@prefix dcat: <http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://ckan.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/ade1fb61-d7b2-435b-a734-2fdc4b8de91b> a dcat:Dataset ;
    dct:description "<p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><b><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>How would you define the boundaries of a town or city in England and Wales in 2016?</span></b><span style='font-size: 9pt;'></span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>Maybe your definition would be based on its population size, geographic extent or where the industry and services are located. This was a question the ONS had to consider when creating a new statistical geography called Towns and Cities.</span><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>In reality, the ability to delimit the boundaries of a city or town is difficult! </span><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><br /></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><b><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>Major Towns and Cities</span></b></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>The new statistical geography, Towns and Cities has been created based on population size and the extent of the built environment. It contains 112 towns and cities in England and Wales, where the residential and/or workday population &gt; 75,000 people at the 2011 Census. It has been constructed using the existing Built-Up Area boundary set produced by Ordnance Survey in 2011.</span><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>This swipe map shows where the towns and cities and built-up areas are different. Just swipe the bar from left to right.</span><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></p><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: medium; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-size: 9pt;'>The blue polygons are the towns and cities and the purple polygons are the built-up areas.</span></p>" ;
    dct:identifier <https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=33677f5284cc47caa94ce55fa95130b6> ;
    dct:issued "2016-03-09T08:55:47+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:modified "2025-08-11T07:46:19+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:publisher [ a foaf:Organization ;
            foaf:name "Office for National Statistics" ] ;
    dct:title "Major Towns and Cities and Built-up Areas Swipe Map" ;
    dcat:distribution <https://ckan.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/ade1fb61-d7b2-435b-a734-2fdc4b8de91b/resource/28986015-f797-428e-9348-a276808268e5>,
        <https://ckan.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/ade1fb61-d7b2-435b-a734-2fdc4b8de91b/resource/8049685c-f4db-4610-9e6b-0a18d0f3d801> ;
    dcat:keyword "Built-up Areas",
        "Swipe Map",
        "Towns and Cities",
        "Web App",
        "boundaries" ;
    dcat:landingPage <https://open-geography-portalx-ons.hub.arcgis.com/apps/ons::major-towns-and-cities-and-built-up-areas-swipe-map> .

<https://ckan.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/ade1fb61-d7b2-435b-a734-2fdc4b8de91b/resource/28986015-f797-428e-9348-a276808268e5> a dcat:Distribution ;
    dct:format "ArcGIS GeoServices REST API" ;
    dct:issued "2023-09-20T22:11:50.138940"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:modified "2023-09-20T22:11:50.120470"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:title "ArcGIS GeoService" ;
    dcat:accessURL <https://ons.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=33677f5284cc47caa94ce55fa95130b6> .

<https://ckan.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/ade1fb61-d7b2-435b-a734-2fdc4b8de91b/resource/8049685c-f4db-4610-9e6b-0a18d0f3d801> a dcat:Distribution ;
    dct:format "HTML" ;
    dct:issued "2023-09-20T22:11:50.138937"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:modified "2023-09-20T22:11:50.120358"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:title "ArcGIS Hub Dataset" ;
    dcat:accessURL <https://open-geography-portalx-ons.hub.arcgis.com/apps/ons::major-towns-and-cities-and-built-up-areas-swipe-map> .