National Character Areas (England)
Summary
There are 159 Character Areas, each of which is distinctive with a unique 'sense of place'. These broad divisions of landscape form the basic units of cohesive countryside character, on which strategies for both ecological and landscape issues can be based. The Character Area framework is used to describe and shape objectives for the countryside, its planning and management.
Two new fields added January 2023: ALT - Agricultural Landscape Typology BLT - Broad Landscape Typology
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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
No Lineage Available
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.9554 to 55.8117
- Longitude from: -5.71709 to 1.76896
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
f955fff5-a132-4e25-8c7f-0d43664ff42e
Published by
Natural England
Contact publisher
data.services@naturalengland.org.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
N/A
Revision date
15 January 2023
Publication date
01 June 2008
Period
- N/A
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Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
| ArcGIS Open Dataset record page | Open link | |
| National Character Areas (England) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint | Open link | |
| National Character Areas (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
| National Character Areas (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
| OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_National_Character_Areas_England.url | URL | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-FGDB.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-GeoJSON.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-GML.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-KML.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-MID_MIF.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-SHP.zip | ZIP | Download |
| NationalCharacterAreasEngland-TAB.zip | ZIP | Download |
| National_Character_Areas_England.lyr | LYR | Download |
| National_Character_Areas_Interactive_Map.url | URL | Download |
| National_Character_Areas_Profiles.url | URL | Download |
| Open_Government_Licence.url | URL | Download |