AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
CRoW Act 2000 - Section 4 Conclusive Registered Common Land

Shows land mapped as Conclusive Registered Common Land under the Countryside Rights of Way (CRoW) Act 2000. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations,  landscape, Access, ecology, environment, land use, urban
Organization: Natural England
Catchment Sensitive Farming Air Quality Priority Areas

This is a spatial dataset that describes the priority areas for delivery of air quality advice from Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF). This uses data created for the Nitrogen Futures project and data derived by JNCC summarising CEH critical load and critical levels data applied to SSSIs. The data shows those SSSIs where the critical load for nitrogen deposition and/or the critical level for ammonia are being exceeded. A 2km buffer has been applied around each site. The following sites have a 5km buffer to correspond with the area covered by the Shared Nitrogen Action Plan (SNAP) for the site: Fenn’s & Whixall Moss, Breckland, Epping Forest, Sefton Coast, Braunton Burrows. Attribution statement: © Natural England 2024, reproduced with the permission of Natural England, www.gov.uk/natural-england. © Crown Copyright and database right 2024. Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000851168; © UKCEH. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2024, Licence number 100017572; © Environment Agency; © © JNCC © Crown Copyright and database right 2024. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100022861.

Tags: CSF, Catchments, agriculture, air quality, catchment sensitive farming, environment
Organization: Natural England
Conservation Advice Package Status (England)

This dataset provides information on both terrestrial and marine protected sites across England, and the status of their Conservation packages, which are accessed via Designated Sites View. The dataset covers protected sites including Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ), Special Protection Areas (SPA) and Special Areas of Conservation (SAC). Attribution statement: © Natural England, JNCC, UKHO Law of the Sea data, Crown Copyright and database right 2023. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021. Contains public sector information available from Natural England, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Tags:  Designations,  landscape, Advice, Conservation , Natural England, Protected sites, ecology, environment
Organization: Natural England
Conservation and Enhancement Scheme Agreements (England)

Agreements entered into by Natural England with owners and occupiers of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and occasionally on adjacent land. The purpose of these Agreements is to enable the land to be managed to achieve the nature conservation objectives. They are delivered through the Conservation and Enhancement Scheme; and the Statutory powers for these Agreements were given to Natural England in the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 (s.7).  Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
Country Parks (England)

More than 400 Country Parks exist. They are public green spaces often at the edge of urban areas which provide places to enjoy the outdoors and experience nature in an informal semi-rural park setting. Country Parks normally have some facilities such as a car park, toilets, perhaps a cafe or kiosk, paths and trails, and visitor information. There is not necessarily public right of access, although most are publicly accessible; some charge entry others do not. Most are owned and managed by Local Authorities. Many Country Parks were designated in the 1970s by the then Countryside Commission, under the Countryside Act 1968. More recently Country Parks have been created under a less formal arrangement and Natural England is working with partners to encourage a renaissance and accreditation of parks which meet certain criteria. The dataset contains boundaries of each Country Park, digitised against Ordnance Survey MasterMap using source maps supplied by Local Authorities. If you are an owner/manager of a Country Park and would like to tell Natural England about a boundary change please contact. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
Doorstep Greens (England) Points

The Doorstep Greens initiative provides new or renovated areas of public open space close to people's homes that could be enjoyed permanently by the local community. The initiative is a joint Natural England and New Opportunities Fund project. The initiative is aimed at targeting communities who experience disadvantage and where regeneration of the local environment and outdoor recreation provision is sorely needed. They could be small or large, and in urban or rural locations. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
Doorstep Greens (England) Polygons

The Doorstep Greens initiative provides new or renovated areas of public open space close to people's homes that could be enjoyed permanently by the local community. The initiative is a joint Natural England and New Opportunities Fund project. The initiative is aimed at targeting communities who experience disadvantage and where regeneration of the local environment and outdoor recreation provision is sorely needed. They could be small or large, and in urban or rural locations. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
Energy Crops Scheme Agreements

Energy Crops Scheme Agreements tranche 1 and 2 - based on Probis extract. The Energy Crops Scheme provides establishment grants for approved energy crops. Approved crops are Short Rotation Coppice (Willow, Poplar, Ash, Alder, Hazel, Silver Birch, Sycamore, Sweet Chestnut and Lime) and Miscanthus (a tall, woody grass). The ECS grant scheme supports the cost of establishment of Miscanthus or Short Rotation Coppice (SRC). 

