AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Forest Inventory Scotland 2021

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover, or the potential to achieve it, and a minimum width of 20 metres. This includes areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restock. 

The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads and active railways, and forest roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide. All woodland (both urban and rural), regardless of ownership, is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extent. Also, in the case of woodland areas that cross the countries borders, the minimum size restriction does not apply if the overall area complies with the minimum size. Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent, with the expectation of the areas above, will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features. The woodland map is updated on an annual basis and the changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated. The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on: 

• Sentinel 2 imagery taken during spring/summer 2021 or colour aerial orthophotographic imagery available at the time of the assessment; 
• New planting information for the financial year 2020/2021, from grant schemes and the sub-compartment database covering the estate of Forestry and Land Scotland;

Woodland areas, greater than 0.5 hectares, are classified as an interpreted forest type (IFT) from aerial photography and satellite imagery. Non-woodland areas, open areas greater than 0.5 hectare completely surrounded by woodland are described according to open area types.

IFT categories are Conifer, Broadleaved, Mixed mainly conifer, Mixed mainly broadleaved, Coppice, Coppice with standards, Shrub, Young trees, Felled, Ground prep, Cloud \ shadow, Uncertain, Low density, Assumed woodland, Failed, Windblow.

IOA categories are Open water, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban, Road, River, Powerline, Quarry, Bare area, Windfarm, Other vegetation.

For further information regarding the interpreted forest types (IFT) and the interpreted open areas (IOA) please see NFI description of attributes available on  www.forestresearch.gov.uk Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Interpreted forest type, aerial photography, biota, environment, felled, forestry, inventory of forest damage, windblow, woodland inventory, woodland survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
National Forest Inventory GB 2024

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover, or the potential to achieve it, and a minimum width of 20 metres. This includes areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restock. The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads and active railways, and forest roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide.

All woodland (both urban and rural), regardless of ownership, is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extent. Also, in the case of woodland areas that cross the countries borders, the minimum size restriction does not apply if the overall area complies with the minimum size.

Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent, with the expectation of the areas above, will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features.

The woodland map is updated on an annual basis and the changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated.

The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on:

Sentinel 2 imagery taken during spring/summer 2024 or colour aerial orthophotographicimagery available at the time of the assessment;

New planting information for the financial year 2023/2024, from grant schemes and the sub-compartment database covering the estate of Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales;

Transition areas where the difference between last assessment date (source) and the latest date (source) currently available was greater than 17 years.

Woodland areas, greater than 0.5 hectares, are classified as an interpreted forest type (IFT) from aerial photography and satellite imagery. Non-woodland areas, open areas greater than 0.5 hectare completely surrounded by woodland are described according to open area types.

IFT categories are Conifer, Broadleaved, Mixed mainly conifer, Mixed mainly broadleaved, Coppice, Coppice with standards, Shrub, Young trees, Felled, Ground prep, Cloud \ shadow, Uncertain, Low density, Assumed woodland, Failed, Windblow.

IOA categories are Open water, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban, Road, River, Powerline, Quarry, Bare area, Windfarm, Other vegetation.

For further information regarding the interpreted forest types (IFT) and the interpreted open areas (IOA) please see NFI description of attributes available on  www.forestresearch.gov.uk Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Interpreted forest type, aerial photography, environment, felled, forestry, inventory, survey, windblow, woodland inventory, woodland survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
National Forest Inventory GB 2021

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover, or the potential to achieve it, and a minimum width of 20 metres. This includes areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restock. The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads and active railways, and forest roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide.

All woodland (both urban and rural), regardless of ownership, is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extent. Also, in the case of woodland areas that cross the countries borders, the minimum size restriction does not apply if the overall area complies with the minimum size.

Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent, with the expectation of the areas above, will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features.

The woodland map is updated on an annual basis and the changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated.

