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Ramsar (England)
A Ramsar site is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the... -
Provisional Agricultural Land Classification (ALC)
Provisional Agricultural Land Classification Grade. Agricultural land classified into five grades. Grade one is best quality and grade five is poorest quality. A number of... -
Proposed Ramsar (England)
These are proposed site boundaries. Please note that as a result of the consultation there may be minor changes to the final boundary of the site once designated. A Ramsar site... -
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... -
Priority River Habitat - Headwater Areas
One of the two datasets that make up the Priority River Habitat Map. Under the UK BAP definition all headwaters potentially form part of the priority habitat definition. The... -
Priority Habitats Inventory (England)
The Priority Habitat Inventory is a spatial dataset that maps priority habitats identified in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and listed as being of principal importance for the... -
Priority Habitat Lakes (England)
Lakes (taken from the MasterMap Topography layer hydrology>static water) that meet one or more priority habiat critera. Attribution statement: © Natural England [year] ©... -
Potential Special Protection Areas (England)
These are potential site boundaries. Please note that as a result of the consultation there may be minor changes to the final boundary of the site once classified. A Special... -
Possible Special Areas of Conservation (England)
As of September 2025: This data product does not currently contain any geometry features, so the hosted data has been unshared from ArcGIS Online / Natural England Open Data... -
Organic Farming Scheme Options (England)
Organic Farming Scheme Options points. The aim of the OFS is to encourage the expansion of organic production. Under the scheme, farmers moving from conventional to organic... -
Organic Farming Scheme Agreements (England)
Organic Farming Scheme agreements holding boundaries data. The aim of the OFS is to encourage the expansion of organic production. Under the scheme, farmers moving from... -
Open Mosaic Habitat (Draft)
Verified sites of Open Mosaic Habitat. Open mosaic habitats can be extremely diverse, including such wide ranging sites as railway sidings, quarries, former industrial works,... -
OS Priority Ponds with Survey Data (Polygons)
OS Ponds (taken from the MasterMap Topography layer) that have a matching pond survey (Clean Water for Wildlife of Priority Ponds) within their geometry, or within 30m of their... -
Nitrate Sensitive Areas
NSAs are carefully selected areas covering groundwater sources used to supply drinking water. In these areas incentives were offered to farmers to undertake significant changes... -
Nature Improvement Areas
NIAs are areas of the country where partnerships have been set up to enhance the natural environment. NIAs embody an integrated, holistic approach that was signalled in the... -
Natural England National Priority Focus Areas
Natural England's focus areas for each Area Team. The focus areas are typically where Natural England (NE) are targeting more than one delivery programme. So these areas are the... -
Natural England Area Teams
Natural England Area Team Patches and the 12 nautical miles offshore associated with those area teams that are also coastal. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright.... -
National Seagrass Layer (England)
Overview Natural England and the Environment Agency have collaborated to produce a seagrass layer for English waters, which aims to provide a comprehensive geospatial dataset of... -
National Parks (England)
National Parks are run by National Park Authorities for the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage and to provide opportunities... -
National Nature Reserves (England)
A National Nature Reserve (NNR) is the land declared under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 or Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) as amended. The data...