Both elements of the Energy Crops Scheme, (which formed part of the England Rural Development Programme), Establishment Grants and Producer Groups, have now closed to new applications. 

For details on the Energy Crops Scheme 2007-13 visit https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20080620102252/http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/planning/grants-funding/energy-crops/default.htm Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
England Peat Status GHG and C storage

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils.BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Attribution statement: Contains IPR from Cranfield University (NSRI) soils data and BGS geological data.
Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC.National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year].
© Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021./.

Tags: Peat Status, geoscientificInformation, soil
Organization: Natural England
Environmentally Sensitive Area Scheme Agreements (England)

Master versions of ESA holding data. The Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme was introduced in 1987 to offer incentives to encourage farmers to adopt agricultural practices which would safeguard and enhance parts of the country of particularly high landscape, wildlife or historic value. The scheme has now closed to new applicants. Defra introduced a new Environmental Stewardship Scheme on 3 March 2005 which supersedes (with enhancements) the Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Countryside Stewardship Schemes. There are 22 ESAs in England, covering some 10% of agricultural land. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England)

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas were introduced in 1987 to offer incentives to encourage farmers to adopt agricultural practices which would safeguard and enhance parts of the country of particularly high landscape, wildlife or historic value. The scheme has now closed to new applicants. Defra introduced a new Environmental Stewardship Scheme on 3 March 2005 which supersedes (with enhancements) the Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Countryside Stewardship Schemes. There are 22 ESAs in England, covering some 10% of agricultural land. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: Bio-geographical regions, environment
Organization: Natural England
GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Cheshire)

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features: grassland (+250m buffer), woodland (+250m buffer), within 100m-2500m range of a river, with a pH >6.5 and Phospherous >40. These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.  Arable land and Suburban areas have been given a score of ‘-1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), rivers (+7.5m), Special Protection Areas (+500m), Special Areas of Conservation (+100m) and Ramsars (+100m) have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England [year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/. © Crown Copyright and database rights 2018. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572. Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology). Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100022021.

Tags: Species distribution, environment
Organization: Natural England
Severn Estuary SPA Functionally Linked Land Bird Sites

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent of functionally linked sites, locations and counts (ie.individual records with a unique ID) of Severn Estuary SPA interest species

The main aims of this project are to (i) gather evidence for movements of birds (both SPA Interest Species and others) between the Severn Estuary SPA and sites upstream of it in order to determine the existence of Functional Linkage with the SPA and (ii) determine the apparent value of sites in relation to numbers of birds found at those sites compared to the published numbers found on the SPA in order to characterise them in relation to the European protected site. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains data supplied by British Ornithological Trust (BTO), RSPB, JNCC Gloucestershire Ornithological Co-ordinating Committee (GoCC) Steven Payne (West Midlands Bird Club) Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Tags: environment
Organization: Natural England
Severn Estuary SPA Functionally Linked Land Bird Connectivity

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent of functionally linked sites, locations and counts (ie.individual records with a unique ID) of Severn Estuary SPA interest species Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains data supplied by British Ornithological Trust (BTO), RSPB, JNCC Gloucestershire Ornithological Co-ordinating Committee (GoCC) West Midlands Bird Club Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Tags: environment
Organization: Natural England
GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Hertfordshire)

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ (i.e. there are 2+ ponds within 250m of any 25m square) where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of <2 (i.e. there are fewer than 2 ponds within 250m of any 25m square) where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

distance from rivers 50 - 1000m 
arable density 50 - 100%
urban denity 40 - 100%
grassland density 5 - 50%
distrance from woodland  < 100m
distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m


