Limestone Pavement Orders
Summary
This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of areas that are listed under Limestone Pavement Orders. Limestone pavements are outcrops of limestone where the surface has been worn away by natural means over millennia. These rocks have the appearance of paving blocks, hence their name. Not only do they have geological interest, they also provide valuable habitats for wildlife. These habitats are threatened due to their removal for use in gardens and water features. Many limestone pavements have been designated as SSSIs which affords them some protection. In addition, Section 34 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gave them additional protection via the creation of Limestone Pavement Orders, which made it a criminal offence to remove any part of the outcrop. The associated Limestone Pavement Priority Habitat is part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat in England. This is published separately.
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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
Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
Technical information
Update frequency
notPlanned
Lineage
All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid. OS MasterMap Topographic Layer – produced and supplied by Ordnance Survey from data at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 surveying and mapping standards - is used as the primary source. Other sources – acquired internally and from external suppliers - may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, Ordnance Survey 1:10000 raster images, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates. The data was first captured against an August 2002 cut of OS MasterMap Topography. Natural England has successfully uploaded an up-to-date version of OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. However, we have not yet updated our designated data holding to this new version of MasterMap. This should occur in the near future, when we will simultaneously apply positional accuracy improvement (PAI) to our data.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.8625 to 55.7447
- Longitude from: -6.41736 to 2.05827
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
75f952ab-6b4b-46e8-9f8c-20e02108395a
Published by
Natural England
Contact publisher
data.services@naturalengland.org.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
01 June 2008
Revision date
N/A
Publication date
26 March 2014
Period
- From: 01 January 1970
- To: 31 December 2099
Related datasets
N/A
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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
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Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
ArcGIS Open Dataset record page | Open link | |
Limestone Pavement Orders ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint | Open link | |
Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
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Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.url | URL | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-FGDB.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GeoJSON.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GML.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-KML.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-MID_MIF.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-SHP.zip | ZIP | Download |
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-TAB.zip | ZIP | Download |
Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.lyr | LYR | Download |
Open_Government_Licence.url | URL | Download |