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Parishes (December 2016) 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 civil parishes in England and communities in Wales as at 31 December 2016. 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);
  • Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);
  • Generalised (20m) - 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 (114 MB)
  • Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (117 MB)
  • Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (13 MB)

REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Parishes_December_2016_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireView
REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Parishes_December_2016_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownload
REST URL of Feature Service – https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Administrative_Boundaries/Parishes_December_2016_Boundaries/FeatureServer

Data links

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Shapefile ZIP 12/6/2017
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/f13dad37854b4a1f869bf178489ff99a_1