Moorland Change Map (England)

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Natural England
Last updated:
09 October 2025
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Summary

The Moorland Change Map (MCM) is a vector dataset which shows whether the uplands monitored contain change during the period of monitoring (Approximately the moorland burning season of Oct to Apr. The MCM is an earth observation derived product, using the Sentinel-2 satellites Validation of the the results happens for each year per upland and Nationally. The validation shows the accuracy of the MCM results and are available in the associated Excel spreadsheet. Attribution statement: Sentinel 2 analysis-ready data supplied under the Open Government License v3 by the Defra Earth Observation Data Service [earthobs.defra.gov.uk] © Natural England

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DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2023-24_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2022-23_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2021-22_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2020-21_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2019-20_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2018-19_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2017-18_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2016-17_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2016-17_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2015-16_WFS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2023-24_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2023-24_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2022-23_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2021-22_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2020-21_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2019-20_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2018-19_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2017-18_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2016-17_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
DefraDataServicesPlatformMoorlandChangeMapEngland2015-16_WMS N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2023 - 2024: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2020 - 2021: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2019 - 2020: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2018 - 2019: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2017 - 2018: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2016 - 2017: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) 2015 - 2016: NE Open Data Geoportal dataset page N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
OGC API - Features service N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
MAGIC Interactive Map N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map (England) - Download by area of interest N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Open_Government_Licence.url N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland_Change_Map_England.shp.zip ZIP 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland_Change_Map_England.gpkg.zip ZIP 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland_Change_Map_England.geojson.zip ZIP 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland_Change_Map_England.gdb.zip ZIP 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map Spatial Metadata.pdf PDF 09 October 2025 Not available
Moorland Change Map Attribute Metadata.pdf PDF 09 October 2025 Not available
2023-2024_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2022-2023_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2021-2022_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2020-2021_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2019-2020_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2018-2019_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2017-2018_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2016-2017_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available
2015-2016_National_Moorland_Change_Map.lyr N/A 09 October 2025 Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-07-25
Access contraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Harvest GUID
ee87630b-8810-4021-b493-036f29684983
Extent
Latitude: 55.81° to °
Longitude: -7.05° to 2.07°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
2019-09-01 (creation)
2021-02-02 (publication)
2023-11-01 (revision)
Frequency of update
annually
Responsible party
Natural England (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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