A PDF map of the London boroughs as at December 2013. The map shows the London boroughs split into inner London and outer London. (File Size - 181 KB)

The Zip folder contains a range of key GIS boundary files for ESRI and Map Info covering Greater London.

The folder includes:

- Output Area (OA) 2011,

- Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) 2004 and 2011,

- Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) 2004 and 2011,

- London Wards (two files: City of London merged into single area and split into seperate wards). There are separate download file for 2014 & 2018 boundaries.

- London Boroughs

- Greater London boundary

Note: The OA to MSOA boundaries have been generalised to reduce file size/loading time.

On maps created using these boundaries the copyright must be stated. This is: "Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right [2015]" and "Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2015]"

For more information about boundary data sharing read these Terms and Conditions of Supply.

The Zip folder contains a range of key GIS boundary files for ESRI and Map Info covering Greater London. The folder includes: - Output Area (OA) 2011, - Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) 2004 and 2011, - Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) 2004 and 2011, - London Wards (two files: City of London merged into single area and split into seperate wards). There are separate download file for 2014 & 2018 boundaries. - London Boroughs Note: The OA to MSOA boundaries have been generalised to reduce file size/loading time. On maps created using these boundaries the copyright must be stated. This is: "Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right [2015]" and "Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2015]" For more information about boundary data sharing read these Terms and Conditions of Supply.

A free mapping tool that allows you to create a thematic map of London without any specialist GIS skills or software - all you need is Microsoft Excel. Templates are available for London’s Boroughs and Wards. Full instructions are contained within the spreadsheets.

Macros

The tool works in any version of Excel. But the user MUST ENABLE MACROS, for the features to work. There a some restrictions on functionality in the ward maps in Excel 2003 and earlier - full instructions are included in the spreadsheet.

To check whether the macros are enabled in Excel 2003 click Tools, Macro, Security and change the setting to Medium. Then you have to re-start Excel for the changes to take effect. When Excel starts up a prompt will ask if you want to enable macros - click yes.

In Excel 2007 and later, it should be set by default to the correct setting, but if it has been changed, click on the Windows Office button in the top corner, then Excel options (at the bottom), Trust Centre, Trust Centre Settings, and make sure it is set to 'Disable all macros with notification'. Then when you open the spreadsheet, a prompt labelled 'Options' will appear at the top for you to enable macros.

To create your own thematic borough maps in Excel using the ward map tool as a starting point, read these instructions. You will need to be a confident Excel user, and have access to your boundaries as a picture file from elsewhere. The mapping tools created here are all fully open access with no passwords.

Copyright notice: If you publish these maps, a copyright notice must be included within the report saying: "Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights."

NOTE: Excel 2003 users must 'ungroup' the map for it to work.

The London Borough Profiles help paint a general picture of an area by presenting a range of headline indicator data in both spreadsheet and map form to help show statistics covering demographic, economic, social and environmental datasets for each borough, alongside relevant comparator areas. The London Borough Atlas does the same but provides further detailed breakdowns and time-series data for each borough. The full datasets and more information for each of the indicators are usually available on the London Datastore. A link to each of the datasets is contained in the spreadsheet and map.

London Borough Profiles

On opening the Microsoft Excel version, a simple drop down box allows you to choose which borough profile you are interested in. Selecting this will display data for that borough, plus either Inner or Outer London, London and a national comparator (usually England where data is available). To see the full set of data for all 33 local authorities in London plus the comparator areas in Excel, click the 'Data' worksheet. A chart and a map are also available to help visualise the data for all boroughs (macros must be enabled for the Excel map to function). The data is set out across 11 themes covering most of the key indicators relating to demographic, economic, social and environmental data. Sources are provided in the spreadsheet. Notes about the indicator are provided in comment boxes attached to the indicator names. For a geographical and bar chart representation of the profile data, choose the InstantAtlas version. Choose indicators from the left hand side. Click on the comparators to make them appear on the chart and map. Sources, links to data, and notes are all contained in the box in the bottom right hand corner.

These profiles include data relating to: Population, Households (census), Demographics, Migrant population, Ethnicity, Language, Employment, NEET, DWP Benefits (client group), Housing Benefit, Qualifications, Earnings, Volunteering, Jobs density, Business Survival, Crime, Fires, House prices, New homes, Tenure, Greenspace, Recycling, Carbon Emissions, Cars, Public Transport Accessibility (PTAL), Indices of Multiple Deprivation, GCSE results, Children looked after, Children in out-of-work families, Life Expectancy, Teenage conceptions, Happiness levels, Political control, and Election turnout.

London Borough Atlas

To access even more data at local authority level, use the London Borough Atlas. It contains data about the same topics as the profiles but provides further detailed breakdowns and time-series data for each borough. There is also an InstantAtlas version available.

The London boroughs are: City of London, Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster. You may also find our small area profiles useful - Ward, LSOA, and "/dataset/msoa-atlas">MS

Based on the First Revised Series of the Ordnance Survey London Town Plans. You can find a different version of the Georeferenced maps on the National Library of Scotland website:

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=11&lat=51.4907&lon=-0.1331&layers=163&b=1

Each factory is coded to indicate whether it is on both or just one of the two 19th century series of Ordnance Survey London Town Plans. I have also tried to catagorize the factories. There are some other incomplete fields or fields used in earlier versions of this database.

Data used in Jim Clifford, West Ham and the River Lea A Social and Environmental History of London’s Industrialized Marshland, 1839–1914, UBC Press, 2017, https://www.ubcpress.ca/west-ham-and-the-river-lea

This is a city map of London, England, shown at a 1:63,360 scale. This city map was created by the Director General of the Ordnance Survey.

The dataset has been created by http://www.gigl.org.uk" target="_blank">Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s natural environment. We provide impartial evidence to enable informed discussion and decision-making in policy and practice.

GiGL maps under licence from the https://www.london.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Greater London Authority. Research for this dataset has been assisted by https://www.theguardian.com/cities" target="_blank">The Guardian Cities team.

Data sources

Boundaries and attributes are based on GiGL’s http://www.gigl.org.uk/our-data-holdings/open-spaces/" target="_blank">Open Space dataset, which is a collated dataset of spatial and attribute information from various sources, including: habitat and open space survey information provided to GiGL by the GLA and London boroughs, borough open space survey information where provided to GiGL or available under open licence, other attribute information inferred from field visits or research. Available open space information has been analysed by GiGL to identify POPS included in this dataset. Future updates to the GiGL Open Space dataset will inform future, improved releases of the POPS dataset.

Definition

For the purposes of creating the dataset, POPS have been carefully defined as below. The definition is based on review of similar definitions internationally and appropriateness for application to available London data.

Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS): publicly accessible spaces which are provided and maintained by private developers, offices or residential building owners. They include city squares, atriums and small parks. The spaces provide several functional amenities for the public. They are free to enter and may be open 24 hours or have restricted access arrangements. Whilst the spaces look public, there are often constraints to use.

For the Greater London dataset no consideration is taken as to a site’s formal status in planning considerations, and only unenclosed POPS are included.

POPS may be destination spaces, which attract visitors from outside of the space’s immediate area and are designed for use by a broad audience, or neighbourhood spaces, which draw residents and employees from the immediate locale and are usually strongly linked with the adjacent street or host building. These spaces are of high quality and include a range of amenities. The POPS may also be a hiatus space, accommodating the passing user for a brief stop only – for example it may include seating but few other amenities, a circulation space, designed to improve a pedestrian’s journey from A to B, or a marginal space, which whilst a public space is not very accommodating and experiences low levels of usage. (Ref: Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience, by Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, and the Municipal Art Society of New York, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2000).

NOTE: The boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2017.

Introduction

The GiGL Spaces to Visit dataset provides locations and boundaries for open space sites in Greater London that are available to the public as destinations for leisure, activities and community engagement. It includes green corridors that provide opportunities for walking and cycling.

The dataset has been created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). As London’s Environmental Records Centre, GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s natural environment. We provide impartial evidence to support informed discussion and decision making in policy and practice.

GiGL maps under licence from the Greater London Authority.

Description

This dataset is a sub-set of the GiGL Open Space dataset, the most comprehensive dataset available of open spaces in London. Sites are selected for inclusion in Spaces to Visit based on their public accessibility and likelihood that people would be interested in visiting.

The dataset is a mapped Geographic Information System (GIS) polygon dataset where one polygon (or multi-polygon) represents one space. As well as site boundaries, the dataset includes information about a site’s name, size and type (e.g. park, playing field etc.).

GiGL developed the Spaces to Visit dataset to support anyone who is interested in London’s open spaces - including community groups, web and app developers, policy makers and researchers - with an open licence data source. More detailed and extensive data are available under GiGL data use licences for GIGL partners, researchers and students. Information services are also available for ecological consultants, biological recorders and community volunteers – please see www.gigl.org.uk for more information.

Please note that access and opening times are subject to change (particularly at the current time) so if you are planning to visit a site check on the local authority or site website that it is open.

The dataset is updated on a quarterly basis. If you have questions about this dataset please contact GiGL’s GIS and Data Officer.

Data sources

The boundaries and information in this dataset, are a combination of data collected during the London Survey Method habitat and open space survey programme (1986 – 2008) and information provided to GiGL from other sources since. These sources include London borough surveys, land use datasets, volunteer surveys, feedback from the public, park friends’ groups, and updates made as part of GiGL’s on-going data validation and verification process.

Due to data availability, some areas are more up-to-date than others. We are continually working on updating and improving this dataset. If you have any additional information or corrections for sites included in the Spaces to Visit dataset please contact GiGL’s GIS and Data Officer.

NOTE: The dataset contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2025. The site boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping, and the data are published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'. When using these data please acknowledge GiGL and Ordnance Survey as the source of the information using the following citation:

‘Dataset created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL), 2025 – Contains Ordnance Survey and public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ’

OS OpenZoomstack - Named Places and Urban Areas for Tile TQ coverign Greater London Area - GeopackageOS Terrain® 50 - GB | Data type: Vector (Contours) | Supply format: ASCII Grid and GML (Grid) | Tile TQ (north half)Sea level rise modelling by applying 0, 0.5 & 2 m.* mask on terrain to simulate sea level rise (no flood modelling)*: scientific consensus of moderate / low probability at mid- / late-century in moderate emissions scenarioDEFRA Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea - Defra Spatial Data Download (extensive flood measuring & modelling)Overlay Layer applied to map Urban areas affected by OS sea level rise or DEFRA flooding from river or sea

Greater London Authority

Maps from the 2015 London Plan in PNG format. PNG (graphic) files of all 30 maps and 5 figures from the 2015 London Plan in a single (zipped) folder. Source: Greater London Authority, The London Plan 2015. See more on the GLA website. These same maps and figures were used in the London Plan 2016.

Opportunity Areas (OAs) are London’s major source of brownfield land which have significant capacity for development. Development proposals within OAs should conform with strategic directions for the OA(s).

This report contains an introduction to PM2.5, summarises our current understanding of PM2.5 concentrations and exposure, discusses the findings of research undertaken by the GLA and TfL into the extent of PM2.5 pollution in London, and assesses the potential for meeting World Health Organisation guidelines by 2030. Our analysis found that at present all Londoners are exposed to concentrations higher than WHO air quality guidelines, but, if PM2.5 reduction measures within the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and London Environment Strategy are accompanied by co-operation on a national and international level, the guideline limit is achievable by 2030. The accompanying map is the annual mean PM2.5 concentration in Greater London for 2013 by Output Area, also provided is the data behind this map, which includes the annual average PM2.5 concentration of each Output Area (OA) in Greater London. You may need to use the OA data mapping available from the London Datastore to identify specific output areas.

These zip files contain high resolution images from the Draft New London Plan published December 2017. The full draft plan can be downloaded here.