These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.  

distance from rivers 50 - 1000m
grassland density 5 - 50%
distrance from woodland  < 100m
distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m 

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘-1’.

arable density 50 - 100%
urban denity 40 - 100%
Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2023
Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007.
Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572.
Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England.
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019.
© Freshwater Habitats Trust, PondNet monitoring scheme 2018
© Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020 © Hertfordshire County Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey
100019606 © St Albans City & District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2021 Ordnance Survey
100018953 © Three Rivers District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2021 Ordnance Survey
100018686 © Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2021 Ordnance Survey
100019547 © Broxbourne Borough Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2021 © Dacorum Borough Council, 2021; © East Herts Council, 2021; © Hertsmere Borough Council, 2021; © Stevenage Borough Council, 2021; © Watford Borough Council, 2021
Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020

Tags: biota
Organization: Natural England
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 Ramsar Convention) 1973. Data supplied has the status of "Listed". The data does not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations,  landscape, Natural England, Protected sites, ecology, environment
Organization: Natural England
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 consistent criteria used for assessment which include climate (temperature, rainfall, aspect, exposure, frost risk), site (gradient, micro-relief, flood risk) and soil (depth, structure, texture, chemicals, stoniness) for England only. Digitised from the published 1:250,000 map which was in turn compiled from the 1 inch to the mile maps. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: environment, land use
Organization: Natural England
GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Kent)

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.
Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.
Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:
Distance from rivers (100-1000m; +1)
Soil pH (6.5 - 7.5; +1)
Soil phosphorus (<40 g kg-1; +1)
Density of arable land (0-33.3%; +1)
Density of grassland (20-66.6%; +1)
Distance to trees (0-100m: +1)
Soil Drainage (Free draining or Variable; -1)
Density of urban areas (33.3-100%; -2)
All scores are summed, Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2023.
Based upon LCM2019 © NERC (CEH) 2020. 
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019.
Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England.
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019.
© Freshwater Habitats Trust, PondNet monitoring scheme 2018.
© Kent Reptile and Amphibian Group (KRAG) 2022.
© European Union, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service 2018, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Ashford District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; 
Canterbury City Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 
Ordnance Survey 100019614; Dartford Borough Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Dover District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Folkstone & Hythe Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Gravesham Borough Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Kent County 
Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Maidstone District 
Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; 
Medway Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 Ordnance Survey 100024225; Sevenoaks District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Swale Borough Council © Crown copyright and 
 database rights 2023; Thanet District Council © Crown copyright and 
database rights 2023; Tonbridge & Malling District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023; Tunbridge Wells District Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2023.


Tags: Species distribution, environment
Organization: Natural England
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 is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1971. Data supplied has the status of "Proposed". Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: Protected sites, environment
Organization: Natural England
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 river habitat is based on recent work to review the river SSSI series. It evaluates four main components of habitat integrity: hydrological, physical, physico-chemical (water quality) and biological. An additional classification of the naturalness of headwaters (defined as streams with a catchment area of <10km2 to coincide with WFD typology boundaries) uses land cover data as a surrogate for direct information on river habitat condition (information which is generally lacking on headwaters).                                                                                      Streams and rivers operating under natural processes, free from anthropogenic impact and with a characteristic and dynamic mosaic of small-scale habitats that supports characteristic species assemblages (including priority species), are the best and most sustainable expression of river ecosystems. Key elements are:
a natural flow regime; natural nutrient and sediment delivery regimes;
minimal physical modifications to the channel, banks and riparian zone;  natural longitudinal and lateral hydrological and biological connectivity; an absence of non-native species; low intensity fishery activities.
These conditions provide the best defence against climate change, maximising the ability of riverine ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions. They also provide the most valuable and effective transitional links with other priority habitats, including lakes, mires and coastal habitats. In English rivers and streams, high levels of naturalness are rare.
 " Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: Habitats and biotopes, environment
Organization: Natural England