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UKCEH Land Cover Plus: Hedgerows 2016-2021 (England)

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
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Summary

This dataset contains a model of the extent and height class of woody linear features on field boundaries in England, including hedgerows, tree lines and semi-natural thickets of shrubs and trees. The model was derived from processing of the Environment Agency lidar product (National Lidar Programme), captured in 2016-2021, and the linework is consistent with the polygon boundaries used in the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Land Cover Map (LCM). Due to expected low densities of woody linear features, and potential uncertainty, areas excluded from the coverage include LCM classes of mountain/moor/heath, open water and the coastal zone, urban/suburban areas and woodlands (i.e., areas of continuous non-linear woody cover). An area of approximately 24 x 25 km on the North Yorkshire Moors was also excluded from the model, as this area was not mapped by the EA lidar. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d90a3733-2949-4dfa-8ac2-a88aef8699be

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
03 September 2026
Harvest GUID
d90a3733-2949-4dfa-8ac2-a88aef8699be
Extent (Latitude)
55.812° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.452° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-01-16
Access constraints
Bespoke licensing conditions apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the UKCEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence.
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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