London Heat Map --------------- The London Heat Map is a tool designed to help you identify areas of high heat demand, explore opportunities for new and expanding district heat networks and to draw potential heat networks and assess their financial feasibility. The new version of the London Heat Map was created for the Greater London Authority by the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) in July 2019. The London Heat Map is regularly updated with new network data and other datasets. Background datasets such as building heat demand was last updated on 26/06/2023. The London Heatmap is a map-based web application you can use to find and appraise opportunities for decentralised energy (DE) projects in London. The map covers the whole of Greater London, and provides very local information to help you identify and develop DE opportunities, including data such as: * Heat demand values for each building * Locations of potential heat supply sites * Locations of existing and proposed district heating networks * A spatial heat demand density map layer The map also includes a user-friendly visual tool for heat network design. This is intended to support preliminary techno-economic appraisal of potential district heat networks. The London Heat Map is used by a wide variety of people in numerous ways: * London Boroughs can use the new map to help develop their energy master plans. * Property developers can use the map to help them meet the decentralised energy policies in the London Plan. * Energy consultants can use the map to gather initial data to inform feasibility studies. More information is available here, and an interactive map is available here. Building-level estimated annual and peak heat demand data from the London Heat Map has been made available through the data extracts below. The data was last updated on 26/06/2023. The data contains Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'. © Crown copyright and database rights 2023. The Decentralised Energy Master planning programme (DEMaP) ---------------------------------------------------------- The Decentralised Energy Master planning programme (DEMaP), was completed in October 2010. It included a heat mapping support package for the London boroughs to enable them to carry out high resolution heat mapping for their area. To date, heat maps have been produced for 29 London boroughs with the remaining four boroughs carrying out their own data collection. All of the data collected through this process is provided below. ### Carbon Calculator Tool Arup have produced a Carbon Calculator Tool to assist projects in their early estimation of the carbon dioxide (CO2) savings which could be realised by a district heating scheme with different sources of heating. The calculator's estimates include the impact of a decarbonising the electrical grid over time, based on projections by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, as well as the Government's Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). The Excel-based tool can be downloaded below. ### Borough Heat Maps Data and Reports (2012) In March 2012, all London boroughs did a heat mapping exercise. The data from this includes the following and can be downloaded below: * Heat Load for all boroughs * Heat Supplies for all boroughs * Heat Network * LDD 2010 database * Complete GIS London Heat Map Data The heat maps contain real heat consumption data for priority buildings such as hospitals, leisure centres and local authority buildings. As part of this work, each of the boroughs developed implementation plans to help them take the DE opportunities identified to the next stages. The implementation plans include barriers and opportunities, actions to be taken by the council, key dates, personnel responsible. These can be downloaded below. Other Useful Documents ---------------------- Other useful documents can be downloaded from the links below: Energy Masterplanning Manual Opportunities for Decentralised Energy in London - Vision Map London Heat Network Manual London Heat Network Manual II