The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on:
 
• Sentinel 2 imagery taken during spring/summer 2020 and 2021 or colour aerial orthophotographic imagery available at the time of the assessment;
• New planting information for the financial year 2020/2021, from grant schemes and the sub-compartment database covering the estate of Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales;

Woodland areas, greater than 0.5 hectares, are classified as an interpreted forest type (IFT) from aerial photography and satellite imagery. Non-woodland areas, open areas greater than 0.5 hectare completely surrounded by woodland are described according to open area types.

IFT categories are Conifer, Broadleaved, Mixed mainly conifer, Mixed mainly broadleaved, Coppice, Coppice with standards, Shrub, Young trees, Felled, Ground prep, Cloud \ shadow, Uncertain, Low density, Assumed woodland, Failed, Windblow.

IOA categories are Open water, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban, Road, River, Powerline, Quarry, Bare area, Windfarm, Other vegetation.

For further information regarding the interpreted forest types (IFT) and the interpreted open areas (IOA) please see NFI description of attributes available on  www.forestresearch.gov.uk Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved. 

Tags: 2021, England, GB, Interpreted forest type, OpenData, Scotland, Wales, aerial photography, biota, environment, forestresearch, forestry, interpreted open areas, inventory, inventory of forest damage, survey, woodland, woodland inventory, woodland survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
National Forest Inventory England 2024

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover, or the potential to achieve it, and a minimum width of 20 metres. This includes areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restock. The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads and active railways, and forest roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide.

All woodland (both urban and rural), regardless of ownership, is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extent. Also, in the case of woodland areas that cross the countries borders, the minimum size restriction does not apply if the overall area complies with the minimum size.

Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent, with the expectation of the areas above, will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features.

The woodland map is updated on an annual basis and the changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated.

The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on:

Sentinel 2 imagery taken during spring/summer 2024 or colour aerial orthophotographicimagery available at the time of the assessment;

New planting information for the financial year 2023/2024, from grant schemes and the sub-compartment database covering the estate of Forestry England;

Transition areas where the difference between last assessment date (source) and the latest date (source) currently available was greater than 17 years.



Woodland areas, greater than 0.5 hectares, are classified as an interpreted forest type (IFT) from aerial photography and satellite imagery. Non-woodland areas, open areas greater than 0.5 hectare completely surrounded by woodland are described according to open area types.

IFT categories are Conifer, Broadleaved, Mixed mainly conifer, Mixed mainly broadleaved, Coppice, Coppice with standards, Shrub, Young trees, Felled, Ground prep, Cloud \ shadow, Uncertain, Low density, Assumed woodland, Failed, Windblow.

IOA categories are Open water, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban, Road, River, Powerline, Quarry, Bare area, Windfarm, Other vegetation.

For further information regarding the interpreted forest types (IFT) and the interpreted open areas (IOA) please see NFI description of attributes available on  www.forestresearch.gov.uk Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Interpreted forest type, aerial photography, environment, felled, inventory, survey, windblow, woodland inventory, woodland survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
National Forest Inventory England 2021

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland map covers all forest and woodland area over 0.5 hectare with a minimum of 20% canopy cover, or the potential to achieve it, and a minimum width of 20 metres. This includes areas of new planting, clearfell, windblow and restock. The woodland map excludes all 'tarmac' roads and active railways, and forest roads, rivers and powerlines where the gap in the woodland is greater than 20 meters wide. All woodland (both urban and rural), regardless of ownership, is 0.5 hectare or greater in extent, with the exception of Assumed woodland or Low density areas that can be 0.1 hectare or greater in extent. Also, in the case of woodland areas that cross the countries borders, the minimum size restriction does not apply if the overall area complies with the minimum size. Woodland less than 0.5 hectare in extent, with the expectation of the areas above, will not be described within the dataset but will be included in a separate sample survey of small woodland and tree features. 

The woodland map is updated on an annual basis and the changes in the woodland boundaries use the Ordnance Survey MasterMap® (OSMM) as a reference where appropriated. The changes in the canopy cover have been identified on:

 • Sentinel 2 imagery taken during spring/summer 2021 or colour aerial orthophotographic imagery available at the time of the assessment; 
• New planting information for the financial year 2020/2021, from grant schemes and the sub-compartment database covering the estate of Forestry England;

Woodland areas, greater than 0.5 hectares, are classified as an interpreted forest type (IFT) from aerial photography and satellite imagery. Non-woodland areas, open areas greater than 0.5 hectare completely surrounded by woodland are described according to open area types.

IFT categories are Conifer, Broadleaved, Mixed mainly conifer, Mixed mainly broadleaved, Coppice, Coppice with standards, Shrub, Young trees, Felled, Ground prep, Cloud \ shadow, Uncertain, Low density, Assumed woodland, Failed, Windblow.

IOA categories are Open water, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban, Road, River, Powerline, Quarry, Bare area, Windfarm, Other vegetation.

For further information regarding the interpreted forest types (IFT) and the interpreted open areas (IOA) please see NFI description of attributes available on  www.forestresearch.gov.uk Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved. 

Tags: 2021, England, Interpreted forest type, OpenData, aerial photography, biota, environment, felled, forestresearch, forestry, inventory of forest damage, windblow, woodland inventory, woodland survey
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forestry England Soils

The main soil groups are given and for most polygons, a lower level of Soil Type is also provided. Additionally, for each spatially mapped polygon, up to 3 different soils may be identified and their percentage occurrence within that unit specified. Whilst the soil codes and percentage values are provided for all three potential soils identified within a single polygon, only the primary soil type is identified by name. The Forestry Commission (FC) soil classification system, listed by Pyatt (1982), is the one most commonly used in forest soil survey work; by foresters, forest managers and within FC publications and was specifically constructed to serve silviculture, distinguishing soils on the basis of drainage and nutrition. This system was used within the Ecological Site Classification (ESC): a PC-based decision support system for British Forests. Inevitably, the FC soil classification system has evolved since its conception; some soil types have been removed, others introduced. Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Tags: England, environment, forest management
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forest Research Experiment Sites

This dataset records Forest Research experiment sites on the national forest estate and private land.  The objective is to avoid accidental damage to Forest Research experiments and sample plots during forestry operations and to provide forest districts with contact details for experiments and sample plots so that they can enquire as to suitability of operations in the surrounding forest.       Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Tags: England, biodiversity, conservation, environment, experiment, research, science
Organization: Forestry Commission
Forest Reproductive Materials Scots Pine Seed Zones

This dataset shows a specific set of boundaries that apply to native Scots Pine (FRM).  Great Britain is divided into four regions of provenance. These are defined areas within which similar ecological and climatic characteristics are found. They provide a framework for specifying sources of Forest Reproductive Material (FRM). This dataset shows a specific set of boundaries or seed zones in Great Britain (GB) that apply to native/indigenous Scots Pine. Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Scotland, Tree Health, environment, forest ecology, forestry legislation, forestry practice
Organization: Forestry Commission
Wildscape Atlas for England and Wales

The Wildscape Atlas was a projected spin-off product from Prof. Alice Coleman’s Second Land Utilisation Survey of Britain (https://maps.nls.uk/series/second-land-utilisation-survey), jointly edited by Coleman and Geoff Sinclair, her Chief Vegetation Surveyor. Within the field maps for the 2LUSB, the volunteer surveyors initially coloured areas of 'Wildscape' as yellow.
“Wildscape is mountain and moorland, heath and coast, bog and fen, all the areas that spring spontaneously to mind at the mention of nature conservation. In this country they are more often semi-natural than natural but nevertheless they are the closest to nature of all British landscapes” (Coleman, 1970). A separate survey of vegetation cover of these Wildscapes  was completed by 1969 in England and 1974 in Wales which underpins the 'Wildscape Atlas'. This data has now been scanned and georeferenced and made available alongside the 2LUSB data on the National Library of Scotland.  Attribution statement: Wildscape Atlas for England and Wales © Trustees of the Land Use Research Unit, 1969-1974

Tags: Land Utilisation, Land use, NCEA, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, land use, mapping
Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Soil Erosion and Compaction Risk Groups

A standardised framework for classifying soil into simplified groups to assess soil structure, incorporating factors like erosion risk, drainage, and organic matter content. Attribution statement: Copyright © 2024 Cranfield University. All rights reserved. 

