AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Local Nature Reserves (England)

Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities. Parish and Town Councils can also declare LNRs but they must have the powers to do so delegated to them by a principal local authority. LNRs are for people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally. They offer people opportunities to study or learn about nature or simply to enjoy it. They range from windswept coastal headlands, ancient woodlands and flower-rich meadows to former inner city railways, long abandoned landfill sites and industrial areas now re-colonised by wildlife. They are an impressive natural resource which makes an important contribution to England's biodiversity. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. NB This national dataset is “indicative” not “definitive”. Definitive information can only be provided by individual local authorities and you should refer directly to their information for all purposes that require the most up to date and complete dataset. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations,  landscape, ESDA, Protected sites, ecology, environment
Organization: Natural England
Living England 2022-23

Living England is a multi-year project which delivers a broad habitat map for the whole of England, created using satellite imagery, field data records and other geospatial data in a machine learning framework. The Living England habitat map shows the extent and distribution of broad habitats across England aligned to the UKBAP classification, providing a valuable insight into our natural capital assets and helping to inform land management decisions. Living England is a project within Natural England, funded by and supports the Defra Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Programme and Environmental Land Management (ELM) Schemes to provide an openly available national map of broad habitats across England.   Attribution statement: © Natural England 2024. Contains: OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 OS AC0000851168; Natural England Licence No. 2011/052 British Geological Survey © NERC. All rights reserved; © Environment Agency 2023. All rights reserved; © Rural Payments Agency 2022; NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre;  National Plant Monitoring Scheme and survey data (2015-2023) organised and funded by the UKCEH, BSBI, Plantlife and JNCC, indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme; Modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023; © Forestry Commission 2022; Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2005; © Carlos Bedson & Manchester Metropolitan University 2019; British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2016; HadUK-Grid data © Met Office 2018; Modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2023; © Bluesky International Ltd 2024; Map services and data available from U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program; © Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; © OpenStreetMap 2024.

Tags:  landscape, Living England, NCEA, Natural England, ecology, environment, habitats
Organization: Natural England
King Charles III England Coast Path Route

This is a spatial line dataset that showing all approved stretches of the the King Charles III England Coast Path. The King Charles III England Coast Path Route is a new National Trail being created by Natural England under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations, ESDA, Natural England, environment, land use, people, urban
Organization: Natural England
King Charles III England Coast Path Coastal Margin

This is a polygon dataset showing all approved Coastal Margin associated with the King Charles III England Coast Path. The King Charles III England Coast Path Route is a new National Trail being created by Natural England under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The data was captured by Natural England staff in collaboration with local authorities, landowners and stakeholders, based on Ordnance Survey information. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations, Natural England, environment, land use, people, urban
Organization: Natural England
Great Crested Newt Class Survey Licence Returns (England)

Class licence returns for the survey of great crested newts for scientific (including research) or educational purposes. Presence only records for great crested newts determined through class licence surveys.

This data set provides valuable information on the distribution of a European Protected Species, the great crested newt. In addition, this data set has been used to inform activities related to District Level Licensing and the release of the data set increases transparency of this new licensing scheme.

Class licence surveys for great crested newts were undertaken by hand, nets, torches and aquatic funnel traps (including bottle traps) but excluding the use of pitfall traps and box traps. Results of great crested newt class licence surveys are submitted to Natural England and have been collated here into a presence only data set. Point data here is the centroid of a six figure OS grid reference. As such, the point may not correspond with a specific pond. 

Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags: Natural England, Open Data, Species distribution, environment, species
Organization: Natural England
Great Crested Newt - Risk Zones (Kent)

This dataset identifies areas where the distribution of great crested newts (GCN) has been categorised into zones relating to GCN occurrence and the level of impact development is likely to have on this species. Red zones contain key populations of GCN, which are important on a regional, national or international scale and include designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest for GCN. Amber zones contain main population centres for GCN and comprise important connecting habitat that aids natural dispersal. Green zones contain sparsely distributed GCN and are less likely to contain important pathways of connecting habitat for this species. White zones contain no GCN. However, as most of England forms the natural range of GCN, white zones are rare and will only be used when it is certain that there are no GCN. 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.
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: Habitats and biotopes, biota, environment
Organization: Natural England
GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (North Somerset and South Gloucestershire)

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 density 10 - 60%
woodland density 5 - 60%
arable density 0 - 50%

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

Soil Type - Sand has been given a score of ‘-1’. 

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, 2022
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.
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2018
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.
Contains data supplied by © Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, 2019
© Somerset County Council Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey licence number 100038382
© North Somerset Council 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023397
© South Gloucestershire Council, 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023410
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198
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: Habitats, Habitats and biotopes, environment, species
Organization: Natural England
England Peat Map

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose. This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Attribution statement: © Copyright/Database right Natural England 2025. Contains data © various rights holders - see EPM data catalogue

Tags: NCEA, Natural England, Open Data, Peatland restoration, Soil, environment, natural environment, peat, soil
Organization: Natural England
CRoW Act 2000 - Access Layer

Shows land mapped as access land under CRoW. This includes Open Country and Registered Common Land combined into a single layer, with certain categories of excepted land removed. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Tags:  Designations,  landscape, Access, Bio-geographical regions, Natural England, ecology, environment, land use, urban
Organization: Natural England
Ancient Woodland - Revised (England) - Completed Counties

Updated Boundaries of Ancient Woodland polygons covering England. This is the updated spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of ancient woodland in England (excluding the Isles of Scilly). Ancient Woodland features will be approved county-by-county for publication throughout the first year of production until the data product coverage extends across England. Where available this dataset takes precedence over the Ancient Woodland – England dataset. The update revises the inventory to address problems and gaps in the previous iteration. Technological advances mean that small ancient woodlands (0.25-2ha) are being represented within the inventory for the first time as well as wood pasture and parkland being represented as its own category. 

The inventory identifies ancient woodland sites in England. Ancient woodland is identified by studying the presence or absence of woods from historic maps, information about the wood's name, shape, internal boundaries, location relative to other features, ground survey, and aerial photography. The information recorded about each wood and stored on the Inventory Database includes its grid reference, its area in hectares and how much is semi-natural or replanted. Prior to the digitisation of the boundaries, only paper maps depicting each ancient wood at 1:50 000 scale were available. Attribution statement: © Natural England 2024. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. OS AC0000851168. It includes Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW), which retains a native tree and shrub cover; Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), where the original tree cover has been felled and replaced by planting, often with conifers; Ancient Wood Pasture (AWPP), where the trees are managed in tandem with a long established tradition of grazing, characteristically with at least some veteran trees or shrubs or; Infilled Ancient Wood Pasture (IAWPP) which has become infilled with trees arising from planting or natural regeneration. Attribution statement: © Natural England 2023, Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2023. OS AC0000851168

Tags: Geographic Information, Habitats and biotopes, environment
Organization: Natural England
Ancient Woodland (England)

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of ancient woodland habitat in England (excluding the Isles of Scilly). Ancient woodland is an area that has been wooded continuously since at least 1600AD

This dataset is one of two resources used to identify the location and extent of ancient woodland in England. The Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI) is currently undergoing revision. Updated AWI data can be accessed at Ancient Woodland - Revised (England) - Completed Counties. Where a county has been updated and is included in that dataset, the revised information takes precedence. If a county has not yet been updated and so does not appear in the Ancient Woodland - Revised (England) - Completed Counties dataset, the Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI) dataset should be used as the primary reference.

Ancient woodland includes Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW), which retains a native tree and shrub cover, Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) where the original tree cover has been felled and replaced by planting, often with conifers, Ancient Wood Pasture and Parkland (AWPP) where the trees are managed in tandem with a long established tradition of grazing, characteristically with at least some veteran trees or shrubs and Infilled Ancient Wood Pasture and Parkland where the open habitat between open grown or veteran trees in AWPP has infilled, either through natural regeneration or planting, resulting in closed canopy woodland.  In total 53,637 polygons were captured, covering approximately 364971.81 Ha.
Our guidance document can be accessed below.
 Attribution statement: © Natural England [Year]; © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. Ordnance Survey AC0000851168; © 2015 Getmapping plc and Bluesky International Ltd; © Woodland Trust; © Forest Commission; Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right [Year] Ordnance Survey [100021242]; © and database right Crown copyright and Landmark Information Group Ltd. All rights reserved [year]; © Ancient Tree Hunt

Tags:  landscape, Habitats, Habitats and biotopes, Natural England, Open Data, ecology, environment
Organization: Natural England
Agricultural Land Classification detailed Post 1988 survey ALCL05092

Survey name: Grimsby, Woad Lane South (Grimsby L.P. Site 8)
Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site survey data - scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Where Grade 3 is mapped this includes the subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b. Surveys use the current grading methodology as described in "Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales," a link for which is provided with the data. Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales and level of detail from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000 (typically 1:10,000). Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys.
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: business activity, environment, land use, soil
Organization: Natural England
Council Spending

Transparency is at the heart of this government.  As part of our ongoing commitment to increase openness and transparency we publish details of spend made to our suppliers.

From 1 October 2018 this is all spend, and prior to this we have published where spend is equal to or over £500.

Please note, if we make payments to individuals or sole traders, we remove the supplier names to comply with the Data Protection Act, replacing with ‘Redacted – Personal Data’.

Organization: Rochdale Borough Council
Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland

Local nature conservation sites (LNCS) is a non-statutory designation given by local authorities to areas of locally important nature and landscapes. NatureScot, on behalf of the Local Nature Conservation Sites Working Group, published guidance (https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-nature-conservation-sites) for local authorities on the establishment and management of LNCS systems in Scotland. 

One of the LNCS working group's recommendations was that all local authorities should adopt the LNCS name in place of the many different local names. However, many councils still use alternative names for these sites such as Local Biodiversity Sites, Local Wildlife Sites, Local Geodiversity Sites and Sites of Interest for Nature Conservation. We have merged these all into this national dataset.

Four LAs are still to confirm and digitise their LNCSs.

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Local Nature Reserves - Scotland

Local nature reserves are areas of (at least) locally important natural heritage, designated and managed by local authorities to give people better opportunities to learn about and enjoy nature close to where they live. They are found across the country, but generally close to towns and cities.
More details are available here: https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-nature-reserves

Where we have not been supplied with data by local authorities we are extracting it from a previously produced NatureScot national dataset.

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Tree Preservation Orders - Scotland

Whilst TPOs are a legal requirement they may not always be digitised accurately. Users of this data should not assume this data is totally accurate and should consult the specific local authority for more detail before making any decisions

A TPO is made by the Local Authority, under Section 160 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, and within the procedures set out in the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010. They are made to protect individual trees, groups of trees or woodlands which have particular amenity value, make a significant contribution to the landscape or townscape or because there may be a potential threat to the trees. In deciding which trees qualify to become protected the local authority must ensure that the trees contribute to the amenity and attractiveness of an area and be under threat in some way. Either individual specimens or groups can be protected in a single Order. More information and guidance on Tree Preservation orders and Trees in conservation can be found in Planning Circular 1/2011. Which provides an overview of the TPO procedures, explaining how the requirements from the Act and Regulations fit together. 

Some local authorities capture polygons of tree preservation areas. Others will identify actual trees as point TPOs. Several LAs capture both. We have initially created two separate layers - point and polygon, to represent TPOs. This may show duplication where a point falls within a polygon. We may adapt this rationale and methodology in due course as we know that there is a discrepancy with Registers of Scotland's TPO data.

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Land cover, Land use, Protected sites
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants.

Organogram data is released by all central government departments and their agencies since 2010. Snapshots for 31st March and 30th September are published by 6th June and 6th December each year. The published data is validated and released in CSV format and OGL-licensed for reuse. For more information about this series, see: http://guidance.data.gov.uk/organogram-data.html

Organization: Intellectual Property Office
Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants.

Organogram data is released by all central government departments and their agencies since 2010. Snapshots for 31st March and 30th September are published by 6th June and 6th December each year. The published data is validated and released in CSV format and OGL-licensed for reuse. For more information about this series, see: http://guidance.data.gov.uk/organogram-data.html

Organization: NHS Blood and Transplant
UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas (archived)

This resource has been archived. 

You can find the most recent version at the following location: [https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/ade43f34-54d6-4084-b66a-64f0b4a5ef27](https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/ade43f34-54d6-4084-b66a-64f0b4a5ef27).

Tags: Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, offshore, polygon
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
FCA: Firm complaints data 2025 H2 (1 July to 31 December 2025)

Financial firms provide data to the FCA every 6 months about the complaints they have received, what these were about and how they dealt with them. The FCA collects and publishes data at both an aggregate (market level) and firm specific, although only publishes firm specific data for firms reporting 500 or more complaints in a 6 month reporting period, or 1,000 or more complaints in an annual reporting period.

The FCA uses the complaints data to help assess how firms interact with and treat their customers as well as monitoring their performance over time. It also uses this data to guide its work in supervising firms and markets, highlighting any potential concerns with specific financial products offered.

##Key findings include:
* In 2025 H2, financial services firms received 1.87m complaints, a 0.9% increase from 2025 H1 (1.85m) 

* The Insurance & pure protection product group experienced an increase in their complaint numbers, while all others experienced a decrease.


Organization: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)