ITL2 areas
The middle tier of International Territorial Levels, used for regional economic statistics.
Name in the API
itl2Covers
UK
Areas in the latest release
46
Published by
Office for National Statistics
Boundary releases
The Atlas holds 2 releases of these boundaries, newest first. Use the release id wherever an endpoint asks for release.
| Release | Description | Areas | Map tiles |
|---|---|---|---|
2025-01-uk-bgc | International territorial level 2, January 2025 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 46 | Yes |
2021-01-uk-bgc-v2 | International territorial level 2, January 2021 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 41 | Yes |
Boundaries are published by Office for National Statistics under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get attribution text gives the credit line for a map.
Datasets on these areas
| Datasets | Code year | Periods | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic output | 2025 | 1998 to 2023 | UK |
Request it
List the areas in the latest release:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/areas?geography=itl2&release=2025-01-uk-bgc&limit=5"Draw them on a map with vector tiles:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/map-resources/itl2/2025-01-uk-bgc/tiles.json"/areas/{geography}/{release}/{code}/geometryGet an area's shapeget/areas:containsFind areas at a pointget/boundary-releases:resolveFind boundaries for a dateDownloads
Every release has an area-code lookup table. Releases with map resources also have downloadable PMTiles and GeoParquet shapes. The source and licence information above applies to these files too; preserve the attribution and note any cleaning or reformatting when you redistribute one.
| Release | Area codes | Boundary files |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2021-01-uk-bgc-v2 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |