Areas Affecting Bathing Waters
This record is for Approval for Access product AfA143. This dataset comprises a polygon relating to each site identified under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC); however these polygons have no formal status under the Bathing Water Directive. Where a site corresponds to a Sensitive Area under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) in England & Wales, the polygon for that Sensitive Area is provided. For all other sites the polygon has been drawn as a simple guide to aid the work of the Environment Agency with permitting of discharges. These polygons are not appropriate for identifying areas suitable for bathing. The polygons are not a definition of the extent of the bathing water under the Bathing Water Directives 76/160/EEC or 2006/7/EC and should not be used for any definition of the bathing water area or extent. There are approximately 500 polygons in this dataset. This dataset is appropriate for technical assessment of waters where bathing potential is taken into account by the Environment Agency. Please note there is also an alternative dataset that shows only the UWWTD Sensitive Areas (AfA250 Sensitive Areas - Bathing Waters). INFORMATION WARNING These polygons are not appropriate for identifying areas suitable for bathing. The polygons are not a definition of the extent of the bathing water under the Bathing Water Directives 76/160/EEC or 2006/7/EC and should not be used for any definition of the bathing water area or extent. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.
dataset
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-FGDB.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-GeoJSON.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-GML.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-KML.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-MID_MIF.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-SHP.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-TAB.zip
description: AreasAffectingBathingWaters-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: Bathing_Waters_Areas_England.lyr
description: Bathing_Waters_Areas_England.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: read_me_bwa.txt
description: read_me_bwa.txt download on Defra Data Services Platform
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/5cbec8b0-d465-11e4-9797-f0def148f590?download=true
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters_Download
description: Download data by area of interest
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/areas-affecting-bathing-waters/wms
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name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters_WMS
description: Areas Affecting Bathing Waters WMS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/areas-affecting-bathing-waters/wfs
protocol: http
name: AreasAffectingBathingWaters_WFS
description: Areas Affecting Bathing Waters WFS
5cbec8b0-d465-11e4-9797-f0def148f590
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
oceans
environment
oceans
bathing seawater
publication
2010-01-13
bathing freshwater
publication
2010-01-13
bathing water
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
2020-01-01
2022-10-05
creation
2011-05-01
revision
2022-10-05
asNeeded
No lineage recorded.
Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
Not Applicable
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
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