This data shows the local authority districts, council areas (Scotland) and unitary authorities for Great Britain. A JPEG image of the map is also contained in the download.

A PDF map that shows the local authority districts, counties and unitary authorities in the United Kingdom as at April 2023. The map has been created to show the United Kingdom from country level down to local authority district level. (File Size - 1,909 KB)

The administrative boundaries of local authorities in England as provided by the ONS for the purposes of producing statistics.

Local Authority is a generic term used to cover London Boroughs, Metropolitan Districts, Non-Metropolitan Districts, and Unitary Authorities in England; Unitary Authorities in Wales; Council Areas in Scotland; and Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland.

The Local Authorities area list contains 404 areas of the following constituent geographies:

• 36 Metropolitan Districts in England
• 201 Non-Metropolitan Districts in England
• 31 London Boroughs in England
• 54 Unitary Authorities in England
• 26 Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland
• 32 Council Areas in Scotland
• 22 Unitary Authorities in Wales
• 2 Census Merged Districts in England

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).

Introduction Shapefile showing local authority boundaries within the UK Power Networks area (across all licence areas). District/Borough councils, Unitary Authorities, and County Councils are shown.

Methodological Approach

  Data Extraction: Static shapefiles were exported from the Office of National Statistics' website.

Source: Local Authorities, County Councils and Regions.Data Manipulation: Using our shapefile for our operational boundaries, the Open Data team has excluded any local authorities outside of our area. Local Authority boundaries are unclipped, meaning the entire boundary is shown - even if the majority of the boundary is outside our licence

Quality Control Statement
The data is provided "as is". 


Assurance Statement
The Open Data team has checked the data against source to ensure data accuracy and consistency.

Other

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Download dataset information: Metadata (JSON) Definitions of key terms related to this dataset can be found in the Open Data Portal Glossary: https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/pages/glossary/

Please note, the resources available here are no longer updated on this page. The resources are available for use, but please check the source for the most recent information.

Digital map boundaries of areas within Lincolnshire. Themes include Administrative, Electoral, Statistical, and Health.

These boundary data sets are sourced from Ordnance Survey (OS) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). They come under the terms of the UK Govt. Open Government Licence (OGL). You can use any of the boundary data sets for any purpose, but you must use the following copyright statements when you reproduce or use this material:

• Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
• Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [year]

Active travel maps for Denbighshire

A PDF map shows the Regions and their constituent counties, metropolitan counties, Greater London authority and unitary authorities in England, council areas in Scotland, unitary authorities in Wales and district council areas in Northern Ireland as at April 2011. (File Size - 638 KB).

This data shows the counties and unitary authorities of Great Britain for 2012. The attached Layer File can be used to symbolise the different types of boundaries (Non-Metropolitan Counties/Metropolitan Counties/Unitary Authorities/Council Areas/Greater London). A JPEG image of the map is also contained in the download. This dataset was made from the OS OpenData Boundary Line product: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/boundary-line/index.html. GIS vector data. This dataset was first accessioned in the EDINA ShareGeo Open repository on 2012-05-10 and migrated to Edinburgh DataShare on 2017-02-21.

From Parliamentary constituencies to council wards, Boundary-Line™ maps every administrative boundary in detail for you. And what's more, it's completely free to download and use.

Bring statistics to life For academics or policy-makers, Boundary-Line brings the statistics in your reports to life. It lets you show differences between regions or councils using easy-to-read shaded maps.

A robust framework Monitoring outcomes by area is key for public bodies. Boundary-Line gives you a robust analytical framework to ensure the right communities get the right resources.

Individual properties When you're consulting on updating boundaries to take account of population change, Boundary-Line lets you show on a map where the line's being drawn, right down to the level of individual properties.

A PDF map shows the Regions and their constituent counties, metropolitan counties, Greater London authority and unitary authorities in England, council areas in Scotland, unitary authorities in Wales and district council areas in Northern Ireland as at April 2011. (File Size - 638 KB).

This dataset is an electronic working copy of the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way for Cambridgeshire. Please note this is not the legal record of Public Rights of Way in Cambridgeshire. Please be aware that a council's Definitive Map and Statement are the authoritative source of information about the public rights of way in that council's area. The details contained in this published dataset are for information only, and are an interpretation of the Definitive Map and Statement, not the legal records themselves. They should not be relied on for determining the position or alignment of any public right of way. For legal purposes, the data does not replace its Definitive Map and Statement, and changes may have been made to the legal records that are not included in this data. The information is used for indicative purposes only, and does contain errors and anomalies. Where clarification of a route or boundary is required, the original Map and Statement must be consulted and the Highway Asset Information team must be consulted at: HighwaysAssetManagement@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. This dataset is updated daily.

In 2024, over nine million people lived in Greater London, making it the most populated ceremonial county in England. The West Midlands Metropolitan County, which contains the large city of Birmingham, was the second-largest county at just over 3.03 million, closely followed by Greater Manchester at three million, and then West Yorkshire with a population of 2.4 million. Kent, Essex, and Hampshire were the three next-largest counties in terms of population, each with just over 1.9 million people. A patchwork of regions England is just one of the four countries that compose the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with England, Scotland and Wales making up Great Britain. England is therefore not to be confused with Great Britain or the United Kingdom as a whole. Within England, the next subdivisions are the nine regions of England, containing various smaller units such as unitary authorities, metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan districts. The counties in this statistic, however, are based on the ceremonial counties of England as defined by the Lieutenancies Act of 1997. Regions of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Like England, the other countries of the United Kingdom have their own regional subdivisions, although with some different terminology. Scotland’s subdivisions are council areas, while Wales has unitary authorities, and Northern Ireland has local government districts. As of 2024, the most-populated Scottish council area was Glasgow City, with over 650,000 inhabitants. In Wales, Cardiff had the largest population among its unitary authorities, and in Northern Ireland, Belfast was the local government area with the most people living there.

The local authority interactive tool (LAIT) is an app that presents information in interactive tables and charts, along with local authorities’ rank positions in England and against statistical neighbours.

It includes local authority, regional and national data on:

• children looked after and adoption
• child protection
• the children’s social care workforce
• special educational needs and disability
• pupil attainment and attendance
• children’s health
• youth justice
• post-16
• finance

The ‘Children’s services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool’ allows you to select a local authority and display its ‘closest statistical neighbours’ (local authorities with similar characteristics). The tool has been reviewed and rebuilt to include updated socio-economic variables from the 2021 census. More information is available in the associated update note and technical report.

Surrey Heath Borough Council INSPIRE WMS service. This service provides INSPIRE data and is available for personal non commercial use. The data this device provides is released under the Public Sector INSPIRE End User License. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/public-sector/mapping-agreements/inspire-licence.html

The town centre boundaries of Lichfield District Council. Captured as boundaries against open source base mapping. All data released is open source with all restricted data removed.

Electoral Wards/Divisions are the key building blocks of UK administrative geography. They are the spatial units used to elect local government councillors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and the London boroughs in England; unitary authorities in Wales; council areas in Scotland; and district council areas in Northern Ireland.

The Wards and Electoral Divisions list contains 9,481 areas of the following constituent geographies:

• 7,218 Census Wards in England
• 453 Census Electoral Divisions in England
• 7 Census Merged Wards in England
• 582 Census Wards in Northern Ireland
• 353 Census Wards in Scotland
• 856 Census Electoral Divisions in Wales
• 12 Census Merged Wards in Wales

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).