Author:Greater London AuthorityCreation date:April 2024Date of source data harvest:April 2024Temporal coverage of source data:2024Spatial Resolution:pan-LondonGeometry:LineSource data URL:London Heat Map and the London DatastoreData terms of use:Dataset can be shared openly for reuse for non-commercial purposes, with appropriate attribution.Data attribution:- London Heat Map, Greater London Authority, 2024.- © Crown copyright and database rights 2024 Ordnance Survey (100032216 GLA).Workflow Diagrams:Not available.Comments:The data and analysis developed for the sub-regional LAEP was undertaken using data available at the time and will need to be refined for a full Phase 2 LAEP. Please check here for more detailed background on the data.Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the quality and accuracy of the data, the Greater London Authority is not responsible for any inaccuracies and/or mistakes in the information provided.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom English Introduction The GiGL Open Space Friends Group subset provides locations and boundaries for selected open space sites in Greater London. The chosen sites represent sites that have established Friends Groups in Greater London and are therefore important to local communities, even if they may not be accessible open spaces, or don’t typically function as destinations for leisure, activities and community engagement*. Friends Groups are groups of interested local people who come together to protect, enhance and improve their local open space or spaces. The dataset has been created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). As London’s Environmental Records Centre, GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s natural environment. We provide impartial evidence to support informed discussion and decision making in policy and practice. GiGL maps under licence from the Greater London Authority. *Publicly accessible sites for leisure, activities and community engagement can be found in GiGL's Spaces to Visit dataset Description This dataset is a sub-set of the GiGL Open Space dataset, the most comprehensive dataset available of open spaces in London. Sites are selected for inclusion in the Friends Group subset based on whether there is a friends group recorded for the site in the Open Space dataset. The dataset is a mapped Geographic Information System (GIS) polygon dataset where one polygon (or multi-polygon) represents one space. As well as site boundaries, the dataset includes information about a site’s name, size, access and type (e.g. park, playing field etc.) and the name and/or web address of the site’s friends group. GiGL developed the dataset to support anyone who is interested in identifying sites in London with friends groups - including friends groups and other community groups, web and app developers, policy makers and researchers - with an open licence data source. More detailed and extensive data are available under GiGL data use licences for GIGL partners, researchers and students. Information services are also available for ecological consultants, biological recorders, community groups and members of the public – please see www.gigl.org.uk for more information. The dataset is updated on a quarterly basis. If you have questions about this dataset please contact GiGL’s GIS and Data Officer. Data sources The boundaries and information in this dataset are a combination of data collected during the London Survey Method habitat and open space survey programme (1986 – 2008) and information provided to GiGL from other sources since. These sources include London borough surveys, land use datasets, volunteer surveys, feedback from the public, park friends’ groups, and updates made as part of GiGL’s on-going data validation and verification process. This is a preliminary version of the dataset as there is currently low coverage of friends groups in GiGL’s Open Space database. We are continually working on updating and improving this dataset. If you have any additional information or corrections for sites included in GiGL’s Friends Group subset please contact GiGL’s GIS and Data Officer. NOTE: The dataset contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2025. The site boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping, and the data are published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'. When using these data please acknowledge GiGL and Ordnance Survey as the source of the information using the following citation: ‘Dataset created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL), 2025 – Contains Ordnance Survey and public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ’

Author:Greater London AuthorityCreation date:April 2024Date of source data harvest:April 2024Temporal coverage of source data:2024Spatial Resolution:pan-LondonGeometry:LineSource data URL:London Heat Map and the London DatastoreData terms of use:Dataset can be shared openly for reuse for non-commercial purposes, with appropriate attribution.Data attribution:- London Heat Map, Greater London Authority, 2024.- © Crown copyright and database rights 2024 Ordnance Survey (100032216 GLA).Workflow diagrams:Not available.Comments:- The data and analysis developed for the sub-regional LAEP was undertaken using data available at the time and will need to be refined for a full Phase 2 LAEP. Please check here for more detailed background on the data.- Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the quality and accuracy of the data, the Greater London Authority is not responsible for any inaccuracies and/or mistakes in the information provided.

blockquote { margin: 1em 3em; color: #9e0059; border-left: 2px solid #9e0059; padding-left: 1em; } The LAEI 2008 has since been superseded. Click here for the full list of releases. Concentration Modelling has been produced by the Environmental Research Group, Kings College London, using the LAEI 2008. Pollutant maps for the Greater London area have been produced for the years 2008, 2011 and 2015. Emissions data contained within the LAEI 2008 can also be downloaded from the Datastore Technical Information This dataset consists of a series of very detailed GIS layers showing modelled concentration values for five different pollutants. Each zip file contains a 20 metre grid shapefile, mxd and layer files for use in ESRI ArcGIS software. Data will be made available in other formats and structures (such as generalised contours which are faster to draw) in due course. Pollutant Illustrative Map (jpg) 20m grid (shapefile) 20m grid (tab file) NO2 Annual Mean 2008, 2011, 2015 and Download file (147mb zipped) NOx Annual Mean 2008, 2011, 2015, and Download file (150mb zipped) PM10 Annual Mean 2008, 2011, 2015, and Download file (142mb zipped) PM10 Exceedence 2008, 2011, 2015, and Download file (148mb zipped) PM25 Exceedence 2008, 2011, 2015, and Download file (140mb zipped)