Local Authority Districts (December 2025) Boundaries UK BFE

<p>This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Local Authority Districts, in the United Kingdom, as at December 2025.</p><p>The boundaries available are: (BFE) Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include offshore islands).</p><p><br />Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.</p><div><div> </div><div>REST URL of Feature Access Service – <a target='_blank' href='ht

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Local Authority District boundaries (vector polygons, Dec 2025) · Full-resolution (BFE) boundaries
Coverage docs-verified: United Kingdom · as at December 2025
Resolution docs-verified: Full resolution (BFE): extent of the realm, usually Mean Low Water mark; some boundaries extend offshore to include islands
Formats docs-verified: GeoJSON · GeoPackage (GPKG) · SQLite Geodatabase (GDB) · File Geodatabase (ZIP) · Shapefile (ZIP) · KML · CSV · XLSX · ArcGIS REST FeatureServer/MapServer · WFS
Access docs-verified: Free/open under Open Government Licence v3.0 (per page footer). Entry licence is 'not stated' and page licence is 'Not set'. Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS IP, so OS-derived reuse terms should be checked.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Clip study areas to the correct local authority for FRA or drainage strategy context · Identify which local authority a site falls in for planning and consultation context · Overlay LAD boundaries on flood, environmental or habitat datasets for regional reporting
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · flood consultants · drainage engineers · planners · ecologists

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Boundaries are as at December 2025 and will not reflect later local authority changes · Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights; check reuse terms for OS-derived content · Entry and page licence fields are not set, so licensing relies on the site-wide footer statement · Full-resolution BFE extent includes Mean Low Water and offshore islands, which may need generalising for web display

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Last successful page check: 16/10/2026
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Provenance & evidence

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (data.gov.uk)