Civil Parishes/Communities - United Kingdom
This dataset forms part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. It provides boundary and reference data for civil parishes and communities in the United Kingdom, covering England and Wales. The civil parish is the smallest type of administrative area in England, with an equivalent unit known as the community in Wales. The dataset is derived from official sources compiled by the Office for National Statistics and can be used for geographic referencing, mapping, and statistical analysis at the most local administrative level. It is accessible via Opendatasoft's open data platform for free, without authentication.This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for parishes/communities in the United Kingdom (England/Wales) The smallest type of administrative area in England is the civil parish (commonly called parish); the equivalent unit in Wales...
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Data schema (15 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| — | geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| — | year | date | — |
| — | ctry_codeOfficial Code Country | text | — |
| — | ctry_nameOfficial Name Country | text | — |
| — | rgn_codeOfficial Code Region | text | — |
| — | rgn_nameOfficial Name Region | text | — |
| — | ctyua_codeOfficial Code County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | ctyua_nameOfficial Name County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | lad_codeOfficial Code Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | lad_nameOfficial Name Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | parncp_codeOfficial Code Parish/Community | text | — |
| 100% | parncp_nameOfficial Name Parish/Community | text | — |
| 100% | parncp_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code | text | — |
| 100% | parncp_typeType | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E08000011"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E08000011"
],
"lad_name": "Knowsley",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000002"
],
"rgn_name": "North West",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E08000011"
],
"ctyua_name": "Knowsley",
"parncp_code": [
"E04000018"
],
"parncp_name": "Knowsley",
"parncp_type": "unitary authority",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 53.44783397335923,
"lon": -2.838726084008966
},
"parncp_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 2year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000235"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000235"
],
"lad_name": "Malvern Hills",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000005"
],
"rgn_name": "West Midlands",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000034"
],
"ctyua_name": "Worcestershire",
"parncp_code": [
"E04010338"
],
"parncp_name": "Shelsley Beauchamp",
"parncp_type": "unitary authority",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.269724827151705,
"lon": -2.3848754747558147
},
"parncp_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 3year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000238"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000238"
],
"lad_name": "Wychavon",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000005"
],
"rgn_name": "West Midlands",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000034"
],
"ctyua_name": "Worcestershire",
"parncp_code": [
"E04010441"
],
"parncp_name": "White Ladies Aston",
"parncp_type": "unitary authority",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.16845126407239,
"lon": -2.1158631935365677
},
"parncp_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 4year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E06000057"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E06000057"
],
"lad_name": "Northumberland",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000001"
],
"rgn_name": "North East",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E06000057"
],
"ctyua_name": "Northumberland",
"parncp_code": [
"E04010858"
],
"parncp_name": "Sandhoe",
"parncp_type": "unitary authority",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.991177185701225,
"lon": -2.055692809418291
},
"parncp_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 5year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E06000051"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E06000051"
],
"lad_name": "Shropshire",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000005"
],
"rgn_name": "West Midlands",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E06000051"
],
"ctyua_name": "Shropshire",
"parncp_code": [
"E04011335"
],
"parncp_name": "Onibury",
"parncp_type": "unitary authority",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.40616947541922,
"lon": -2.808373661650262
},
"parncp_area_code": "GBR"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-united-kingdom-parish-community
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