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• River water body catchments rural urban classification

  Rural-Urban classification of river water body catchments defined for Cycle 1 (2009-2015) of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Created to assign WFD project spend to a rural or urban sphere.

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 March 2018

• Water Body Status Classification Anglian GW

  Water body status classification data indicates the quality or status of water bodies across a range of different parameters known as quality elements. This dataset includes the classification...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Water Body RNAGS Anglian GW

  Water body reasons for not achieving good status (RNAGS) identify the pressures that are impacting the status classification of water bodies. Reasons for deterioration (RFDs) identify the...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• River water body catchments rural urban classification C2

  Rural-Urban classification of river water body catchments defined for Cycle 2 (2016-2021) of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Created to assign WFD project spend to a rural or urban sphere.

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 March 2018

• Water recreation locations, zones and catchment summaries (England)

  This dataset accompanies Environment Agency Chief Scientist's Group research report on 'Exploring water recreation in England' (SC230022/R). The project outlines the extent of recreational use of...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 29 July 2025

• Historic River Quality Objectives

  This record is for Approval for Access product AfA164. The River Quality Objectives (RQO) classification was used for planning water quality improvements until 2006 when the scheme ended. RQOs were...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Priority River Habitat - Rivers

  "One of the two datasets that make up the Priority River Habitat Map. Consists of rivers and streams that exhibit a high degree of naturalness. The naturalness classification used to map priority...

  • Published by: Natural England

• Water Body Measures Anglian GW

  Water body measures are the actions which will be taken on the ground to help achieve water body objectives. They are brought about by a range of legal, policy or financial mechanisms and involve...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 18 February 2016

• Water Body Status Objectives Anglian GW

  Water body status objectives describe the long term aim for specific parts of the water environment. This dataset includes the latest objectives of all water bodies in the Anglian GW catchment....

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Surface Water Temperature Archive up to 2007

  This record is for Approval for Access product AfA214. Water temperature data is collected and stored by the Environment Agency for different reasons and in different locations. Time series of...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 January 2009

• Water Temperature Projections for England's Rivers

  Monthly water temperature projections for English rivers under the high-emissions "business as usual" RCP 8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathways) scenario.

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 7 March 2025

• WFD River Water Bodies Cycle 1

  WFD River Water Bodies Cycle 1 is a polyline Shapefile dataset collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The river polylines were defined by using the...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 3 April 2012

• Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Rivers

  This record is for Approval for Access product AfA249-1 Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic Rivers. This dataset consists of 3 shapefiles showing the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 13 July 2023

• River Obstacles

  The River Obstacles dataset is an inventory of weirs, waterfalls, sluices, dams, culverts, fords and flap gates, compiled initially from digital Ordnance Survey maps and the Environment Agency's...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 6 March 2021

• WFD (Water Framework Directive) Cycle 2 River outfalls to transitional and coastal waters

  This spreadsheet contains the location of the outfall points where Cycle 2 river lines (England only) meet the coast. These outfall points were initially created in an ESRI ArcGIS shapefile and...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 8 December 2017

• WFD Cycle 2 river hydrology classification

  This dataset is a subset of "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" and contains classification data for hydrological regime. A river can only hold a healthy biological population if there is...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• WFD Cycle 2 River Macrophyte Classification

  This dataset is a subset of "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" and contains classification data for macrophytes in rivers. Macrophytes are fresh water plants that can be seen with the naked eye. ...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• WFD Cycle 2 River Temperature Classification

  This dataset is a subset of the "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" product. It contains summary data for the element temperature for river water bodies, as used in the classification for...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• WFD Cycle 2 River Fish Classification

  This dataset is a subset of "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" and contains classification data for fish in rivers. Fish can be used to indicate the ecological status of a river. Metrics on river...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• WFD Cycle 2 River Invertebrate Classification

  This dataset is a subset of "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" and contains classification data for benthic invertebrates in rivers. Benthic invertebrates can be used to indicate the ecological...

  • Published by: Environment Agency