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Urban Areas (March 2001) Boundaries EW BGE

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
4 August 2025
Topic
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Summary

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Urban Areas in England and Wales as at 27 March 2001 (Census day).

The Urban Areas/Urban Area Sub-Divisions boundaries are generalised and created using an automated approach based on a 50m grid squares.

Please note that this product contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights

REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Urban_Areas_December_2001_EW_BGE/FeatureServer
REST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Urban_Areas_December_2001_EW_BGE/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilities

REST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Urban_Areas_December_2001_EW_BGE/MapServer

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
ArcGIS Hub Dataset HTML 4/8/2025
SQLite Geodatabase GDB 24/11/2024
GeoPackage GPKG 24/11/2024
Excel XLSX 24/11/2024
Feature Collection TXT 24/11/2024
File Geodatabase ZIP 24/11/2024
KML KML 8/2/2024
Shapefile ZIP 8/2/2024
GeoJSON GEOJSON 8/2/2024
CSV CSV Preview 8/2/2024
Map Server 20/9/2023
WFS Server 20/9/2023
Feature Server 20/9/2023
ArcGIS GeoService ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API 20/9/2023

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Harvest GUID
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=38d2dff9e81047458e3b4c3a8718e27b&sublayer=0

Contact

Enquiries

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