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Counties and Unitary Authorities December 2025 Boundaries UK BSC

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
13 May 2026
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Summary

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Counties and Unitary Authorities, in the United Kingdom, as at December 2025.

The boundaries available are: (BSC) Super Generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).

Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2025_Boundaries_UK_BSC/FeatureServer

REST URL of WFS Server – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2025_Boundaries_UK_BSC/WFSServer?request=getcapabilities&service=wfs

REST URL of MapServer – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Counties_and_Unitary_Authorities_December_2025_Boundaries_UK_BSC/MapServer

Data links

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SQLite Geodatabase GDB 13/5/2026
GeoPackage GPKG 13/5/2026
Excel XLSX 13/5/2026
File Geodatabase ZIP 13/5/2026
Feature Collection TXT 13/5/2026
KML KML 13/5/2026
GeoJSON GEOJSON 13/5/2026
CSV CSV Preview 13/5/2026
Shapefile ZIP 13/5/2026
ArcGIS GeoService ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API 13/5/2026
ArcGIS Hub Dataset HTML 13/5/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Harvest GUID
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3854e2c99cbf42bdaa72b87b8a0624d1&sublayer=0

Contact

Enquiries

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