Tags: Flood risk, Soil, environment, erosion, soil, soil assessments, soil erosion, soil quality, thematicClassificationService
Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Second Land Utilisation Survey of Britain

The late Professor Alice Coleman (1924-2023) directed the Second Land Utilisation Survey of Britain (2LUSB) between 1960 and 1973. This was developed from Prof Sir Dudley Stamp’s first such survey (First Land Utilisation Survey, Britain, 1931-1938)  Using a clear categorisation system, with brand of pencil stipulated to ensure consistency, surveyors recorded land-use by hand-colouring OS 1:10,560 basemaps for England and Wales. As well as categorising use of land across the whole of England and Wales, where necessary, surveyors included structures missing from the OS basemaps, including residential developments, reservoirs, power stations, motorways and airports. The 2LUSB comprises nearly 7,000 Field Maps and 119 Published Maps.  There is also a draft Wildscape Atlas (WA) and a generalisation of the 2LUSB data named Scapes and Fringes (S+F), each comprising maps and associated papers.  Through the ONS, UKCEH and Defra the maps are now all digitised and published by the NLS. 

ONS initiated the work, and remained the principal contact with the Coleman family. The family were very keen for the legacy to be published on Creative Commons terms.
Kings College London (KCL, Coleman’s alma mater), had been foreseen by Coleman as the natural home for her material, but in the event, KCL elected not to follow this up and ceded priority to ONS. Defra agreed with ONS’ assessment of the significance of the legacy and provided funds through its Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment to allow for the material to be rescued, scanned and georeferenced. 
The material was transported to ONS Titchfield in two tranches by a cousin of Prof Coleman. ONS inventoried the legacy, amounting to over 10,000 items and 200+ categories.
The UKCEH also recognised the value of the agricultural, vegetation and wildscape data and became a second keen advocate of having the material scanned and georeferenced. GENUSIT were appointed to undertake the scanning and the scanned images were forwarded to the National Library of Scotland (NLS) for georeferencing and publication. ONS, GENUSIT and NLS collaborated closely on QA to ensure the highest achievable standard of work. Attribution statement: The Second Land Utilisation Survey of Britain © Trustees of the Land Use Research Unit, 1958-1973

Tags: Land Utilisation, Land use, NCEA, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, land use, mapping
Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Blue space access points in England

This dataset was created to support creation of the 'Access to green and 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.

A metadata document is also available for download.

Further details can be found in the Access to green and blue spaces in England report, linked in the supporting information section. Attribution statement: © Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. © Crown copyright [and database rights] [2026] OS [AC0000805307]

Tags: Access, Bluespaces, Canals, Green Infrastructure, Greenspaces, Human health and safety, Rivers, access to the sea, environment, feeling for nature, health, health-environment relationship, inlandWaters, oceans, society
Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Alice Coleman’s Scapes and Fringes

Scapes and Fringes are a spin-off from the Second Land Utilisation Survey of Britain (https://maps.nls.uk/series/second-land-utilisation-survey/), directed by Prof. Alice Coleman. Colman designed a general land-use model to direct and streamline the interpretation of the 2LSUB maps. The results were published in 1991 as two large 1:400,000 sheets, but the more detailed working sheets at 1:100,000 were found among Prof Coleman’s papers, and these have been scanned and georeferenced. Attribution statement: Alice Coleman’s Scapes and Fringes © Trustees of the Land Use Research Unit, 1990-1992

Tags: Land Utilisation, Land use, NCEA, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, land use, mapping
Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs