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Census Merged Wards (December 2011) Full Extent Boundaries in England and Wales

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Mapping

Summary

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Census Merged Wards in England and Wales as at 31 December 2011. The boundaries available are:

  • Full resolution - 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);
  • Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);
  • Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).

Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights. 

Download File Sizes

  • Full resolution - extent of the realm (93 MB)
  • Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (10 MB)
  • Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (3 MB)

REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census_Boundaries/Census_Merged_Wards_December_2011_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireView 
REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census_Boundaries/Census_Merged_Wards_December_2011_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownload

REST URL of ArcGIS Feature Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census_Boundaries/Census_Merged_Wards_December_2011_Boundaries/FeatureServer

Data links

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KML KML 12/6/2017
CSV CSV Preview 12/6/2017
GeoJSON GEOJSON 12/6/2017

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Harvest GUID
http://geoportal1-ons.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/e1ed938a33cf472fa802d99b1900164b_0