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Section 3 - Coastal Areas

Publisher
Snowdonia National Park Authority
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Environment

Summary

Defined Section 3 – Coastal areas in Snowdonia National Park, the limit of each coastal area is recorded as a polygon. Section 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 placed a responsibility on each of the National Parks of England and Wales to prepare a map showing those areas of mountain, moor, heath, woodland, down, cliff or foreshore, the natural beauty of which the Authority considers it is particularly important to conserve. The map gives an overall impression of the distribution of coastal habitats which are considered particularly important to retain. The conservation and enhancement of the coastline is central to the National Park purposes. The boundary of Snowdonia National Park corresponds with the High Water Mark but for the purposes of this exercise all coastal and inter-tidal areas have been considered for inclusion of in the map whether they are within or immediately adjacent to the Park area. Upon accessing this Licensed Data you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 December 2013
Harvest GUID
f2aa99c2-836b-442c-af99-d73ae1a5236a
Extent (Latitude)
53.45542° to 52.42271000000001°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.47343° to -3.56156°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date (creation)
1995-02-28
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
Public Sector INSPIRE WMS End User Licence
Responsible party
Snowdonia National Park Authority (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

gis@eryri-npa.gov.uk

parc@eryri-npa.gov.uk

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Licence information

Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/public-sector/mapping-agreements/inspire-licence.html