that shows the Regions in England, as at December 2017. (File Size - 226 KB)

A PDF map showing the Area Classification (2011) of Health Areas (Supergroups) in the United Kingdom. (File Size - 1 MB)

A PDF map showing the lower layer super output areas in the London Region of England as at December 2011. (File Size - 37 MB)