Blue space access points in England
Summary
This dataset was created to support creation of the 'Access to blue spaces in England' statistic. It identifies point locations where it is likely possible to walk up to or alongside blue spaces such as canals, rivers and lakes.
3 versions of the dataset are available:
- All blue space (Scenario 1): includes all blue spaces that can be accessed on foot which are at least 50 m2 (0.005 ha) in area or at least 50 m in length. Access points were included irrespective of the length of walkable waterside route which they provide access to.
- Substantial blue space (Scenario 2): includes blue spaces that can be accessed on foot which are at least 0.5 ha in area and for which the length of walkable route alongside the waterbody is 250 m or longer. This is a subset of blue space access points used in Scenario 1.
- Substantial blue space along paths and smaller roads (Scenario 3): includes substantial blue spaces as defined in Scenario 2, but filtered to remove those which require walking on A or B roads to experience them.
A metadata document is also available for download.
Further details can be found in the Access to blue spaces in England report, linked in the supporting information section.
Keywords
Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
© Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. © Crown copyright [and database rights] [2024] OS [AC0000805307]
Use constraints
Not applicable
Technical information
- Update frequency
asNeeded
- Lineage
- Access points were produced by: - selecting bluespace of interest from OS water data, including removal of geometries less than 50m long or 50m^2 in area. -buffering bluespace by defined amounts and intersecting buffered bluespace and route data to produce accessible waterside linestrings - generating an access point at the start and end of each accessible waterside linestring. Access points were then refined using clustering to produce the final blue space access point dataset. The following datasets were used to create the access points: Ordnance Survey NGD - water - water features - water Ordnance Survey NGD - water - water features - tidal boundary Ordnance Survey NGD - water - water network - water link Ordnance Survey NGD - transport - road link Ordnance Survey NGD - transport - path link Natural England - Public Rights of Way Natural England - England Coast Path For further details on the methods used to create the blue space access points see the Access to blue spaces in England report in supporting information.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
317ceed6-fc89-47f1-97a1-1dc7c58af2bb
Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest and format | N/A | Open link |
| Official statistic in development on access to blue space in England | Open link | |
| England Blue Space Access Points - WMS | Copy link | Preview |
| England Blue Space Access Points - WFS | Copy link | N/A |
| OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| EnglandBlueSpaceAccessPoints_Metadata.xlsm | XLSM | Download |
| England_blue_space_access_points.gdb.zip | ZIP | Download |
| England_blue_space_access_points.geojson.zip | ZIP | Download |
| England_blue_space_access_points.gpkg.zip | ZIP | Download |
| England_blue_space_access_points.shp.zip | ZIP | Download |